diff --git a/plugins/c9.vfs.server/vfs.server.js b/plugins/c9.vfs.server/vfs.server.js
index b4ad74ba..538d5498 100644
--- a/plugins/c9.vfs.server/vfs.server.js
+++ b/plugins/c9.vfs.server/vfs.server.js
@@ -328,6 +328,15 @@ function plugin(options, imports, register) {
 
         if (new Date(user.lastVfsAccess).getDate() != new Date().getDate() || 
             Date.now() > user.lastVfsAccess + VFS_ACTIVITY_WINDOW) {
+                
+            // Keeping this temporarily to be replaced by API request only
+            async.series([
+                analytics.aliasClean.bind(analytics, req.cookies.mixpanelAnonymousId, user.id),
+                analytics.identifyClean.bind(analytics, user, {}),
+                analytics.trackClean.bind(analytics, user, "VFS is active", { uid: user.id }),
+            ], function(err) {
+                if (err) return console.log("Error logging activity", err.stack || err);
+            });
 
             superagent
                 .post(options.apiBaseUrl + "/metric/usage/" + req.params.pid + "?access_token=" + req.query.access_token)