diff --git a/packages/compass-web/src/entrypoint.tsx b/packages/compass-web/src/entrypoint.tsx
index e2103fe782b..9beb7d71343 100644
--- a/packages/compass-web/src/entrypoint.tsx
+++ b/packages/compass-web/src/entrypoint.tsx
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ import {
 } from '@mongodb-js/compass-databases-collections';
 import {
   PreferencesProvider,
-  ReadOnlyPreferenceAccess,
+  CompassWebPreferencesAccess,
 } from 'compass-preferences-model/provider';
 import type { AllPreferences } from 'compass-preferences-model/provider';
 import FieldStorePlugin from '@mongodb-js/compass-field-store';
@@ -260,7 +260,7 @@ const CompassWeb = ({
   });
 
   const preferencesAccess = useRef(
-    new ReadOnlyPreferenceAccess({
+    new CompassWebPreferencesAccess({
       maxTimeMS: 10_000,
       enableExplainPlan: true,
       enableAggregationBuilderRunPipeline: true,
@@ -277,6 +277,7 @@ const CompassWeb = ({
       enableShell: false,
       enableCreatingNewConnections: false,
       enableGlobalWrites: false,
+      optInDataExplorerGenAIFeatures: false,
       ...initialPreferences,
     })
   );