diff --git a/package/kedro_viz/api/rest/router.py b/package/kedro_viz/api/rest/router.py
index 15dad02039..c320ff374b 100644
--- a/package/kedro_viz/api/rest/router.py
+++ b/package/kedro_viz/api/rest/router.py
@@ -62,8 +62,11 @@ async def get_single_pipeline_data(registered_pipeline_id: str):
 
 @router.post("/deploy")
 async def deploy_kedro_viz(input_values: DeployerConfiguration):
+    # Importing here to avoid circular imports
+    from kedro_viz.server import load_and_populate_data # pylint: disable=import-outside-toplevel
+
     try:
-        # load_and_populate_data(Path.cwd(), input_values.preview)
+        load_and_populate_data(Path.cwd(), input_values.preview)
 
         deployer = DeployerFactory.create_deployer(
             input_values.platform, input_values.endpoint, input_values.bucket_name
diff --git a/src/components/shareable-url-modal/shareable-url-modal.js b/src/components/shareable-url-modal/shareable-url-modal.js
index 9d58bee238..58c582d4e9 100644
--- a/src/components/shareable-url-modal/shareable-url-modal.js
+++ b/src/components/shareable-url-modal/shareable-url-modal.js
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ const ShareableUrlModal = ({ onToggleModal, visible }) => {
           'Content-Type': 'application/json',
         },
         method: 'POST',
-        body: JSON.stringify(inputValues),
+        body: JSON.stringify({ ...inputValues, preview: false }), // preview appended to the body to disable the preview data
       });
       const response = await request.json();