diff --git a/deploy/docker-swarm/clickhouse-setup/docker-compose.yaml b/deploy/docker-swarm/clickhouse-setup/docker-compose.yaml
index cf39bf49c4..c55013abca 100644
--- a/deploy/docker-swarm/clickhouse-setup/docker-compose.yaml
+++ b/deploy/docker-swarm/clickhouse-setup/docker-compose.yaml
@@ -145,7 +145,11 @@ services:
 
   query-service:
     image: signoz/query-service:0.28.0
-    command: [ "-config=/root/config/prometheus.yml" ]
+    command: 
+    [ 
+      "-config=/root/config/prometheus.yml",
+      "--prefer-delta=true"
+    ]
     # ports:
     #   - "6060:6060"     # pprof port
     #   - "8080:8080"     # query-service port
diff --git a/deploy/docker/clickhouse-setup/docker-compose-local.yaml b/deploy/docker/clickhouse-setup/docker-compose-local.yaml
index cce46073f3..3ac2d82d62 100644
--- a/deploy/docker/clickhouse-setup/docker-compose-local.yaml
+++ b/deploy/docker/clickhouse-setup/docker-compose-local.yaml
@@ -22,7 +22,11 @@ services:
       - ./prometheus.yml:/root/config/prometheus.yml
       - ../dashboards:/root/config/dashboards
       - ./data/signoz/:/var/lib/signoz/
-    command: [ "-config=/root/config/prometheus.yml" ]
+    command: 
+    [ 
+      "-config=/root/config/prometheus.yml",
+      "--prefer-delta=true"
+    ]
     ports:
       - "6060:6060"
       - "8080:8080"
diff --git a/deploy/docker/clickhouse-setup/docker-compose.yaml b/deploy/docker/clickhouse-setup/docker-compose.yaml
index 0f96583036..b652aa748d 100644
--- a/deploy/docker/clickhouse-setup/docker-compose.yaml
+++ b/deploy/docker/clickhouse-setup/docker-compose.yaml
@@ -164,7 +164,11 @@ services:
   query-service:
     image: signoz/query-service:${DOCKER_TAG:-0.28.0}
     container_name: signoz-query-service
-    command: [ "-config=/root/config/prometheus.yml" ]
+    command: 
+    [ 
+      "-config=/root/config/prometheus.yml",
+      "--prefer-delta=true"
+    ]
     # ports:
     #   - "6060:6060"     # pprof port
     #   - "8080:8080"     # query-service port
diff --git a/pkg/query-service/README.md b/pkg/query-service/README.md
index ed0a1b887f..fc4064f9e7 100644
--- a/pkg/query-service/README.md
+++ b/pkg/query-service/README.md
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ If you are on arm64 processors (Apple M1 Macs) run sudo make run-arm
 ```console
 cd pkg/query-service
 go build -o build/query-service main.go
-ClickHouseUrl=tcp://localhost:9001 STORAGE=clickhouse build/query-service
+ClickHouseUrl=tcp://localhost:9001 STORAGE=clickhouse build/query-service --prefer-delta=true 
 ```
 
 # Frontend Configuration for local query-service.
diff --git a/pkg/query-service/tests/test-deploy/docker-compose.yaml b/pkg/query-service/tests/test-deploy/docker-compose.yaml
index ee1b98adf8..15fcec80c3 100644
--- a/pkg/query-service/tests/test-deploy/docker-compose.yaml
+++ b/pkg/query-service/tests/test-deploy/docker-compose.yaml
@@ -153,7 +153,11 @@ services:
   query-service:
     image: signoz/query-service:latest
     container_name: signoz-query-service
-    command: [ "-config=/root/config/prometheus.yml" ]
+    command: 
+    [ 
+      "-config=/root/config/prometheus.yml",
+      "--prefer-delta=true"
+    ]
     # ports:
     #   - "6060:6060"     # pprof port
     #   - "8080:8080"     # query-service port