diff --git a/server/application-server/pom.xml b/server/application-server/pom.xml
index a83859628..34fa80314 100644
--- a/server/application-server/pom.xml
+++ b/server/application-server/pom.xml
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
-	xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
-	xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 https://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
+	xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 https://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
 	<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
@@ -197,6 +196,11 @@
 			<artifactId>keycloak-admin-client</artifactId>
 			<version>26.0.3</version>
 		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>io.sentry</groupId>
+			<artifactId>sentry-spring-boot-starter-jakarta</artifactId>
+			<version>7.18.1</version>
+		</dependency>
 	</dependencies>
 	<dependencyManagement>
 		<dependencies>
@@ -283,9 +287,7 @@
 					<username>root</username>
 					<password>root</password>
 					<!-- Hibernate URL for reference schema using the Hibernate 6 dialect -->
-					<referenceUrl>hibernate:spring:de.tum.in.www1.hephaestus?dialect=org.hibernate.dialect.PostgreSQLDialect
-						&amp;hibernate.physical_naming_strategy=org.hibernate.boot.model.naming.CamelCaseToUnderscoresNamingStrategy
-						&amp;hibernate.implicit_naming_strategy=org.springframework.boot.orm.jpa.hibernate.SpringImplicitNamingStrategy
+					<referenceUrl>hibernate:spring:de.tum.in.www1.hephaestus?dialect=org.hibernate.dialect.PostgreSQLDialect &amp;hibernate.physical_naming_strategy=org.hibernate.boot.model.naming.CamelCaseToUnderscoresNamingStrategy &amp;hibernate.implicit_naming_strategy=org.springframework.boot.orm.jpa.hibernate.SpringImplicitNamingStrategy
 					</referenceUrl>
 					<!-- Enable detailed logging output -->
 					<verbose>true</verbose>
diff --git a/server/application-server/src/main/java/de/tum/in/www1/hephaestus/config/SentryConfiguration.java b/server/application-server/src/main/java/de/tum/in/www1/hephaestus/config/SentryConfiguration.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..104a0ec77
--- /dev/null
+++ b/server/application-server/src/main/java/de/tum/in/www1/hephaestus/config/SentryConfiguration.java
@@ -0,0 +1,81 @@
+package de.tum.in.www1.hephaestus.config;
+
+import io.sentry.Sentry;
+import jakarta.annotation.PostConstruct;
+import java.util.Optional;
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Value;
+import org.springframework.context.annotation.Configuration;
+import org.springframework.core.env.Environment;
+
+@Configuration
+public class SentryConfiguration {
+
+    private static final Logger logger = LoggerFactory.getLogger(SentryConfiguration.class);
+
+    @Autowired
+    private Environment environment;
+
+    @Value("${spring.application.version}")
+    private String hephaestusVersion;
+
+    @Value("${sentry.dsn}")
+    private Optional<String> sentryDsn;
+
+    /**
+     * Init sentry with the correct environment and version
+     */
+    @PostConstruct
+    public void init() {
+        if (environment.matchesProfiles("specs")) {
+            logger.info("Sentry is disabled in specs profile");
+            return;
+        }
+
+        if (sentryDsn.isEmpty() || sentryDsn.get().isEmpty()) {
+            logger.info("Sentry is disabled: Provide a DSN to enable Sentry.");
+            return;
+        }
+
+        try {
+            final String dsn = sentryDsn.get() + "?stacktrace.app.packages=de.tum.in.www1.hephaestus";
+
+            Sentry.init(options -> {
+                options.setDsn(dsn);
+                options.setSendDefaultPii(true);
+                options.setEnvironment(getEnvironment());
+                options.setRelease(hephaestusVersion);
+                options.setTracesSampleRate(getTracesSampleRate());
+            });
+            
+            logger.info("Sentry configuration was successful");
+        } catch (Exception ex) {
+            logger.error("Sentry configuration was not successful due to exception!", ex);
+        }
+    }
+
+    private String getEnvironment() {
+        if (environment.matchesProfiles("test")) {
+            return "test";
+        } else if (environment.matchesProfiles("prod")) {
+            return "prod";
+        } else {
+            return "local";
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Get the traces sample rate based on the environment.
+     *
+     * @return 0% for local, 100% for test, 20% for production environments
+     */
+    private double getTracesSampleRate() {
+        return switch (getEnvironment()) {
+            case "test" -> 1.0;
+            case "prod" -> 0.2;
+            default -> 0.0;
+        };
+    }
+}
diff --git a/server/application-server/src/main/resources/application-prod.yml b/server/application-server/src/main/resources/application-prod.yml
index e68034f97..5383a00f9 100644
--- a/server/application-server/src/main/resources/application-prod.yml
+++ b/server/application-server/src/main/resources/application-prod.yml
@@ -51,3 +51,6 @@ github:
 slack:
     token: ${SLACK_BOT_TOKEN}
     signing-secret: ${SLACK_SIGNING_SECRET}
+
+sentry:
+  dsn: ${SENTRY_DSN}
diff --git a/server/application-server/src/main/resources/application.yml b/server/application-server/src/main/resources/application.yml
index adf3c303f..7f1313221 100644
--- a/server/application-server/src/main/resources/application.yml
+++ b/server/application-server/src/main/resources/application.yml
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 spring:
     application:
         name: Hephaestus
+        version: "0.0.1"
 
     datasource:
         url: jdbc:postgresql://localhost:5432/hephaestus
@@ -74,3 +75,6 @@ github:
 slack:
     token: ""
     signing-secret: ""
+
+sentry:
+    dsn: ""
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