diff --git a/chatbot_ner/settings.py b/chatbot_ner/settings.py
index 5a517bd51..fd75dfa0e 100755
--- a/chatbot_ner/settings.py
+++ b/chatbot_ner/settings.py
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@
 import os
 import sys
 
+from chatbot_ner.setup_sentry import setup_sentry
+
 BASE_DIR = os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(__file__))
 
 # Quick-start development settings - unsuitable for production
@@ -28,6 +30,10 @@
 
 ALLOWED_HOSTS = ['*']
 
+# setup sentry
+
+setup_sentry()
+
 # Application definition
 
 INSTALLED_APPS = [
diff --git a/chatbot_ner/setup_sentry.py b/chatbot_ner/setup_sentry.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9446464a0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/chatbot_ner/setup_sentry.py
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+from __future__ import absolute_import
+
+import os
+import sys
+
+# HAPTIK Environment and CAS name
+ENVIRONMENT = os.environ.get('ENVIRONMENT') or os.environ.get('HAPTIK_ENV')
+CLIENT_APPLICATIONS_SETUP_NAME = os.environ.get('CLIENT_APPLICATIONS_SETUP_NAME')
+
+# Support for Sentry DSN
+SENTRY_DSN = os.environ.get('SENTRY_DSN')
+SENTRY_ENABLED = os.environ.get('SENTRY_ENABLED')
+SENTRY_ENABLED = True if SENTRY_ENABLED == 'True' and 'test' not in sys.argv else False
+
+
+def setup_sentry():
+    """
+    Setup sentry if enabled in the environment
+    """
+    if SENTRY_ENABLED:
+        import sentry_sdk
+        from sentry_sdk.integrations.django import DjangoIntegration
+        from sentry_sdk.integrations.logging import LoggingIntegration
+
+        def before_sentry_send(event, hint):
+            event.setdefault("tags", {})["cas_name"] = CLIENT_APPLICATIONS_SETUP_NAME
+            return event
+
+        sentry_sdk.init(
+            dsn=SENTRY_DSN,
+            integrations=[DjangoIntegration(), LoggingIntegration()],
+            environment=ENVIRONMENT,
+            sample_rate=0.1,
+            before_send=before_sentry_send
+        )
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index f155161a5..bebdb513f 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -24,3 +24,4 @@ flake8==3.4.1
 pyaml==19.4.1
 coverage==4.5.3
 nose-exclude==0.5.0
+sentry-sdk==0.14.1