diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index d5fd2c07..9af7f9fd 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -55,3 +55,6 @@ gem 'active_model_serializers'
 gem 'axlsx_rails'
 gem 'd3_rails'
 gem 'coveralls', require: false
+# Use a self-hosted errbit with the old notifier
+gem 'hoptoad_notifier', "~> 2.3"
+
diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index bbbc4b4e..2ace9999 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -97,6 +97,9 @@ GEM
     haml (4.0.5)
       tilt
     hike (1.2.3)
+    hoptoad_notifier (2.4.11)
+      activesupport
+      builder
     htmlentities (4.3.1)
     i18n (0.6.9)
     inversion (0.12.3)
@@ -170,7 +173,7 @@ GEM
       rake (>= 0.8.7)
       rdoc (~> 3.4)
       thor (>= 0.14.6, < 2.0)
-    rake (10.1.1)
+    rake (10.2.2)
     rdoc (3.12.2)
       json (~> 1.4)
     rdoc-generator-fivefish (0.0.1)
@@ -267,6 +270,7 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   formtastic-bootstrap
   gravtastic
   haml
+  hoptoad_notifier (~> 2.3)
   jquery-fileupload-rails
   jquery-rails
   jquery-ui-rails
diff --git a/config/config.yml.example b/config/config.yml.example
index 1a7a7abb..1ff22de3 100644
--- a/config/config.yml.example
+++ b/config/config.yml.example
@@ -5,6 +5,9 @@ defaults: &defaults
   url_for_emails: localhost:3000
   # A secret key. You can generate one with 'rake secret'
   devise_secret_key: 12345 
+  # errbit configuration, get your own instance: https://github.com/errbit/errbit
+  #errbit_key: 123456789101112131415
+  #errbit_host: errbit.exmaple.com
 
 development:
   <<: *defaults
diff --git a/config/initializers/hoptoad.rb b/config/initializers/hoptoad.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..970310a8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config/initializers/hoptoad.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+HoptoadNotifier.configure do |config|
+  # Change this to some sensible data for your errbit instance
+  config.api_key = CONFIG["errbit_key"] || ""
+  config.host    = CONFIG["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{ 
+    Some::ExceptionName
+  }
+ 
+  config.ignore_by_filter do |exception_data|
+    ret=false
+    if exception_data[:error_class] == "ActionController::RoutingError" 
+      message = exception_data[:error_message]
+      ret=true if message =~ %r{\[GET\]}
+    end
+    ret
+  end
+
+end