diff --git a/packages/server/src/api/controllers/analytics.js b/packages/server/src/api/controllers/analytics.js
index ef410aace5..e6e5d6a748 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/api/controllers/analytics.js
+++ b/packages/server/src/api/controllers/analytics.js
@@ -7,14 +7,19 @@ if (env.POSTHOG_TOKEN && env.ENABLE_ANALYTICS && !env.SELF_HOSTED) {
   posthogClient = new PostHog(env.POSTHOG_TOKEN)
 }
 
-exports.isEnabled = async function (ctx) {
+exports.isEnabled = async ctx => {
   ctx.body = {
     enabled: !env.SELF_HOSTED && env.ENABLE_ANALYTICS === "true",
   }
 }
 
-exports.endUserPing = async (ctx, next) => {
-  if (!posthogClient) return next()
+exports.endUserPing = async ctx => {
+  if (!posthogClient) {
+    ctx.body = {
+      ping: false,
+    }
+    return
+  }
 
   posthogClient.capture("budibase:end_user_ping", {
     userId: ctx.user && ctx.user._id,
diff --git a/packages/server/src/api/routes/analytics.js b/packages/server/src/api/routes/analytics.js
index 632e99d031..be27e7d19b 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/api/routes/analytics.js
+++ b/packages/server/src/api/routes/analytics.js
@@ -3,7 +3,8 @@ const controller = require("../controllers/analytics")
 
 const router = Router()
 
-router.get("/api/analytics", controller.isEnabled)
-router.post("/api/analytics/ping", controller.endUserPing)
+router
+  .get("/api/analytics", controller.isEnabled)
+  .post("/api/analytics/ping", controller.endUserPing)
 
 module.exports = router
diff --git a/packages/server/src/utilities/rowProcessor/index.js b/packages/server/src/utilities/rowProcessor/index.js
index 07549dd8a8..55af87bc13 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/utilities/rowProcessor/index.js
+++ b/packages/server/src/utilities/rowProcessor/index.js
@@ -99,6 +99,7 @@ function processAutoColumn(
   row,
   opts = { reprocessing: false, noAutoRelationships: false }
 ) {
+  let noUser = !user || !user.userId
   let now = new Date().toISOString()
   // if a row doesn't have a revision then it doesn't exist yet
   const creating = !row._rev
@@ -108,7 +109,12 @@ function processAutoColumn(
     }
     switch (schema.subtype) {
       case AutoFieldSubTypes.CREATED_BY:
-        if (creating && !opts.reprocessing && !opts.noAutoRelationships) {
+        if (
+          creating &&
+          !opts.reprocessing &&
+          !opts.noAutoRelationships &&
+          !noUser
+        ) {
           row[key] = [user.userId]
         }
         break
@@ -118,7 +124,7 @@ function processAutoColumn(
         }
         break
       case AutoFieldSubTypes.UPDATED_BY:
-        if (!opts.reprocessing && !opts.noAutoRelationships) {
+        if (!opts.reprocessing && !opts.noAutoRelationships && !noUser) {
           row[key] = [user.userId]
         }
         break