diff --git a/nym-connect/desktop/Cargo.lock b/nym-connect/desktop/Cargo.lock
index 18ef59a2d7..6763e13823 100644
--- a/nym-connect/desktop/Cargo.lock
+++ b/nym-connect/desktop/Cargo.lock
@@ -3532,6 +3532,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "bip39",
  "dirs 4.0.0",
+ "dotenv",
  "eyre",
  "fern",
  "fix-path-env",
diff --git a/nym-connect/desktop/src-tauri/Cargo.toml b/nym-connect/desktop/src-tauri/Cargo.toml
index bc89fd17ec..5c7ed9be11 100644
--- a/nym-connect/desktop/src-tauri/Cargo.toml
+++ b/nym-connect/desktop/src-tauri/Cargo.toml
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ yaml-rust = "0.4"
 toml = "0.7"
 sentry = { version = "0.31.5", features = [ "anyhow" ] }
 sentry-log = "0.31.5"
+dotenv = "0.15.0"
 
 nym-client-core = { path = "../../../common/client-core" }
 nym-api-requests = { path = "../../../nym-api/nym-api-requests" }
diff --git a/nym-connect/desktop/src-tauri/src/build.rs b/nym-connect/desktop/src-tauri/src/build.rs
index 261851f6b6..1255f44f81 100644
--- a/nym-connect/desktop/src-tauri/src/build.rs
+++ b/nym-connect/desktop/src-tauri/src/build.rs
@@ -1,3 +1,15 @@
+use std::env;
+
+const SENTRY_DSN_RUST: &str = "SENTRY_DSN_RUST";
+const SENTRY_DSN_JS: &str = "SENTRY_DSN_JS";
+
 fn main() {
+    // set these env vars at compile time
+    if let Ok(dsn) = env::var(SENTRY_DSN_RUST) {
+        println!("cargo:rustc-env={}={}", SENTRY_DSN_RUST, dsn);
+    }
+    if let Ok(dsn) = env::var(SENTRY_DSN_JS) {
+        println!("cargo:rustc-env={}={}", SENTRY_DSN_JS, dsn);
+    }
     tauri_build::build();
 }
diff --git a/nym-connect/desktop/src-tauri/src/main.rs b/nym-connect/desktop/src-tauri/src/main.rs
index de486c05de..f44665cf31 100644
--- a/nym-connect/desktop/src-tauri/src/main.rs
+++ b/nym-connect/desktop/src-tauri/src/main.rs
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@
     windows_subsystem = "windows"
 )]
 
+use dotenv::dotenv;
+use std::env;
 use std::sync::Arc;
 
 use nym_config::defaults::setup_env;
@@ -20,16 +22,14 @@ mod events;
 mod logging;
 mod menu;
 mod models;
+mod monitoring;
 mod operations;
 mod state;
 mod tasks;
 mod window;
 
-// TODO DSN shouldn't be hardcoded
-const SENTRY_DSN: &str =
-    "https://68a2c55113ed47aaa30b9899039b0799@o967446.ingest.sentry.io/4505483113594880";
-
 fn main() {
+    dotenv().ok();
     setup_env(None);
     println!("Starting up...");
 
@@ -46,37 +46,21 @@ fn main() {
     });
 
     let monitoring = user_data.monitoring.unwrap_or(false);
-
-    let _guard = sentry::init((
-        SENTRY_DSN,
-        sentry::ClientOptions {
-            release: sentry::release_name!(),
-            sample_rate: 1.0, // TODO lower this in prod
-            traces_sample_rate: 1.0,
-            ..Default::default() // TODO add data scrubbing
-                                 // see https://docs.sentry.io/platforms/rust/data-management/sensitive-data/
-        },
-    ));
-
-    sentry::configure_scope(|scope| {
-        scope.set_user(Some(sentry::User {
-            id: Some("nym".into()),
-            ..Default::default()
-        }));
-    });
+    let mut _sentry_guard;
 
     if monitoring {
-        println!("Sentry reporting and monitoring is enabled");
-    } else {
-        println!("Monitoring is disabled, dropping sentry guard");
-        drop(_guard)
-    }
+        match monitoring::init() {
+            Ok(guard) => {
+                println!("Monitoring and error reporting enabled");
 
-    let user_data = UserData::read().unwrap_or_else(|e| {
-        println!("{}", e);
-        println!("Fallback to default");
-        UserData::default()
-    });
+                // we must keep the sentry guard in scope during app lifetime
+                _sentry_guard = guard;
+            }
+            Err(e) => {
+                println!("Unable to init monitoring: {e}");
+            }
+        }
+    }
 
     let context = tauri::generate_context!();
     tauri::Builder::default()
diff --git a/nym-connect/desktop/src/sentry.ts b/nym-connect/desktop/src/sentry.ts
index 13f7529c30..5127c5dc0c 100644
--- a/nym-connect/desktop/src/sentry.ts
+++ b/nym-connect/desktop/src/sentry.ts
@@ -1,17 +1,25 @@
 import React from 'react';
 import { createRoutesFromChildren, matchRoutes, useLocation, useNavigationType } from 'react-router-dom';
+import { invoke } from '@tauri-apps/api';
 import * as Sentry from '@sentry/react';
 import { CaptureConsole } from '@sentry/integrations';
 import { getVersion } from '@tauri-apps/api/app';
 
-const SENTRY_DSN = 'https://625e2658da4945a7a253f3ee04413a31@o967446.ingest.sentry.io/4505306292289536';
+const SENTRY_DSN = 'SENTRY_DSN_JS';
 
 async function initSentry() {
   console.log('⚠ performance monitoring and error reporting enabled');
   console.log('initializing sentry');
 
+  const dsn = await invoke<string | undefined>('get_env', { variable: SENTRY_DSN });
+
+  if (!dsn) {
+    console.warn(`unable to initialize sentry, ${SENTRY_DSN} env var not set`);
+    return;
+  }
+
   Sentry.init({
-    dsn: SENTRY_DSN,
+    dsn,
     integrations: [
       new Sentry.BrowserTracing({
         // Set `tracePropagationTargets` to control for which URLs distributed tracing should be enabled