diff --git a/ide/CHANGELOG.md b/ide/CHANGELOG.md
index 61f263585a2a..bad2af86c8c0 100644
--- a/ide/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/ide/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,17 @@
 # Next Release
 
+<br/>![New Features](/docs/assets/tags/new_features.svg)
+
+<br/>![Bug Fixes](/docs/assets/tags/bug_fixes.svg)
+
+#### Visual Environment
+
+- [Fixed parsing of the `--no-data-gathering` command line option.][1831] Flag's
+  name has been changed to `--data-gathering`, so now `--data-gathering=false`
+  and `--data-gathering=true` are supported as well.
+
+[1831]: https://github.com/enso-org/ide/pull/1831
+
 # Enso 2.0.0-alpha.14 (2021-09-02)
 
 <br/>![New Features](/docs/assets/tags/new_features.svg)
@@ -8,7 +20,7 @@
 
 - [Visualization previews are disabled.][1817] Previously, hovering over a
   node's output port for more than four seconds would temporarily reveal the
-  node's visualization. This behavior is disabled now.
+  node's visualization. This behavior is disabled now
 
 [1817]: https://github.com/enso-org/ide/pull/1817
 
diff --git a/ide/src/js/lib/client/src/index.js b/ide/src/js/lib/client/src/index.js
index 633be5414292..df51c354f650 100644
--- a/ide/src/js/lib/client/src/index.js
+++ b/ide/src/js/lib/client/src/index.js
@@ -207,9 +207,9 @@ optParser.options('crash-report-host', {
     default     : cfg.defaultLogServerHost
 })
 
-optParser.options('no-data-gathering', {
-    describe    : 'Disable the sharing of any usage data',
-    default     : false
+optParser.options('data-gathering', {
+    describe    : 'Enable the sharing of any usage data',
+    default     : true
 })
 
 
@@ -540,7 +540,7 @@ function createWindow() {
         dark_theme        : Electron.nativeTheme.shouldUseDarkColors,
         high_contrast     : Electron.nativeTheme.shouldUseHighContrastColors,
         crash_report_host : args.crashReportHost,
-        no_data_gathering : args.noDataGathering,
+        data_gathering    : args.dataGathering,
         node_labels       : args.nodeLabels,
         verbose           : args.verbose,
     }
diff --git a/ide/src/js/lib/content/src/index.ts b/ide/src/js/lib/content/src/index.ts
index 998f40f99423..043ca8db3f4c 100644
--- a/ide/src/js/lib/content/src/index.ts
+++ b/ide/src/js/lib/content/src/index.ts
@@ -32,8 +32,7 @@ class ContentApi {
     private logger: MixpanelLogger
 
     initLogging(config: Config) {
-        assert(typeof config.no_data_gathering == 'boolean')
-        if (!config.no_data_gathering) {
+        if (config.data_gathering) {
             this.logger = new MixpanelLogger()
             if (ok(config.email)) {
                 this.logger.identify(config.email)
@@ -813,7 +812,7 @@ class Config {
     public wasm_glue_url: string
     public node_labels: boolean
     public crash_report_host: string
-    public no_data_gathering: boolean
+    public data_gathering: boolean
     public is_in_cloud: boolean
     public verbose: boolean
     public authentication_enabled: boolean
@@ -826,7 +825,7 @@ class Config {
         config.wasm_url = '/assets/ide.wasm'
         config.wasm_glue_url = '/assets/wasm_imports.js'
         config.crash_report_host = cfg.defaultLogServerHost
-        config.no_data_gathering = false
+        config.data_gathering = true
         config.is_in_cloud = false
         config.entry = null
         config.authentication_enabled = true
@@ -868,9 +867,7 @@ class Config {
         this.crash_report_host = ok(other.crash_report_host)
             ? tryAsString(other.crash_report_host)
             : this.crash_report_host
-        this.no_data_gathering = ok(other.no_data_gathering)
-            ? tryAsBoolean(other.no_data_gathering)
-            : this.no_data_gathering
+        this.data_gathering = parseBoolean(other.data_gathering) ?? this.data_gathering
         this.is_in_cloud = ok(other.is_in_cloud)
             ? tryAsBoolean(other.is_in_cloud)
             : this.is_in_cloud
@@ -878,6 +875,16 @@ class Config {
     }
 }
 
+function parseBoolean(value:any): boolean | null {
+    if (value === 'true' || value === true) {
+        return true
+    } else if (value === 'false' || value === false) {
+        return false
+    } else {
+        return null
+    }
+}
+
 /// Check whether the value is a string with value `"true"`/`"false"`, if so, return the
 // appropriate boolean instead. Otherwise, return the original value.
 function parseBooleanOrLeaveAsIs(value: any): any {
diff --git a/ide/src/rust/ide/lib/args/src/lib.rs b/ide/src/rust/ide/lib/args/src/lib.rs
index 7bb626fd0f55..ec875e269b03 100644
--- a/ide/src/rust/ide/lib/args/src/lib.rs
+++ b/ide/src/rust/ide/lib/args/src/lib.rs
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ ensogl::read_args! {
         wasm_glue_url        : String,
         node_labels          : bool,
         crash_report_host    : String,
-        no_data_gathering    : bool,
+        data_gathering       : bool,
         is_in_cloud          : bool,
         verbose              : bool,
     }