diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index fe4aba8..ca57dd8 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.0)
 project(Server)
 
+add_subdirectory("include/sentry-native")
+
 if (WIN32)
     message(STATUS "MSVC -> forcing use of statically-linked runtime.")
     STRING(REPLACE "/MD" "/MT" CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_RELEASE ${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_RELEASE})
@@ -19,13 +21,18 @@ elseif (UNIX)
     endif (SANITIZE)
 endif ()
 
+# this is set by the build system.
+# if you're building from source, just leave this empty
+if (NOT DEFINED BEAMMP_SECRET_SENTRY_URL)
+    set(BEAMMP_SECRET_SENTRY_URL "")
+endif()
+
 # this has to happen before -DDEBUG since it wont compile properly with -DDEBUG
 include_directories("asio/asio/include")
 include_directories("rapidjson/include")
 include_directories("websocketpp")
 add_subdirectory("socket.io-client-cpp")
 add_subdirectory("include/commandline")
-add_subdirectory("include/sentry-native")
 
 set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD 17)
 
@@ -59,8 +66,10 @@ target_include_directories(BeamMP-Server PUBLIC ${Boost_INCLUDE_DIRS} ${LUA_INCL
 find_package(OpenSSL REQUIRED)
 
 if (UNIX)
+    add_definitions(-DSECRET_SENTRY_URL="${BEAMMP_SECRET_SENTRY_URL}")
     target_link_libraries(BeamMP-Server z pthread stdc++fs ${LUA_LIBRARIES} crypto ${OPENSSL_LIBRARIES} commandline sioclient_tls sentry)
 elseif (WIN32)
+    add_definitions(/DSECRET_SENTRY_URL="${BEAMMP_SECRET_SENTRY_URL}")
     include(FindLua)
     find_package(ZLIB REQUIRED)
     find_package(RapidJSON CONFIG REQUIRED)
diff --git a/include/Common.h b/include/Common.h
index 76d5012..c23ccdf 100644
--- a/include/Common.h
+++ b/include/Common.h
@@ -79,6 +79,9 @@ void RegisterThread(const std::string str);
 #define _line std::to_string(__LINE__)
 #define _in_lambda (std::string(__func__) == "operator()")
 
+#include "Sentry.h"
+extern TSentry Sentry;
+
 // we would like the full function signature 'void a::foo() const'
 // on windows this is __FUNCSIG__, on GCC it's __PRETTY_FUNCTION__,
 // feel free to add more
@@ -108,7 +111,7 @@ void RegisterThread(const std::string str);
 
 #define warn(x) Application::Console().Write(_this_location + std::string("[WARN] ") + (x))
 #define info(x) Application::Console().Write(_this_location + std::string("[INFO] ") + (x))
-#define error(x) Application::Console().Write(_this_location + std::string("[ERROR] ") + (x))
+#define error(x) do { Application::Console().Write(_this_location + std::string("[ERROR] ") + (x)); Sentry.AddErrorBreadcrumb((x), _file_basename, _line); } while (false)
 #define luaprint(x) Application::Console().Write(_this_location + std::string("[LUA] ") + (x))
 #define debug(x)                                                                          \
     do {                                                                                  \
diff --git a/include/Sentry.h b/include/Sentry.h
index 40006ee..4f491ec 100644
--- a/include/Sentry.h
+++ b/include/Sentry.h
@@ -1,14 +1,25 @@
 #ifndef SENTRY_H
 #define SENTRY_H
 
+#include <sentry.h>
 #include <string>
 
+enum class Logger {
+
+};
+
 // singleton, dont make this twice
-class Sentry final {
+class TSentry final {
 public:
-    Sentry(const std::string& SentryUrl);
-    ~Sentry();
+    TSentry(const std::string& SentryUrl);
+    ~TSentry();
+
+    void Log(sentry_level_t level, const std::string& logger, const std::string& text);
+    void LogException(const std::exception& e, const std::string& file, const std::string& line);
+    void AddErrorBreadcrumb(const std::string& msg, const std::string& file, const std::string& line);
+
 private:
+    bool mValid { true };
 };
 
 #endif // SENTRY_H
diff --git a/src/Sentry.cpp b/src/Sentry.cpp
index ed593b8..2d92f5a 100644
--- a/src/Sentry.cpp
+++ b/src/Sentry.cpp
@@ -1,16 +1,35 @@
 #include "Sentry.h"
 #include "Common.h"
 
-#include "sentry.h"
-
-Sentry::Sentry(const std::string& SentryUrl) {
-    sentry_options_t* options = sentry_options_new();
-    sentry_options_set_dsn(options, SentryUrl.c_str());
-    auto ReleaseString = "BeamMP-Server@" + Application::ServerVersion();
-    sentry_options_set_release(options, ReleaseString.c_str());
-    sentry_init(options);
+TSentry::TSentry(const std::string& SentryUrl) {
+    if (SentryUrl.empty()) {
+        mValid = false;
+    } else {
+        mValid = true;
+        sentry_options_t* options = sentry_options_new();
+        sentry_options_set_dsn(options, SentryUrl.c_str());
+        auto ReleaseString = "BeamMP-Server@" + Application::ServerVersion();
+        sentry_options_set_release(options, ReleaseString.c_str());
+        sentry_init(options);
+    }
 }
 
-Sentry::~Sentry() {
-    sentry_close();
+TSentry::~TSentry() {
+    if (mValid) {
+        sentry_close();
+    }
+}
+
+void TSentry::Log(sentry_level_t level, const std::string& logger, const std::string& text) {
+    sentry_capture_event(sentry_value_new_message_event(level, logger.c_str(), text.c_str()));
+}
+
+void TSentry::LogException(const std::exception& e, const std::string& file, const std::string& line) {
+    Log(SENTRY_LEVEL_ERROR, "exceptions", std::string(e.what()) + " @ " + file + ":" + line);
+}
+
+void TSentry::AddErrorBreadcrumb(const std::string& msg, const std::string& file, const std::string& line) {
+    auto crumb = sentry_value_new_breadcrumb("default", (msg + " @ " + file + ":" + line).c_str());
+    sentry_value_set_by_key(crumb, "level", sentry_value_new_string("error"));
+    sentry_add_breadcrumb(crumb);
 }
diff --git a/src/main.cpp b/src/main.cpp
index 9d064f4..af7edd6 100644
--- a/src/main.cpp
+++ b/src/main.cpp
@@ -35,7 +35,11 @@ void UnixSignalHandler(int sig) {
 }
 #endif // __unix
 
-int main(int argc, char** argv) {
+// this is provided by the build system, leave empty for source builds
+// global, yes, this is ugly, no, it cant be done another way
+TSentry Sentry { SECRET_SENTRY_URL };
+
+int main(int argc, char** argv) try {
 #ifdef __unix
 #if DEBUG
     info("registering handlers for SIGINT, SIGTERM, SIGPIPE");
@@ -46,27 +50,12 @@ int main(int argc, char** argv) {
     signal(SIGINT, UnixSignalHandler);
 #endif // DEBUG
 #endif // __unix
-
-    // FIXME: this is not prod ready, needs to be compile-time value
-    char* sentry_url = getenv("SENTRY_URL");
-    if (!sentry_url) {
-        error("no sentry url supplied in environment, this is not a fatal error");
-    } else {
-        info("sentry url has length " + std::to_string(std::string(sentry_url).size()));
-    }
-
-    Sentry sentry(sentry_url);
-
-    sentry_capture_event(sentry_value_new_message_event(
-        /*   level */ SENTRY_LEVEL_INFO,
-        /*  logger */ "custom",
-        /* message */ "It works!"));
-
     setlocale(LC_ALL, "C");
 
     bool Shutdown = false;
     Application::RegisterShutdownHandler([&Shutdown] { Shutdown = true; });
 
+
     TServer Server(argc, argv);
     TConfig Config;
 
@@ -89,4 +78,7 @@ int main(int argc, char** argv) {
     while (!Shutdown) {
         std::this_thread::sleep_for(std::chrono::milliseconds(100));
     }
+} catch (const std::exception& e) {
+    error(e.what());
+    Sentry.LogException(e, _file_basename, _line);
 }