diff --git a/src/Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.Utils/Telemetry.cs b/src/Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.Utils/Telemetry.cs
index 230dcad6a..4a5bc518a 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.Utils/Telemetry.cs
+++ b/src/Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.Utils/Telemetry.cs
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ using System;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 using Microsoft.ApplicationInsights;
 using Microsoft.Extensions.PlatformAbstractions;
+using System.Diagnostics;
 
 namespace Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.Utils
 {
@@ -13,9 +14,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.Utils
         private static Dictionary<string, string> _commonProperties = null;
         private static Dictionary<string, double> _commonMeasurements = null;
 
-        //readonly instead of const to to avoid inlining in case we need to change the instrumentation key
-        private static readonly string InstrumentationKey = "74cc1c9e-3e6e-4d05-b3fc-dde9101d0254";
-
+        private const string InstrumentationKey = "74cc1c9e-3e6e-4d05-b3fc-dde9101d0254";
         private const string TelemetryOptout = "DOTNET_CLI_TELEMETRY_OPTOUT";
         private const string OSVersion = "OS Version";
         private const string OSPlatform = "OS Platform";
@@ -50,7 +49,11 @@ namespace Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.Utils
 
                 _isInitialized = true;
             }
-            catch (Exception) { }
+            catch (Exception)
+            {
+                // we dont want to fail the tool if telemetry fais. We should be able to detect abnormalities from data 
+                // at the server end
+            }
         }
 
         public void TrackCommand(string command, IDictionary<string, string> properties = null, IDictionary<string, double> measurements = null)
@@ -69,6 +72,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.Utils
             catch (Exception) { }
         }
 
+
         private Dictionary<string, double> GetEventMeasures(IDictionary<string, double> measurements)
         {
             Dictionary<string, double> eventMeasurements = new Dictionary<string, double>(_commonMeasurements);
diff --git a/src/dotnet/Program.cs b/src/dotnet/Program.cs
index f9a6ec42d..220f6ca24 100644
--- a/src/dotnet/Program.cs
+++ b/src/dotnet/Program.cs
@@ -139,10 +139,6 @@ namespace Microsoft.DotNet.Cli
 
             telemetryClient.TrackCommand(
                 command,
-                new Dictionary<string, string>
-                {
-                    ["Arguments"] = arguments
-                },
                 new Dictionary<string, double>
                 {
                     ["ExitCode"] = exitCode