diff --git a/config/application.rb b/config/application.rb
index e00a9e81..3ebd3f91 100644
--- a/config/application.rb
+++ b/config/application.rb
@@ -52,21 +52,5 @@ module Mapknitter
     # Version of your assets, change this if you want to expire all your assets
     config.assets.paths << Rails.root.join("public","lib")
 
-    Sentry.init do |config|
-      config.environment = ENV["COMPOSE_PROJECT_NAME"] || ENV["RAILS_ENV"] || %w(production)
-      config.enabled_environments = %w[production, mapknitter_stable, mapknitter_unstable]
-      config.breadcrumbs_logger = [:sentry_logger, :http_logger]
-      # To activate performance monitoring, set one of these options.
-      # We recommend adjusting the value in production:
-      config.traces_sample_rate = 0.5
-      # use Rails' parameter filter to sanitize the event payload:
-      # for Rails 6+:
-      # filter = ActiveSupport::ParameterFilter.new(Rails.application.config.filter_parameters)
-      # for Rails 5:
-      filter = ActionDispatch::Http::ParameterFilter.new(Rails.application.config.filter_parameters)
-      config.before_send = lambda do |event, hint|
-        filter.filter(event.to_hash)
-      end
-    end
   end
 end
diff --git a/config/initializers/sentry.rb b/config/initializers/sentry.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..12dfd28e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config/initializers/sentry.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+Sentry.init do |config|
+  config.environment = ENV["COMPOSE_PROJECT_NAME"] || ENV["RAILS_ENV"] || %w(production)
+  config.enabled_environments = %w[production, mapknitter_stable, mapknitter_unstable]
+  config.breadcrumbs_logger = [:sentry_logger, :http_logger]
+  # To activate performance monitoring, set one of these options.
+  # We recommend adjusting the value in production:
+  config.traces_sample_rate = 0.5
+  # use Rails' parameter filter to sanitize the event payload:
+  # for Rails 6+:
+  # filter = ActiveSupport::ParameterFilter.new(Rails.application.config.filter_parameters)
+  # for Rails 5:
+  filter = ActionDispatch::Http::ParameterFilter.new(Rails.application.config.filter_parameters)
+  config.before_send = lambda do |event, hint|
+    filter.filter(event.to_hash)
+  end
+end
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