diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index 8059b258..c7afeadd 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ gem 'axlsx', git: 'https://github.com/randym/axlsx.git'
 gem 'axlsx_rails'
 
 # as error catcher
-gem 'airbrake'
+gem 'sentry-rails'
 
 # to make links faster
 gem 'turbolinks'
diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index 51c0399d..a578e013 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -68,10 +68,6 @@ GEM
     addressable (2.6.0)
       public_suffix (>= 2.0.2, < 4.0)
     afm (0.2.2)
-    airbrake (9.2.2)
-      airbrake-ruby (~> 4.4)
-    airbrake-ruby (4.4.0)
-      rbtree3 (~> 0.5)
     ajax-datatables-rails (0.4.3)
       railties (>= 4.0)
     archive-zip (0.12.0)
@@ -446,7 +442,6 @@ GEM
     rb-fsevent (0.10.3)
     rb-inotify (0.10.0)
       ffi (~> 1.0)
-    rbtree3 (0.5.0)
     recaptcha (4.14.0)
       json
     redcarpet (3.5.1)
@@ -526,6 +521,12 @@ GEM
     selenium-webdriver (3.142.6)
       childprocess (>= 0.5, < 4.0)
       rubyzip (>= 1.2.2)
+    sentry-rails (4.2.2)
+      rails (>= 5.0)
+      sentry-ruby-core (~> 4.2.0)
+    sentry-ruby-core (4.2.2)
+      concurrent-ruby
+      faraday
     sexp_processor (4.11.0)
     shellany (0.0.1)
     shoulda-matchers (4.1.2)
@@ -617,7 +618,6 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   active_model_serializers
   acts_as_commentable_with_threading
   acts_as_list
-  airbrake
   ajax-datatables-rails
   autoprefixer-rails
   awesome_nested_set
@@ -707,6 +707,7 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   ruby-oembed
   sass-rails (>= 4.0.2)
   selectize-rails
+  sentry-rails
   shoulda-matchers
   simplecov-cobertura
   skylight
diff --git a/config/initializers/airbrake.rb b/config/initializers/airbrake.rb
deleted file mode 100644
index e3c96dfc..00000000
--- a/config/initializers/airbrake.rb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,22 +0,0 @@
-Airbrake.configure do |config|
-  # Change this to some sensible data for your errbit instance
-  config.project_id = ENV['OSEM_ERRBIT_ID'] || Rails.application.secrets.errbit_id || ''
-  config.project_key = ENV['OSEM_ERRBIT_KEY'] || Rails.application.secrets.errbit_key || ''
-  config.host    = ENV['OSEM_ERRBIT_HOST']
-  config.environment = Rails.env
-  if config.project_key.blank? || config.host.blank?
-    config.ignore_environments = [:production, :development, :test]
-  else
-    config.ignore_environments = [:development, :test]
-  end
-end
-
-Airbrake.add_filter do |notice|
-  notice.ignore! if notice[:errors].any? { |error| error[:type] == 'ActiveRecord::RecordNotFound' }
-  notice.ignore! if notice[:errors].any? { |error| error[:type] == 'ActionController::InvalidAuthenticityToken' }
-  notice.ignore! if notice[:errors].any? { |error| error[:type] == 'ActionController::UnknownAction' }
-  notice.ignore! if notice[:errors].any? { |error| error[:type] == 'AbstractController::ActionNotFound' }
-  notice.ignore! if notice[:errors].any? { |error| error[:type] == 'ActionView::MissingTemplate' }
-  notice.ignore! if notice[:errors].any? { |error| error[:type] == 'ActionController::UnknownFormat' }
-  notice.ignore! if notice[:errors].any? { |error| error[:type] == 'ActionController::RoutingError' && error[:message] =~ %r{\[GET\]} }
-end
diff --git a/config/initializers/sentry.rb b/config/initializers/sentry.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b61d6a1e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config/initializers/sentry.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+Sentry.init do |config|
+  config.dsn = ENV.fetch('OSEM_SENTRY_DSN', Rails.application.secrets.sentry_dsn)
+  config.breadcrumbs_logger = [:active_support_logger]
+
+  # To activate performance monitoring, set one of these options.
+  # We recommend adjusting the value in production:
+  config.traces_sample_rate = 0.5
+  # or
+  # config.traces_sampler = lambda do |context|
+  #  true
+  # end
+end
diff --git a/config/secrets.yml.example b/config/secrets.yml.example
index a8d67504..c0d92bbf 100644
--- a/config/secrets.yml.example
+++ b/config/secrets.yml.example
@@ -31,8 +31,8 @@ production:
   # Generate your own with rake secret or use the environment
   # secret_key_base: <%= ENV["SECRET_KEY_BASE"] %>
 
-  # Your errbit API key
-  # errbit_key: '12345'
+  # Your sentry.io DSN key
+  # sentry_dsn: '12345'
 
   ########## OMNIAUTH Providers ##########
   # Leave the variables' names empty, unless you use the providers, in which
diff --git a/dotenv.example b/dotenv.example
index ca6bbfa8..dfecb0cb 100644
--- a/dotenv.example
+++ b/dotenv.example
@@ -52,12 +52,8 @@
 # See https://github.com/openSUSE/osem/wiki/Translation
 # OSEM_TRANSIFEX_APIKEY=1234
 
-# The errbit host to post exceptions to
-# OSEM_ERRBIT_HOST=errbit.example.com
-# The project to use on the errbit host
-# OSEM_ERRBIT_ID=1234
-# The key for this project
-# OSEM_ERRBIT_KEY=5678
+# sentry.io DSN key
+# OSEM_SENTRY_DSN=1234
 
 # OMNIAUTH Developer Key/Secret for GOOGLE
 # OSEM_GOOGLE_KEY=1234