diff --git a/config/settings.defaults.coffee b/config/settings.defaults.coffee
index 6f4f160..19fcb32 100644
--- a/config/settings.defaults.coffee
+++ b/config/settings.defaults.coffee
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ module.exports =
 	parallelSqlQueryLimit:1
 	filestoreDomainOveride: process.env["FILESTORE_DOMAIN_OVERRIDE"]
 	texliveImageNameOveride: process.env["TEX_LIVE_IMAGE_NAME_OVERRIDE"]
+if process.env['SENTRY_DSN']
 	sentry:
 		dsn: process.env['SENTRY_DSN']