diff --git a/contentcuration/contentcuration/context_processors.py b/contentcuration/contentcuration/context_processors.py
index 86d372895b..83736d7972 100644
--- a/contentcuration/contentcuration/context_processors.py
+++ b/contentcuration/contentcuration/context_processors.py
@@ -22,6 +22,10 @@ def site_variables(request):
         "DEBUG": settings.DEBUG,
         "LANG_INFO": json_for_parse_from_data(language_globals()),
         "LOGGED_IN": not request.user.is_anonymous,
+        "SENTRY_DSN": settings.SENTRY_DSN,
+        "SENTRY_ENVIRONMENT": settings.SENTRY_ENVIRONMENT,
+        "SENTRY_RELEASE": settings.SENTRY_RELEASE,
+        "SENTRY_ACTIVE": settings.SENTRY_ACTIVE,
     }
 
 
diff --git a/contentcuration/contentcuration/frontend/shared/app.js b/contentcuration/contentcuration/frontend/shared/app.js
index cc0e9f9bc7..1918b41125 100644
--- a/contentcuration/contentcuration/frontend/shared/app.js
+++ b/contentcuration/contentcuration/frontend/shared/app.js
@@ -123,10 +123,12 @@ import { Session, injectVuexStore } from 'shared/data/resources';
 // just say yes to devtools (in debug mode)
 if (process.env.NODE_ENV !== 'production') {
   Vue.config.devtools = true;
-} else {
+} else if (window.sentryActive) {
   Sentry.init({
     Vue,
-    dsn: 'https://e4b21baeb7a044b885464d2af687fb73@sentry.io/1252819',
+    dsn: window.sentryDSN,
+    environment: window.sentryEnvironment,
+    release: window.sentryRelease,
     initialScope: {
       user: window.user ? { id: window.user.id, email: window.user.email } : null,
     },
diff --git a/contentcuration/contentcuration/settings.py b/contentcuration/contentcuration/settings.py
index b9c3a73ca1..02055606a5 100644
--- a/contentcuration/contentcuration/settings.py
+++ b/contentcuration/contentcuration/settings.py
@@ -413,18 +413,23 @@ def gettext(s):
 key = get_secret("SENTRY_DSN_KEY")
 if key:
     key = key.strip()  # strip any possible whitespace or trailing newline
-release_commit = get_secret("RELEASE_COMMIT_SHA")
-if key and len(key) > 0 and release_commit:
+
+SENTRY_DSN = 'https://{secret}@sentry.io/1252819'.format(secret=key) if key else None
+SENTRY_ENVIRONMENT = get_secret("BRANCH_ENVIRONMENT")
+SENTRY_RELEASE = get_secret("RELEASE_COMMIT_SHA")
+SENTRY_ACTIVE = False
+
+if SENTRY_DSN and SENTRY_RELEASE and SENTRY_ENVIRONMENT:
     import sentry_sdk
     # TODO: there are also Celery and Redis integrations, but since they are new
     # I left them as a separate task so we can spend more time on testing.
     from sentry_sdk.integrations.django import DjangoIntegration
 
     sentry_sdk.init(
-        dsn='https://{secret}@sentry.io/1252819'.format(secret=key),
+        dsn=SENTRY_DSN,
         integrations=[DjangoIntegration()],
-        release=release_commit,
-        environment=get_secret("BRANCH_ENVIRONMENT"),
+        release=SENTRY_RELEASE,
+        environment=SENTRY_ENVIRONMENT,
         send_default_pii=True,
     )
 
diff --git a/contentcuration/contentcuration/templates/base.html b/contentcuration/contentcuration/templates/base.html
index 0adeeb1ac7..8137cc54d5 100644
--- a/contentcuration/contentcuration/templates/base.html
+++ b/contentcuration/contentcuration/templates/base.html
@@ -77,6 +77,12 @@
           var csrftoken = '{{ csrf_token }}';
           var betaMode = "{{ BETA_MODE }}" === "True";
           var storageBaseUrl = "{{ STORAGE_HOST }}/{{ STORAGE_BASE_URL }}";
+          {% if SENTRY_ACTIVE %}
+          var sentryActive = true;
+          var sentryDSN = "{{ SENTRY_DSN }}";
+          var sentryEnvironment = "{{ SENTRY_ENVIRONMENT }}";
+          var sentryRelease = "{{ SENTRY_RELEASE }}";
+          {% endif %}
           {%  if not debug %}
           if (user && user.id && window.Sentry) {
             Sentry.setUser({ id: user.id, email: user.email });