diff --git a/src/DynamoMLDataPipeline/DynamoMLDataPipeline.cs b/src/DynamoMLDataPipeline/DynamoMLDataPipeline.cs
index ea0f5f9e649..f3c81f2b2c2 100644
--- a/src/DynamoMLDataPipeline/DynamoMLDataPipeline.cs
+++ b/src/DynamoMLDataPipeline/DynamoMLDataPipeline.cs
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 using System.Text;
 using Dynamo.Logging;
 using Dynamo.Models;
+using Dynamo.Utilities;
 using Greg;
 using Newtonsoft.Json;
 using Newtonsoft.Json.Linq;
@@ -63,7 +64,7 @@ internal string ProductionCollectionID
         // Id of the user sending the post request.
         private string GetUserId()
         {
-            return AuthUserInfoProvider?.UserId;
+            return AuthUserInfoProvider?.UserId ?? string.Empty;
         }
 
         // Authorization token needed for the restsharp post request in this pipeline.
@@ -160,9 +161,10 @@ static public string ConvertDynToBase64(string filePath)
         {
             // Read .dyn file as a string
             string sourceFileContent = File.ReadAllText(filePath);
+            string formattedSourceContent = PIIDetector.RemovePIIData(sourceFileContent);
 
             // Convert the string to a byte array (buffer)
-            byte[] stringBuffer = Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(sourceFileContent);
+            byte[] stringBuffer = Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(formattedSourceContent);
 
             // Compress to gzip and then convert to base64 to optimize size
             byte[] compressedBuffer = DataUtilities.Compress(stringBuffer);
diff --git a/src/DynamoMLDataPipeline/DynamoMLDataPipeline.csproj b/src/DynamoMLDataPipeline/DynamoMLDataPipeline.csproj
index a11da93f946..ee94e15110a 100644
--- a/src/DynamoMLDataPipeline/DynamoMLDataPipeline.csproj
+++ b/src/DynamoMLDataPipeline/DynamoMLDataPipeline.csproj
@@ -18,6 +18,10 @@
 	  <Project>{7858fa8c-475f-4b8e-b468-1f8200778cf8}</Project>
 	  <Name>DynamoCore</Name>
 	</ProjectReference>
+    <ProjectReference Include="..\DynamoUtilities\DynamoUtilities.csproj">
+      <Project>{B5F435CB-0D8A-40B1-A4F7-5ECB3CE792A9}</Project>
+      <Name>DynamoUtilities</Name>
+    </ProjectReference>
   </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
 	<None Include="App.config" />
diff --git a/src/DynamoUtilities/Properties/AssemblyInfo.cs b/src/DynamoUtilities/Properties/AssemblyInfo.cs
index 53a438070a1..181c011d33e 100644
--- a/src/DynamoUtilities/Properties/AssemblyInfo.cs
+++ b/src/DynamoUtilities/Properties/AssemblyInfo.cs
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 [assembly: InternalsVisibleTo("ProtoScript")]
 [assembly: InternalsVisibleTo("ProtoCore")]
 [assembly: InternalsVisibleTo("DynamoApplications")]
+[assembly: InternalsVisibleTo("DynamoMLDataPipeline")]
 [assembly: InternalsVisibleTo("DynamoCLI")]
 [assembly: InternalsVisibleTo("NodeDocumentationMarkdownGenerator")]
 [assembly: InternalsVisibleTo("DynamoUtilitiesTests")]