diff --git a/backend/main.py b/backend/main.py
index e7cc082..8852b35 100644
--- a/backend/main.py
+++ b/backend/main.py
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 # Load environment variables first
 from dotenv import load_dotenv
-from fastapi.responses import HTMLResponse
 
 load_dotenv()
 
@@ -11,6 +10,7 @@ import traceback
 from datetime import datetime
 from fastapi import FastAPI, WebSocket
 from fastapi.middleware.cors import CORSMiddleware
+from fastapi.responses import HTMLResponse
 from llm import stream_openai_response
 from mock import mock_completion
 from image_generation import create_alt_url_mapping, generate_images
@@ -18,6 +18,21 @@ from prompts import assemble_prompt
 from routes import screenshot
 from access_token import validate_access_token
 
+# Setup Sentry (only relevant in prod)
+if os.environ.get("IS_PROD"):
+    import sentry_sdk
+
+    SENTRY_DSN = os.environ.get("SENTRY_DSN")
+    if not SENTRY_DSN:
+        raise Exception("SENTRY_DSN not found in prod environment")
+
+    sentry_sdk.init(
+        dsn=SENTRY_DSN,
+        traces_sample_rate=0,
+        profiles_sample_rate=0.1,
+    )
+
+# Setup FastAPI
 app = FastAPI(openapi_url=None, docs_url=None, redoc_url=None)
 
 # Configure CORS settings
diff --git a/backend/poetry.lock b/backend/poetry.lock
index 889d46d..f9837b2 100644
--- a/backend/poetry.lock
+++ b/backend/poetry.lock
@@ -292,6 +292,53 @@ files = [
 [package.extras]
 cli = ["click (>=5.0)"]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "sentry-sdk"
+version = "1.38.0"
+description = "Python client for Sentry (https://sentry.io)"
+category = "main"
+optional = false
+python-versions = "*"
+files = [
+    {file = "sentry-sdk-1.38.0.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:8feab81de6bbf64f53279b085bd3820e3e737403b0a0d9317f73a2c3374ae359"},
+    {file = "sentry_sdk-1.38.0-py2.py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:0017fa73b8ae2d4e57fd2522ee3df30453715b29d2692142793ec5d5f90b94a6"},
+]
+
+[package.dependencies]
+certifi = "*"
+fastapi = {version = ">=0.79.0", optional = true, markers = "extra == \"fastapi\""}
+urllib3 = {version = ">=1.26.11", markers = "python_version >= \"3.6\""}
+
+[package.extras]
+aiohttp = ["aiohttp (>=3.5)"]
+arq = ["arq (>=0.23)"]
+asyncpg = ["asyncpg (>=0.23)"]
+beam = ["apache-beam (>=2.12)"]
+bottle = ["bottle (>=0.12.13)"]
+celery = ["celery (>=3)"]
+chalice = ["chalice (>=1.16.0)"]
+clickhouse-driver = ["clickhouse-driver (>=0.2.0)"]
+django = ["django (>=1.8)"]
+falcon = ["falcon (>=1.4)"]
+fastapi = ["fastapi (>=0.79.0)"]
+flask = ["blinker (>=1.1)", "flask (>=0.11)", "markupsafe"]
+grpcio = ["grpcio (>=1.21.1)"]
+httpx = ["httpx (>=0.16.0)"]
+huey = ["huey (>=2)"]
+loguru = ["loguru (>=0.5)"]
+opentelemetry = ["opentelemetry-distro (>=0.35b0)"]
+opentelemetry-experimental = ["opentelemetry-distro (>=0.40b0,<1.0)", "opentelemetry-instrumentation-aiohttp-client (>=0.40b0,<1.0)", "opentelemetry-instrumentation-django (>=0.40b0,<1.0)", "opentelemetry-instrumentation-fastapi (>=0.40b0,<1.0)", "opentelemetry-instrumentation-flask (>=0.40b0,<1.0)", "opentelemetry-instrumentation-requests (>=0.40b0,<1.0)", "opentelemetry-instrumentation-sqlite3 (>=0.40b0,<1.0)", "opentelemetry-instrumentation-urllib (>=0.40b0,<1.0)"]
+pure-eval = ["asttokens", "executing", "pure-eval"]
+pymongo = ["pymongo (>=3.1)"]
+pyspark = ["pyspark (>=2.4.4)"]
+quart = ["blinker (>=1.1)", "quart (>=0.16.1)"]
+rq = ["rq (>=0.6)"]
+sanic = ["sanic (>=0.8)"]
+sqlalchemy = ["sqlalchemy (>=1.2)"]
+starlette = ["starlette (>=0.19.1)"]
+starlite = ["starlite (>=1.48)"]
+tornado = ["tornado (>=5)"]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "sniffio"
 version = "1.3.0"
@@ -367,6 +414,23 @@ files = [
     {file = "typing_extensions-4.8.0.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:df8e4339e9cb77357558cbdbceca33c303714cf861d1eef15e1070055ae8b7ef"},
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "urllib3"
+version = "2.1.0"
+description = "HTTP library with thread-safe connection pooling, file post, and more."
+category = "main"
+optional = false
+python-versions = ">=3.8"
+files = [
+    {file = "urllib3-2.1.0-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:55901e917a5896a349ff771be919f8bd99aff50b79fe58fec595eb37bbc56bb3"},
+    {file = "urllib3-2.1.0.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:df7aa8afb0148fa78488e7899b2c59b5f4ffcfa82e6c54ccb9dd37c1d7b52d54"},
+]
+
+[package.extras]
+brotli = ["brotli (>=1.0.9)", "brotlicffi (>=0.8.0)"]
+socks = ["pysocks (>=1.5.6,!=1.5.7,<2.0)"]
+zstd = ["zstandard (>=0.18.0)"]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "uvicorn"
 version = "0.24.0.post1"
@@ -472,4 +536,4 @@ files = [
 [metadata]
 lock-version = "2.0"
 python-versions = "^3.10"
-content-hash = "b8d248a44a5eea9638a7726096de77d7a9aa8c00673da806534da2c228ffabb4"
+content-hash = "d0cbef2953c6fff6e9b559135e925035dd1d9568b176e6d0b359756132819d03"
diff --git a/backend/pyproject.toml b/backend/pyproject.toml
index cacdda9..907d387 100644
--- a/backend/pyproject.toml
+++ b/backend/pyproject.toml
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ openai = "^1.2.4"
 python-dotenv = "^1.0.0"
 beautifulsoup4 = "^4.12.2"
 httpx = "^0.25.1"
+sentry-sdk = {extras = ["fastapi"], version = "^1.38.0"}
 
 [build-system]
 requires = ["poetry-core"]