diff --git a/app/views/layouts/application.html.slim b/app/views/layouts/application.html.slim
index 6328bf8f..b114c764 100644
--- a/app/views/layouts/application.html.slim
+++ b/app/views/layouts/application.html.slim
@@ -20,12 +20,12 @@ html lang="#{I18n.locale || I18n.default_locale}"
     script type="text/javascript"
       | I18n.defaultLocale = "#{I18n.default_locale}";
       | I18n.locale = "#{I18n.locale}";
-      - unless Sentry.configuration.environment == "development"
+      - if SentryJavascript.active?
         | Sentry.init({
         |      dsn: 'https://2616b10855e04ce1b748775203ff0f7c@o257002.ingest.sentry.io/5667283',
         |      attachStacktrace: true,
-        |      release: "#{Sentry.configuration.release}",
-        |      environment: "#{Sentry.configuration.environment}",
+        |      release: "#{SentryJavascript.release}",
+        |      environment: "#{SentryJavascript.environment}",
         |  });
         - if @current_user
           | Sentry.configureScope(function(scope) {
diff --git a/config/initializers/sentry_javascript.rb b/config/initializers/sentry_javascript.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..6a941da7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config/initializers/sentry_javascript.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+# frozen_string_literal: true
+
+class SentryJavascript
+  def self.active?
+    dsn.present? && %w[development test].exclude?(environment)
+  end
+
+  def self.dsn
+    ENV['SENTRY_JAVASCRIPT_DSN']
+  end
+
+  def self.release
+    Sentry.configuration.release
+  end
+
+  def self.environment
+    Sentry.configuration.environment
+  end
+end
diff --git a/docs/environment_variables.md b/docs/environment_variables.md
index 3a1166fe..b75965b5 100644
--- a/docs/environment_variables.md
+++ b/docs/environment_variables.md
@@ -2,14 +2,16 @@
 
 The following environment variables are specifically support in CodeOcean and are used to configure the application in addition to the setting files under `config/`.
 
-| Environment Variable 	| Default 	| Description 	|
-|-	|-	|-	|
-| `RAILS_ENV` 	| `development` 	| Specifies the Rails environment which can be configured using the files in `config/environments` 	|
-| `RAILS_RELATIVE_URL_ROOT` 	| `/` 	| Specifies the subpath of the application, used for links and assets 	|
-| `SENTRY_DSN` 	| `` 	| Specifies the Sentry error reporting endpoint for the Rails server 	|
-| `RAILS_LOG_TO_STDOUT` 	| `false` in `production` 	| Enables the server to print log output to the command line 	|
-| `RAILS_SERVE_STATIC_FILES` 	| `true` in `development` and `test`<br>`false` in `production` and `staging` 	| Specifies whether the Rails server should be able to handle requests for non-dynamic resources (e.g., assets) 	|
-| `BACKTRACE` 	| `false` 	| Enables more verbose log output from framework code during debugging 	|
-| `TRUSTED_IP` 	| ` ` in `development` 	| Enables `BetterErrors` for the given IP addresses during development 	|
-| `LISTEN_ADDRESS` 	| `127.0.0.1` in `development` 	| Specifies the IP address the server should attach to during development 	|
-| `HEADLESS_TEST` 	| `false` 	| Enables the test environment to work without a window manager for feature tests (e.g., using Vagrant) 	|
+| Environment Variable | Default | Description |  
+|- |- |- |
+| `RAILS_ENV` | `development` | Specifies the Rails environment which can be configured using the files in `config/environments` |  
+| `RAILS_RELATIVE_URL_ROOT` | `/` | Specifies the subpath of the application, used for links and assets |  
+| `SENTRY_DSN` | ` ` | Specifies the [Sentry error reporting](https://sentry.io) endpoint for the Rails server |  
+| `SENTRY_JAVASCRIPT_DSN` | ` `    | Specifies the [Sentry error reporting](https://sentry.io) endpoint for the frontend used by browsers |  
+| `SENTRY_CURRENT_ENV` | ` ` | Specifies the [Sentry](https://sentry.io) environment used for error reporting |  
+| `RAILS_LOG_TO_STDOUT` | `false` in `production` | Enables the server to print log output to the command line |  
+| `RAILS_SERVE_STATIC_FILES` | `true` in `development` and `test`<br>`false` in `production` and `staging` | Specifies whether the Rails server should be able to handle requests for non-dynamic resources (e.g., assets) |  
+| `BACKTRACE` | `false` | Enables more verbose log output from framework code during debugging |  
+| `TRUSTED_IP` | ` ` in `development`    | Enables `BetterErrors` for the given IP addresses during development |  
+| `LISTEN_ADDRESS` | `127.0.0.1` in `development` | Specifies the IP address the Vagrant VM server should attach to during development |  
+| `HEADLESS_TEST` | `false` | Enables the test environment to work without a window manager for feature tests (e.g., using Vagrant) |