diff --git a/web/apps/photos/src/services/searchService.ts b/web/apps/photos/src/services/searchService.ts
index 97721a13ad..c469c4eec5 100644
--- a/web/apps/photos/src/services/searchService.ts
+++ b/web/apps/photos/src/services/searchService.ts
@@ -419,13 +419,14 @@ function convertSuggestionToSearchQuery(option: Suggestion): Search {
 async function getAllPeople(limit: number = undefined) {
     if (!(await wipClusterEnable())) return [];
 
-    if (Math.random() < 0.01) {
+    if (process.env.NEXT_PUBLIC_ENTE_WIP_CL_FETCH) {
         const entityKey = await getEntityKey("person" as EntityType);
         const peopleR = await personDiff(entityKey.data);
         const r = peopleR.length;
         log.debug(() => ["people", peopleR]);
 
         if (r) return [];
+        return [];
     }
 
     let people: Array<Person> = []; // await mlIDbStorage.getAllPeople();
diff --git a/web/packages/new/photos/services/ml/index.ts b/web/packages/new/photos/services/ml/index.ts
index 7f44fa2010..9355e7d24b 100644
--- a/web/packages/new/photos/services/ml/index.ts
+++ b/web/packages/new/photos/services/ml/index.ts
@@ -317,7 +317,6 @@ let last: Person[] | undefined;
 export const wipClusterEnable = async () => {
     if (!isDevBuild || !(await isInternalUser())) return false;
     if (!process.env.NEXT_PUBLIC_ENTE_WIP_CL) return false;
-    if (last) return false;
     return true;
 };