diff --git a/config/deploy.rb b/config/deploy.rb
index 9a2ee2f2..1a6a1da1 100644
--- a/config/deploy.rb
+++ b/config/deploy.rb
@@ -34,9 +34,17 @@ task :deploy => :environment do
     invoke :'bundle:install'
     invoke :'rails:db_migrate'
     invoke :'rails:assets_precompile'
+    invoke :notify_errbit
 
     to :launch do
       queue "touch #{deploy_to}/tmp/restart.txt"
     end
   end
 end
+
+desc 'Notifies the exception handler of the deploy.'
+task :notify_errbit do
+  revision = `git rev-parse HEAD`.strip
+  user = ENV['USER']
+  queue "bundle exec rake hoptoad:deploy TO=#{rails_env} REVISION=#{revision} REPO=#{repository} USER=#{user}"
+end
diff --git a/config/initializers/hoptoad.rb b/config/initializers/hoptoad.rb
index 14780578..70fe30bf 100644
--- a/config/initializers/hoptoad.rb
+++ b/config/initializers/hoptoad.rb
@@ -1,17 +1,17 @@
 HoptoadNotifier.configure do |config|
   # Change this to some sensible data for your errbit instance
   config.api_key = Rails.application.secrets.errbit_key || ''
-  config.host    = CONFIG['errbit_host'] || ''
+  config.host    = Rails.application.secrets.errbit_host || ''
   if config.api_key.blank? || config.host.blank?
     config.development_environments = 'production development test'
   else
     config.development_environments = 'development test'
   end
 
-  config.ignore_only = %w{ 
+  config.ignore_only = %w{
     Some::ExceptionName
   }
- 
+
   config.ignore_by_filter do |exception_data|
     ret=false
     if exception_data[:error_class] == 'ActionController::RoutingError'