diff --git a/daemon/anonymous-statistics.sh.in b/daemon/anonymous-statistics.sh.in
index 1aa0a7c67d..841f9ea7cf 100755
--- a/daemon/anonymous-statistics.sh.in
+++ b/daemon/anonymous-statistics.sh.in
@@ -7,8 +7,8 @@
 #      ACTION_DATA    -- fmt, args passed to fatal
 # - START       - netdata started
 #      ACTION_DATA     -- nan
-# - EXIT     - installation action
-#      ACTION_DATA    -- ret value of
+# - EXIT        - installation action
+#      ACTION_DATA     -- ret value of
 
 ACTION="${1}"
 ACTION_RESULT="${2}"
@@ -18,8 +18,8 @@ ACTION_DATA=$(echo "${ACTION_DATA}" | tr '"' "'")
 # -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # check opt-out
 
-if [ -f "@configdir_POST@/.opt-out-from-anonymous-statistics" ]; then
-	exit 0
+if [ -f "@configdir_POST@/.opt-out-from-anonymous-statistics" ] || [ ! "$DO_NOT_TRACK" -eq 0 ] || [ -n "$DO_NOT_TRACK" ]; then
+  exit 0
 fi
 
 # Shorten version for easier reporting
@@ -29,43 +29,43 @@ NETDATA_VERSION=$(echo "${NETDATA_VERSION}" | sed 's/-.*//g' | tr -d 'v')
 # send the anonymous statistics to GA
 # https://developers.google.com/analytics/devguides/collection/protocol/v1/parameters
 # The maximum index for a cd parameter is 20 so we have effectively run out.
-if [ -n "$(command -v curl 2>/dev/null)" ]; then
-	curl -X POST -Ss --max-time 2 \
-		--data "v=1" \
-		--data "tid=UA-64295674-3" \
-		--data "aip=1" \
-		--data "ds=shell" \
-		--data-urlencode "cid=${NETDATA_REGISTRY_UNIQUE_ID}" \
-		--data-urlencode "cs=${NETDATA_REGISTRY_UNIQUE_ID}" \
-		--data "t=event" \
-		--data "ni=1" \
-		--data "an=anonymous-statistics" \
-		--data-urlencode "av=${NETDATA_VERSION}" \
-		--data-urlencode "ec=${ACTION}" \
-		--data-urlencode "ea=${ACTION_RESULT}" \
-		--data-urlencode "el=${ACTION_DATA}" \
-		--data-urlencode "cd1=${NETDATA_HOST_OS_NAME}" \
-		--data-urlencode "cd2=${NETDATA_HOST_OS_ID}" \
-		--data-urlencode "cd3=${NETDATA_HOST_OS_ID_LIKE}" \
-		--data-urlencode "cd4=${NETDATA_HOST_OS_VERSION}" \
-		--data-urlencode "cd5=${NETDATA_HOST_OS_VERSION_ID}" \
-		--data-urlencode "cd6=${NETDATA_HOST_OS_DETECTION}" \
-		--data-urlencode "cd7=${NETDATA_SYSTEM_KERNEL_NAME}" \
-		--data-urlencode "cd8=${NETDATA_SYSTEM_KERNEL_VERSION}" \
-		--data-urlencode "cd9=${NETDATA_SYSTEM_ARCHITECTURE}" \
-		--data-urlencode "cd10=${NETDATA_SYSTEM_VIRTUALIZATION}" \
-		--data-urlencode "cd11=${NETDATA_SYSTEM_VIRT_DETECTION}" \
-		--data-urlencode "cd12=${NETDATA_SYSTEM_CONTAINER}" \
-		--data-urlencode "cd13=${NETDATA_SYSTEM_CONTAINER_DETECTION}" \
-		--data-urlencode "cd14=${NETDATA_CONTAINER_OS_NAME}" \
-		--data-urlencode "cd15=${NETDATA_CONTAINER_OS_ID}" \
-		--data-urlencode "cd16=${NETDATA_CONTAINER_OS_ID_LIKE}" \
-		--data-urlencode "cd17=${NETDATA_CONTAINER_OS_VERSION}" \
-		--data-urlencode "cd18=${NETDATA_CONTAINER_OS_VERSION_ID}" \
-		--data-urlencode "cd19=${NETDATA_CONTAINER_OS_DETECTION}" \
-		"https://www.google-analytics.com/collect" >/dev/null 2>&1
+if [ -n "$(command -v curl 2> /dev/null)" ]; then
+  curl -X POST -Ss --max-time 2 \
+    --data "v=1" \
+    --data "tid=UA-64295674-3" \
+    --data "aip=1" \
+    --data "ds=shell" \
+    --data-urlencode "cid=${NETDATA_REGISTRY_UNIQUE_ID}" \
+    --data-urlencode "cs=${NETDATA_REGISTRY_UNIQUE_ID}" \
+    --data "t=event" \
+    --data "ni=1" \
+    --data "an=anonymous-statistics" \
+    --data-urlencode "av=${NETDATA_VERSION}" \
+    --data-urlencode "ec=${ACTION}" \
+    --data-urlencode "ea=${ACTION_RESULT}" \
+    --data-urlencode "el=${ACTION_DATA}" \
+    --data-urlencode "cd1=${NETDATA_HOST_OS_NAME}" \
+    --data-urlencode "cd2=${NETDATA_HOST_OS_ID}" \
+    --data-urlencode "cd3=${NETDATA_HOST_OS_ID_LIKE}" \
+    --data-urlencode "cd4=${NETDATA_HOST_OS_VERSION}" \
+    --data-urlencode "cd5=${NETDATA_HOST_OS_VERSION_ID}" \
+    --data-urlencode "cd6=${NETDATA_HOST_OS_DETECTION}" \
+    --data-urlencode "cd7=${NETDATA_SYSTEM_KERNEL_NAME}" \
+    --data-urlencode "cd8=${NETDATA_SYSTEM_KERNEL_VERSION}" \
+    --data-urlencode "cd9=${NETDATA_SYSTEM_ARCHITECTURE}" \
+    --data-urlencode "cd10=${NETDATA_SYSTEM_VIRTUALIZATION}" \
+    --data-urlencode "cd11=${NETDATA_SYSTEM_VIRT_DETECTION}" \
+    --data-urlencode "cd12=${NETDATA_SYSTEM_CONTAINER}" \
+    --data-urlencode "cd13=${NETDATA_SYSTEM_CONTAINER_DETECTION}" \
+    --data-urlencode "cd14=${NETDATA_CONTAINER_OS_NAME}" \
+    --data-urlencode "cd15=${NETDATA_CONTAINER_OS_ID}" \
+    --data-urlencode "cd16=${NETDATA_CONTAINER_OS_ID_LIKE}" \
+    --data-urlencode "cd17=${NETDATA_CONTAINER_OS_VERSION}" \
+    --data-urlencode "cd18=${NETDATA_CONTAINER_OS_VERSION_ID}" \
+    --data-urlencode "cd19=${NETDATA_CONTAINER_OS_DETECTION}" \
+    "https://www.google-analytics.com/collect" > /dev/null 2>&1
 else
-	wget -q -O - --timeout=1 "https://www.google-analytics.com/collect?\
+  wget -q -O - --timeout=1 "https://www.google-analytics.com/collect?\
 &v=1\
 &tid=UA-64295674-3\
 &aip=1\
diff --git a/docs/anonymous-statistics.md b/docs/anonymous-statistics.md
index d8c075a82a..2afbddc18f 100644
--- a/docs/anonymous-statistics.md
+++ b/docs/anonymous-statistics.md
@@ -78,7 +78,8 @@ installation, including manual, offline, and macOS installations. Create the fil
 
 **Pass the option `--disable-telemetry` to any of the installer scripts in the [installation
 docs](../packaging/installer/README.md).** You can append this option during the initial installation or a manual
-update.
+update. You can also export the environment variable `DO_NOT_TRACK` with a non-zero or non-empty value
+(e.g: `export DO_NOT_TRACK=1`).
 
 When using Docker, **set your `DO_NOT_TRACK` environment variable to `1`.** You can set this variable with the following
 command: `export DO_NOT_TRACK=1`. When creating a container using Netdata's [Docker
diff --git a/netdata-installer.sh b/netdata-installer.sh
index b18c00dd8e..80d2553dc6 100755
--- a/netdata-installer.sh
+++ b/netdata-installer.sh
@@ -179,7 +179,7 @@ USAGE: ${PROGRAM} [options]
   --zlib-is-really-here or
   --libs-are-really-here     If you get errors about missing zlib or libuuid but you know it is available, you might
                              have a broken pkg-config. Use this option to proceed without checking pkg-config.
-  --disable-telemetry        Use this flag to opt-out from our anonymous telemetry progam.
+  --disable-telemetry        Use this flag to opt-out from our anonymous telemetry progam. (DO_NOT_TRACK=1)
 
 Netdata will by default be compiled with gcc optimization -O2
 If you need to pass different CFLAGS, use something like this:
@@ -304,7 +304,9 @@ if [ -z "$NETDATA_DISABLE_TELEMETRY" ]; then
 
   ${TPUT_YELLOW}${TPUT_BOLD}NOTE${TPUT_RESET}:
   Anonymous usage stats will be collected and sent to Google Analytics.
-  To opt-out, pass --disable-telemetry option to the installer.
+  To opt-out, pass --disable-telemetry option to the installer or export
+  the enviornment variable DO_NOT_TRACK to a non-zero or non-empty value
+  (e.g: export DO_NOT_TRACK=1).
 
 BANNER4
 fi
@@ -885,6 +887,10 @@ install_go
 # -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 progress "Telemetry configuration"
 
+if [ ! "$DO_NOT_TRACK" -eq 0 ] || [ -n "$DO_NOT_TRACK" ]; then
+  NETDATA_DISABLE_TELEMETRY=1
+fi
+
 # Opt-out from telemetry program
 if [ -n "${NETDATA_DISABLE_TELEMETRY+x}" ]; then
   run touch "${NETDATA_USER_CONFIG_DIR}/.opt-out-from-anonymous-statistics"
diff --git a/packaging/docker/Dockerfile b/packaging/docker/Dockerfile
index e8d36c159a..5c61c08d2f 100644
--- a/packaging/docker/Dockerfile
+++ b/packaging/docker/Dockerfile
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ ARG NETDATA_GID=201
 ENV DOCKER_GRP netdata
 ENV DOCKER_USR netdata
 # If DO_NOT_TRACK is set, it will disable anonymous stats collection and reporting
-#ENV DO_NOT_TRACK
+#ENV DO_NOT_TRACK=1
 RUN \
     # fping from alpine apk is on a different location. Moving it.
     mv /usr/sbin/fping /usr/local/bin/fping && \
diff --git a/packaging/docker/run.sh b/packaging/docker/run.sh
index de317927b8..70952b10b7 100755
--- a/packaging/docker/run.sh
+++ b/packaging/docker/run.sh
@@ -7,21 +7,21 @@
 # Author  : Pavlos Emm. Katsoulakis <paul@netdata.cloud>
 set -e
 
-if [ -n "${DO_NOT_TRACK+x}" ]; then
+if [ ! "$DO_NOT_TRACK" -eq 0 ] || [ -n "$DO_NOT_TRACK" ]; then
   touch /etc/netdata/.opt-out-from-anonymous-statistics
 fi
 
 echo "Netdata entrypoint script starting"
 if [ ${RESCRAMBLE+x} ]; then
-	echo "Reinstalling all packages to get the latest Polymorphic Linux scramble"
-	apk upgrade --update-cache --available
+  echo "Reinstalling all packages to get the latest Polymorphic Linux scramble"
+  apk upgrade --update-cache --available
 fi
 
 if [ -n "${PGID}" ]; then
-    echo "Creating docker group ${PGID}"
-    addgroup -g "${PGID}" "docker" || echo >&2 "Could not add group docker with ID ${PGID}, its already there probably"
-    echo "Assign netdata user to docker group ${PGID}"
-    usermod -a -G ${PGID} ${DOCKER_USR} || echo >&2 "Could not add netdata user to group docker with ID ${PGID}"
+  echo "Creating docker group ${PGID}"
+  addgroup -g "${PGID}" "docker" || echo >&2 "Could not add group docker with ID ${PGID}, its already there probably"
+  echo "Assign netdata user to docker group ${PGID}"
+  usermod -a -G "${PGID}" "${DOCKER_USR}" || echo >&2 "Could not add netdata user to group docker with ID ${PGID}"
 fi
 
 exec /usr/sbin/netdata -u "${DOCKER_USR}" -D -s /host -p "${NETDATA_PORT}" -W set web "web files group" root -W set web "web files owner" root "$@"
diff --git a/packaging/installer/kickstart-static64.sh b/packaging/installer/kickstart-static64.sh
index eb34314d7c..7f032bbfbe 100755
--- a/packaging/installer/kickstart-static64.sh
+++ b/packaging/installer/kickstart-static64.sh
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 #  --non-interactive        do not wait for input
 #  --dont-start-it          do not start netdata after install
 #  --stable-channel         Use the stable release channel, rather than the nightly to fetch sources
-#  --disable-telemetry      Opt-out of anonymous telemetry program
+#  --disable-telemetry      Opt-out of anonymous telemetry program (DO_NOT_TRACK=1)
 #  --local-files            Use a manually provided tarball for the installation
 #
 # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -231,6 +231,10 @@ while [ -n "${1}" ]; do
   fi
 done
 
+if [ ! "$DO_NOT_TRACK" -eq 0 ] || [ -n "$DO_NOT_TRACK" ]; then
+  NETDATA_INSTALLER_OPTIONS="${NETDATA_INSTALLER_OPTIONS:+${NETDATA_INSTALLER_OPTIONS} }--disable-telemtry"
+fi
+
 # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 TMPDIR=$(create_tmp_directory)
 cd "${TMPDIR}" || exit 1
diff --git a/packaging/installer/methods/kickstart-64.md b/packaging/installer/methods/kickstart-64.md
index 14c8abc700..6660b43cfa 100644
--- a/packaging/installer/methods/kickstart-64.md
+++ b/packaging/installer/methods/kickstart-64.md
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ To use `md5sum` to verify the intregity of the `kickstart-static64.sh` script yo
 command above, run the following:
 
 ```bash
-[ "dfa84c3b5e6fd8975555d68f46eccdde" = "$(curl -Ss https://my-netdata.io/kickstart-static64.sh | md5sum | cut -d ' ' -f 1)" ] && echo "OK, VALID" || echo "FAILED, INVALID"
+[ "788cfe179615158331877a577c140486" = "$(curl -Ss https://my-netdata.io/kickstart-static64.sh | md5sum | cut -d ' ' -f 1)" ] && echo "OK, VALID" || echo "FAILED, INVALID"
 ```
 
 If the script is valid, this command will return `OK, VALID`.
diff --git a/packaging/makeself/install-or-update.sh b/packaging/makeself/install-or-update.sh
index 4791ea2e92..4771f8ee25 100755
--- a/packaging/makeself/install-or-update.sh
+++ b/packaging/makeself/install-or-update.sh
@@ -57,6 +57,10 @@ while [ "${1}" ]; do
   shift 1
 done
 
+if [ ! "$DO_NOT_TRACK" -eq 0 ] || [ -n "$DO_NOT_TRACK" ]; then
+  REINSTALL_OPTIONS="${REINSTALL_OPTIONS} --disable-telemtry"
+fi
+
 deleted_stock_configs=0
 if [ ! -f "etc/netdata/.installer-cleanup-of-stock-configs-done" ]; then
 
diff --git a/packaging/makeself/makeself-help-header.txt b/packaging/makeself/makeself-help-header.txt
index d561f818f9..9a8a3ec336 100644
--- a/packaging/makeself/makeself-help-header.txt
+++ b/packaging/makeself/makeself-help-header.txt
@@ -44,4 +44,6 @@
   https://github.com/netdata/netdata/blob/master/LICENSE.md
 
   Anonymous stat collection and reporting to Google Analytics is enabled
-  by default. To disable, pass --disable-telemetry option to the installer.
+  by default. To disable, pass --disable-telemetry option to the installer
+  or export the environment variable DO_NOT_TRACK to a non-zero or non-empty
+  value (e.g export DO_NOT_TRACK=1).
diff --git a/web/server/web_client.h b/web/server/web_client.h
index c785a7fdac..3e4b1c3bfa 100644
--- a/web/server/web_client.h
+++ b/web/server/web_client.h
@@ -6,24 +6,22 @@
 #include "libnetdata/libnetdata.h"
 
 #ifdef NETDATA_WITH_ZLIB
-extern int web_enable_gzip,
-        web_gzip_level,
-        web_gzip_strategy;
+extern int web_enable_gzip, web_gzip_level, web_gzip_strategy;
 #endif /* NETDATA_WITH_ZLIB */
 
 // HTTP_CODES 2XX Success
-#define HTTP_RESP_OK            200
+#define HTTP_RESP_OK 200
 
 // HTTP_CODES 3XX Redirections
-#define HTTP_RESP_MOVED_PERM    301
-#define HTTP_RESP_REDIR_TEMP    307
-#define HTTP_RESP_REDIR_PERM    308
+#define HTTP_RESP_MOVED_PERM 301
+#define HTTP_RESP_REDIR_TEMP 307
+#define HTTP_RESP_REDIR_PERM 308
 
 // HTTP_CODES 4XX Client Errors
-#define HTTP_RESP_BAD_REQUEST   400
-#define HTTP_RESP_FORBIDDEN     403
-#define HTTP_RESP_NOT_FOUND     404
-#define HTTP_RESP_PRECOND_FAIL  412
+#define HTTP_RESP_BAD_REQUEST 400
+#define HTTP_RESP_FORBIDDEN 403
+#define HTTP_RESP_NOT_FOUND 404
+#define HTTP_RESP_PRECOND_FAIL 412
 
 // HTTP_CODES 5XX Server Errors
 #define HTTP_RESP_INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR 500
@@ -33,10 +31,10 @@ extern int respect_web_browser_do_not_track_policy;
 extern char *web_x_frame_options;
 
 typedef enum web_client_mode {
-    WEB_CLIENT_MODE_NORMAL      = 0,
-    WEB_CLIENT_MODE_FILECOPY    = 1,
-    WEB_CLIENT_MODE_OPTIONS     = 2,
-    WEB_CLIENT_MODE_STREAM      = 3
+    WEB_CLIENT_MODE_NORMAL = 0,
+    WEB_CLIENT_MODE_FILECOPY = 1,
+    WEB_CLIENT_MODE_OPTIONS = 2,
+    WEB_CLIENT_MODE_STREAM = 3
 } WEB_CLIENT_MODE;
 
 typedef enum {
@@ -52,20 +50,20 @@ typedef enum {
 } HTTP_VALIDATION;
 
 typedef enum web_client_flags {
-    WEB_CLIENT_FLAG_DEAD              = 1 << 1, // if set, this client is dead
+    WEB_CLIENT_FLAG_DEAD = 1 << 1, // if set, this client is dead
 
-    WEB_CLIENT_FLAG_KEEPALIVE         = 1 << 2, // if set, the web client will be re-used
+    WEB_CLIENT_FLAG_KEEPALIVE = 1 << 2, // if set, the web client will be re-used
 
-    WEB_CLIENT_FLAG_WAIT_RECEIVE      = 1 << 3, // if set, we are waiting more input data
-    WEB_CLIENT_FLAG_WAIT_SEND         = 1 << 4, // if set, we have data to send to the client
+    WEB_CLIENT_FLAG_WAIT_RECEIVE = 1 << 3, // if set, we are waiting more input data
+    WEB_CLIENT_FLAG_WAIT_SEND = 1 << 4,    // if set, we have data to send to the client
 
-    WEB_CLIENT_FLAG_DO_NOT_TRACK      = 1 << 5, // if set, we should not set cookies on this client
+    WEB_CLIENT_FLAG_DO_NOT_TRACK = 1 << 5,      // if set, we should not set cookies on this client
     WEB_CLIENT_FLAG_TRACKING_REQUIRED = 1 << 6, // if set, we need to send cookies
 
-    WEB_CLIENT_FLAG_TCP_CLIENT        = 1 << 7, // if set, the client is using a TCP socket
-    WEB_CLIENT_FLAG_UNIX_CLIENT       = 1 << 8, // if set, the client is using a UNIX socket
+    WEB_CLIENT_FLAG_TCP_CLIENT = 1 << 7,  // if set, the client is using a TCP socket
+    WEB_CLIENT_FLAG_UNIX_CLIENT = 1 << 8, // if set, the client is using a UNIX socket
 
-    WEB_CLIENT_FLAG_DONT_CLOSE_SOCKET = 1 << 9,  // don't close the socket when cleaning up (static-threaded web server)
+    WEB_CLIENT_FLAG_DONT_CLOSE_SOCKET = 1 << 9, // don't close the socket when cleaning up (static-threaded web server)
 } WEB_CLIENT_FLAGS;
 
 //#ifdef HAVE_C___ATOMIC
@@ -74,7 +72,7 @@ typedef enum web_client_flags {
 //#define web_client_flag_clear(w, flag) __atomic_and_fetch(&((w)->flags), ~flag, __ATOMIC_SEQ_CST)
 //#else
 #define web_client_flag_check(w, flag) ((w)->flags & (flag))
-#define web_client_flag_set(w, flag)   (w)->flags |= flag
+#define web_client_flag_set(w, flag) (w)->flags |= flag
 #define web_client_flag_clear(w, flag) (w)->flags &= ~flag
 //#endif
 
@@ -118,59 +116,58 @@ typedef enum web_client_flags {
 #define NETDATA_WEB_REQUEST_MAX_SIZE 16384
 
 struct response {
-    BUFFER *header;                 // our response header
-    BUFFER *header_output;          // internal use
-    BUFFER *data;                   // our response data buffer
+    BUFFER *header;        // our response header
+    BUFFER *header_output; // internal use
+    BUFFER *data;          // our response data buffer
 
-    int code;                       // the HTTP response code
+    int code; // the HTTP response code
 
-    size_t rlen;                    // if non-zero, the excepted size of ifd (input of firecopy)
-    size_t sent;                    // current data length sent to output
+    size_t rlen; // if non-zero, the excepted size of ifd (input of firecopy)
+    size_t sent; // current data length sent to output
 
-    int zoutput;                    // if set to 1, web_client_send() will send compressed data
+    int zoutput; // if set to 1, web_client_send() will send compressed data
 #ifdef NETDATA_WITH_ZLIB
-    z_stream zstream;               // zlib stream for sending compressed output to client
+    z_stream zstream;                                    // zlib stream for sending compressed output to client
     Bytef zbuffer[NETDATA_WEB_RESPONSE_ZLIB_CHUNK_SIZE]; // temporary buffer for storing compressed output
-    size_t zsent;                   // the compressed bytes we have sent to the client
-    size_t zhave;                   // the compressed bytes that we have received from zlib
-    unsigned int zinitialized:1;
+    size_t zsent;                                        // the compressed bytes we have sent to the client
+    size_t zhave;                                        // the compressed bytes that we have received from zlib
+    unsigned int zinitialized : 1;
 #endif /* NETDATA_WITH_ZLIB */
-
 };
 
 struct web_client {
     unsigned long long id;
 
-    WEB_CLIENT_FLAGS flags;         // status flags for the client
-    WEB_CLIENT_MODE mode;           // the operational mode of the client
-    WEB_CLIENT_ACL acl;             // the access list of the client
-    int port_acl;                   // the operations permitted on the port the client connected to
-    char *auth_bearer_token;        // the Bearer auth token (if sent)
+    WEB_CLIENT_FLAGS flags;  // status flags for the client
+    WEB_CLIENT_MODE mode;    // the operational mode of the client
+    WEB_CLIENT_ACL acl;      // the access list of the client
+    int port_acl;            // the operations permitted on the port the client connected to
+    char *auth_bearer_token; // the Bearer auth token (if sent)
     size_t header_parse_tries;
     size_t header_parse_last_size;
 
-    int tcp_cork;                   // 1 = we have a cork on the socket
+    int tcp_cork; // 1 = we have a cork on the socket
 
     int ifd;
     int ofd;
 
-    char client_ip[INET6_ADDRSTRLEN];   // Defined buffer sizes include null-terminators
+    char client_ip[INET6_ADDRSTRLEN]; // Defined buffer sizes include null-terminators
     char client_port[NI_MAXSERV];
     char server_host[NI_MAXHOST];
     char client_host[NI_MAXHOST];
 
-    char decoded_url[NETDATA_WEB_REQUEST_URL_SIZE + 1];  // we decode the URL in this buffer
-    char decoded_query_string[NETDATA_WEB_REQUEST_URL_SIZE + 1];  // we decode the Query String in this buffer
-    char last_url[NETDATA_WEB_REQUEST_URL_SIZE+1];       // we keep a copy of the decoded URL here
+    char decoded_url[NETDATA_WEB_REQUEST_URL_SIZE + 1];          // we decode the URL in this buffer
+    char decoded_query_string[NETDATA_WEB_REQUEST_URL_SIZE + 1]; // we decode the Query String in this buffer
+    char last_url[NETDATA_WEB_REQUEST_URL_SIZE + 1];             // we keep a copy of the decoded URL here
     size_t url_path_length;
-    char separator; // This value can be either '?' or 'f'
+    char separator;        // This value can be either '?' or 'f'
     char *url_search_path; //A pointer to the search path sent by the client
 
     struct timeval tv_in, tv_ready;
 
-    char cookie1[NETDATA_WEB_REQUEST_COOKIE_SIZE+1];
-    char cookie2[NETDATA_WEB_REQUEST_COOKIE_SIZE+1];
-    char origin[NETDATA_WEB_REQUEST_ORIGIN_HEADER_SIZE+1];
+    char cookie1[NETDATA_WEB_REQUEST_COOKIE_SIZE + 1];
+    char cookie2[NETDATA_WEB_REQUEST_COOKIE_SIZE + 1];
+    char origin[NETDATA_WEB_REQUEST_ORIGIN_HEADER_SIZE + 1];
     char *user_agent;
 
     struct response response;
@@ -179,22 +176,21 @@ struct web_client {
     size_t stats_sent_bytes;
 
     // cache of web_client allocations
-    struct web_client *prev;        // maintain a linked list of web clients
-    struct web_client *next;        // for the web servers that need it
+    struct web_client *prev; // maintain a linked list of web clients
+    struct web_client *next; // for the web servers that need it
 
     // MULTI-THREADED WEB SERVER MEMBERS
-    netdata_thread_t thread;        // the thread servicing this client
-    volatile int running;           // 1 when the thread runs, 0 otherwise
+    netdata_thread_t thread; // the thread servicing this client
+    volatile int running;    // 1 when the thread runs, 0 otherwise
 
     // STATIC-THREADED WEB SERVER MEMBERS
-    size_t pollinfo_slot;           // POLLINFO slot of the web client
-    size_t pollinfo_filecopy_slot;  // POLLINFO slot of the file read
+    size_t pollinfo_slot;          // POLLINFO slot of the web client
+    size_t pollinfo_filecopy_slot; // POLLINFO slot of the file read
 #ifdef ENABLE_HTTPS
     struct netdata_ssl ssl;
 #endif
 };
 
-
 extern uid_t web_files_uid(void);
 extern uid_t web_files_gid(void);