diff --git a/api/cmd/serve.go b/api/cmd/serve.go
index ebb2a580..9d5eaf65 100644
--- a/api/cmd/serve.go
+++ b/api/cmd/serve.go
@@ -75,13 +75,12 @@ func startServer(cfg *config.Config) {
 	mount(router, "/v2", api.NewRouter(appCtx, v2Controllers))
 
 	uiEnv := uiEnvHandler{
-		APIURL:                cfg.APIHost,
-		OauthClientID:         cfg.OauthClientID,
-		Environment:           cfg.Environment,
-		SentryDSN:             cfg.SentryDSN,
-		Streams:               cfg.Streams,
-		Docs:                  cfg.Docs,
-		MetadataUpdateEnabled: cfg.MetadataUpdateEnabled,
+		APIURL:        cfg.APIHost,
+		OauthClientID: cfg.OauthClientID,
+		Environment:   cfg.Environment,
+		SentryDSN:     cfg.SentryDSN,
+		Streams:       cfg.Streams,
+		Docs:          cfg.Docs,
 		MaxAuthzCacheExpiryMinutes: fmt.Sprintf("%.0f",
 			math.Ceil((time.Duration(enforcer.MaxKeyExpirySeconds) * time.Second).Minutes())),
 		UIConfig: cfg.UI,
@@ -115,7 +114,6 @@ type uiEnvHandler struct {
 	Streams                    config.Streams        `json:"REACT_APP_STREAMS"`
 	Docs                       config.Documentations `json:"REACT_APP_DOC_LINKS"`
 	MaxAuthzCacheExpiryMinutes string                `json:"REACT_APP_MAX_AUTHZ_CACHE_EXPIRY_MINUTES"`
-	MetadataUpdateEnabled      bool                  `json:"REACT_APP_METADATA_UPDATE_ENABLED"`
 }
 
 func (h uiEnvHandler) handler(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
diff --git a/api/config/config.go b/api/config/config.go
index 6b6b7e20..fc36682f 100644
--- a/api/config/config.go
+++ b/api/config/config.go
@@ -18,12 +18,11 @@ import (
 )
 
 type Config struct {
-	APIHost               string `validate:"required"`
-	Environment           string `validate:"required"`
-	Port                  int    `validate:"required"`
-	SentryDSN             string
-	OauthClientID         string
-	MetadataUpdateEnabled bool
+	APIHost       string `validate:"required"`
+	Environment   string `validate:"required"`
+	Port          int    `validate:"required"`
+	SentryDSN     string
+	OauthClientID string
 
 	Streams Streams `validate:"dive,required"`
 	Docs    Documentations
@@ -117,8 +116,9 @@ type UIConfig struct {
 	StaticPath string `validated:"required"`
 	IndexPath  string `validated:"required"`
 
-	ClockworkUIHomepage string `json:"REACT_APP_CLOCKWORK_UI_HOMEPAGE"`
-	KubeflowUIHomepage  string `json:"REACT_APP_KUBEFLOW_UI_HOMEPAGE"`
+	ClockworkUIHomepage   string `json:"REACT_APP_CLOCKWORK_UI_HOMEPAGE"`
+	KubeflowUIHomepage    string `json:"REACT_APP_KUBEFLOW_UI_HOMEPAGE"`
+	MetadataUpdateEnabled bool   `json:"REACT_APP_METADATA_UPDATE_ENABLED"`
 }
 
 // Transform env variables to the format consumed by koanf.
diff --git a/api/config/config_test.go b/api/config/config_test.go
index 21c72c48..18d8a01a 100644
--- a/api/config/config_test.go
+++ b/api/config/config_test.go
@@ -65,7 +65,6 @@ func TestLoad(t *testing.T) {
 						CacheCleanUpIntervalSeconds: 900,
 					},
 				},
-				MetadataUpdateEnabled: false,
 				Database: &config.DatabaseConfig{
 					Host:            "localhost",
 					Port:            5432,
@@ -86,8 +85,9 @@ func TestLoad(t *testing.T) {
 					"EmptyStream":  {},
 				},
 				UI: &config.UIConfig{
-					StaticPath: "ui/build",
-					IndexPath:  "index.html",
+					StaticPath:            "ui/build",
+					IndexPath:             "index.html",
+					MetadataUpdateEnabled: false,
 				},
 				DefaultSecretStorage: &config.SecretStorage{
 					Name: "default-secret-storage",
@@ -122,7 +122,6 @@ func TestLoad(t *testing.T) {
 						CacheCleanUpIntervalSeconds: 900,
 					},
 				},
-				MetadataUpdateEnabled: false,
 				Database: &config.DatabaseConfig{
 					Host:            "localhost",
 					Port:            5432,
@@ -144,8 +143,9 @@ func TestLoad(t *testing.T) {
 					"EmptyStream":  {},
 				},
 				UI: &config.UIConfig{
-					StaticPath: "ui/build",
-					IndexPath:  "index.html",
+					StaticPath:            "ui/build",
+					IndexPath:             "index.html",
+					MetadataUpdateEnabled: false,
 				},
 				DefaultSecretStorage: &config.SecretStorage{
 					Name: "default-secret-storage",
@@ -199,7 +199,6 @@ func TestLoad(t *testing.T) {
 						},
 					},
 				},
-				MetadataUpdateEnabled: false,
 				Authorization: &config.AuthorizationConfig{
 					Enabled:         true,
 					KetoRemoteRead:  "http://localhost:4466",
@@ -241,8 +240,9 @@ func TestLoad(t *testing.T) {
 					StaticPath: "ui/build",
 					IndexPath:  "index.html",
 
-					ClockworkUIHomepage: "http://clockwork.dev",
-					KubeflowUIHomepage:  "http://kubeflow.org",
+					ClockworkUIHomepage:   "http://clockwork.dev",
+					KubeflowUIHomepage:    "http://kubeflow.org",
+					MetadataUpdateEnabled: false,
 				},
 				DefaultSecretStorage: &config.SecretStorage{
 					Name: "default-secret-storage",
@@ -300,7 +300,6 @@ func TestValidate(t *testing.T) {
 						CacheCleanUpIntervalSeconds: 900,
 					},
 				},
-				MetadataUpdateEnabled: false,
 				Database: &config.DatabaseConfig{
 					Host:          "localhost",
 					Port:          5432,
@@ -326,6 +325,9 @@ func TestValidate(t *testing.T) {
 						},
 					},
 				},
+				UI: &config.UIConfig{
+					MetadataUpdateEnabled: false,
+				},
 			},
 		},
 		"extended | success": {
@@ -342,7 +344,6 @@ func TestValidate(t *testing.T) {
 						CacheCleanUpIntervalSeconds: 900,
 					},
 				},
-				MetadataUpdateEnabled: false,
 				Database: &config.DatabaseConfig{
 					Host:          "localhost",
 					Port:          5432,
@@ -371,6 +372,9 @@ func TestValidate(t *testing.T) {
 						},
 					},
 				},
+				UI: &config.UIConfig{
+					MetadataUpdateEnabled: false,
+				},
 			},
 		},
 		"default config | failure": {
@@ -394,7 +398,6 @@ func TestValidate(t *testing.T) {
 						CacheCleanUpIntervalSeconds: 900,
 					},
 				},
-				MetadataUpdateEnabled: false,
 				Database: &config.DatabaseConfig{
 					Host:          "localhost",
 					Port:          5432,
@@ -420,6 +423,9 @@ func TestValidate(t *testing.T) {
 						},
 					},
 				},
+				UI: &config.UIConfig{
+					MetadataUpdateEnabled: false,
+				},
 			},
 			error: errors.New(
 				"failed to validate configuration: " +
@@ -440,7 +446,6 @@ func TestValidate(t *testing.T) {
 						Enabled: true,
 					},
 				},
-				MetadataUpdateEnabled: false,
 				Database: &config.DatabaseConfig{
 					Host:          "localhost",
 					Port:          5432,
@@ -466,6 +471,9 @@ func TestValidate(t *testing.T) {
 						},
 					},
 				},
+				UI: &config.UIConfig{
+					MetadataUpdateEnabled: false,
+				},
 			},
 			error: errors.New(
 				"failed to validate configuration: " +
diff --git a/api/config/testdata/config-1.yaml b/api/config/testdata/config-1.yaml
index 8d7ee707..91b6501e 100644
--- a/api/config/testdata/config-1.yaml
+++ b/api/config/testdata/config-1.yaml
@@ -23,4 +23,7 @@ defaultSecretStorage:
       mountPath: secret
       pathPrefix: caraml-secret/{{ .project }}/
       authMethod: gcp
-      gcpAuthType: gce
\ No newline at end of file
+      gcpAuthType: gce
+
+ui:
+  metadataUpdateEnabled: false
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/api/config/testdata/config-2.yaml b/api/config/testdata/config-2.yaml
index 635b6f02..cdb1647b 100644
--- a/api/config/testdata/config-2.yaml
+++ b/api/config/testdata/config-2.yaml
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ authorization:
 ui:
   clockworkUIHomepage: http://clockwork.dev
   kubeflowUIHomepage: http://kubeflow.org
+  metadataUpdateEnabled: false
 
 defaultSecretStorage:
   name: default-secret-storage