diff --git a/frontend/vite.config.prod.js b/frontend/vite.config.prod.js
index 1a84a7155..24720aef9 100644
--- a/frontend/vite.config.prod.js
+++ b/frontend/vite.config.prod.js
@@ -141,15 +141,17 @@ export default {
         ],
       },
     }),
-    sentryVitePlugin({
-      authToken: process.env.SENTRY_AUTH_TOKEN,
-      org: "monkeytype",
-      project: "frontend",
-      release: {
-        name: buildClientVersion(),
-      },
-      applicationKey: "monkeytype-frontend",
-    }),
+    process.env.SENTRY
+      ? sentryVitePlugin({
+          authToken: process.env.SENTRY_AUTH_TOKEN,
+          org: "monkeytype",
+          project: "frontend",
+          release: {
+            name: buildClientVersion(),
+          },
+          applicationKey: "monkeytype-frontend",
+        })
+      : null,
     replace([
       {
         filter: /firebase\.ts$/,
@@ -246,7 +248,7 @@ export default {
     },
   ],
   build: {
-    sourcemap: true,
+    sourcemap: process.env.SENTRY,
     emptyOutDir: true,
     outDir: "../dist",
     assetsInlineLimit: 0, //dont inline small files as data
diff --git a/packages/release/src/index.js b/packages/release/src/index.js
index 6236b74c7..cfebaa934 100755
--- a/packages/release/src/index.js
+++ b/packages/release/src/index.js
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
-import { execSync } from "child_process";
+// idk why its failing to resolve
+// eslint-disable-next-line import/no-unresolved
 import { Octokit } from "@octokit/rest";
+import { execSync } from "child_process";
 import dotenv from "dotenv";
 import fs, { readFileSync } from "fs";
 import readlineSync from "readline-sync";
@@ -174,7 +176,7 @@ const buildProject = () => {
   }
 
   runProjectRootCommand(
-    "npx turbo lint test validate-json build " + filter + " --force"
+    "SENTRY=1 npx turbo lint test validate-json build " + filter + " --force"
   );
 };
 
diff --git a/turbo.json b/turbo.json
index 6e70bb751..8e4b84c06 100644
--- a/turbo.json
+++ b/turbo.json
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
     },
     "@monkeytype/frontend#build": {
       "dependsOn": ["^build"],
-      "env": ["BACKEND_URL", "RECAPTCHA_SITE_KEY"],
+      "env": ["BACKEND_URL", "RECAPTCHA_SITE_KEY", "SENTRY"],
       "outputs": ["dist/**"]
     },
     "@monkeytype/frontend#dev": {