diff --git a/code/lib/core-server/src/withTelemetry.ts b/code/lib/core-server/src/withTelemetry.ts
index aca91f9335e..13954c4b64a 100644
--- a/code/lib/core-server/src/withTelemetry.ts
+++ b/code/lib/core-server/src/withTelemetry.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import prompts from 'prompts';
-import type { CLIOptions, LoadOptions, BuilderOptions, CoreConfig } from '@storybook/core-common';
+import type { CLIOptions, CoreConfig } from '@storybook/core-common';
 import { loadAllPresets, cache } from '@storybook/core-common';
 import { telemetry } from '@storybook/telemetry';
 import type { EventType } from '@storybook/telemetry';
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ async function shouldSendError({ cliOptions, presetOptions }: TelemetryOptions)
   // If the user has chosen to enable/disable crash reports in main.js
   // or disabled telemetry, we can return that
   const core = await presets.apply<CoreConfig>('core');
-  if (core.enableCrashReports !== undefined) return core.enableCrashReports;
+  if (core?.enableCrashReports !== undefined) return core.enableCrashReports;
   if (core?.disableTelemetry) return false;
 
   // Deal with typo, remove in future version (7.1?)
diff --git a/code/lib/telemetry/src/index.ts b/code/lib/telemetry/src/index.ts
index 8a9e97166f4..f49b77fb7a4 100644
--- a/code/lib/telemetry/src/index.ts
+++ b/code/lib/telemetry/src/index.ts
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ export const telemetry = async (
     payload,
   };
   try {
-    if (!options.stripMetadata)
+    if (!options?.stripMetadata)
       telemetryData.metadata = await getStorybookMetadata(options?.configDir);
   } catch (error: any) {
     telemetryData.payload.metadataErrorMessage = sanitizeError(error).message;