diff --git a/DQMServices/Components/plugins/DQMEventInfo.cc b/DQMServices/Components/plugins/DQMEventInfo.cc
index 2cea3a97adf6b..081d4b7ab7b51 100644
--- a/DQMServices/Components/plugins/DQMEventInfo.cc
+++ b/DQMServices/Components/plugins/DQMEventInfo.cc
@@ -266,8 +266,16 @@ void DQMEventInfo::analyzeProvInfo(const edm::Event& event) {
     // Getting parameters for that process
     edm::ParameterSet ps;
     event.getProcessParameterSet(processName, ps);
-    // Getting the global tag
-    globalTag_ = ps.getParameterSet("PoolDBESSource@GlobalTag").getParameter<std::string>("globaltag");
+
+    // Check if the 'PoolDBESSource@GlobalTag' ParameterSet exists
+    if (ps.exists("PoolDBESSource@GlobalTag")) {
+      // Getting the global tag
+      globalTag_ = ps.getParameterSet("PoolDBESSource@GlobalTag").getParameter<std::string>("globaltag");
+    } else {
+      // Handle the case where 'PoolDBESSource@GlobalTag' is missing
+      // You can set a default value or take some other action
+      edm::LogInfo("Configuration") << "ParameterSet 'PoolDBESSource@GlobalTag' not found. Using default global tag.";
+    }
 
     versGlobaltag_->Fill(globalTag_);
     // Finaly: Setting globalTagRetrieved_ to true, since we got it now
diff --git a/DQMServices/Components/python/DQMEventInfo_cfi.py b/DQMServices/Components/python/DQMEventInfo_cfi.py
index c7c25568bbe27..5f7890325f503 100644
--- a/DQMServices/Components/python/DQMEventInfo_cfi.py
+++ b/DQMServices/Components/python/DQMEventInfo_cfi.py
@@ -10,6 +10,6 @@
     # define folder to store event info (default: EventInfo)
     eventInfoFolder = cms.untracked.string('EventInfo'),
     # use the Global Tag of the last (!) HLT processing
-    showHLTGlobalTag = cms.untracked.bool(True)
+    showHLTGlobalTag = cms.untracked.bool(False)
 )