diff --git a/core/build.gradle b/core/build.gradle
index a3232f571..daef0319e 100644
--- a/core/build.gradle
+++ b/core/build.gradle
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ dependencies {
     implementation 'androidx.annotation:annotation:1.6.0'
 
 
-    implementation ('com.rudderstack.android.sdk:rudderreporter:0.2.0')
+    implementation ('com.rudderstack.android.sdk:rudderreporter:0.3.0')
 //    implementation(project(path: ':rudderreporter'))
 //    implementation(project(path: ':gsonrudderadapter'))
     implementation 'com.rudderstack.kotlin.sdk:gsonrudderadapter:0.2.0'
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/com/rudderstack/android/sdk/core/ReportManager.java b/core/src/main/java/com/rudderstack/android/sdk/core/ReportManager.java
index 4bc783937..53730cd4d 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/com/rudderstack/android/sdk/core/ReportManager.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/com/rudderstack/android/sdk/core/ReportManager.java
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 import com.rudderstack.android.ruddermetricsreporterandroid.Metrics;
 import com.rudderstack.android.ruddermetricsreporterandroid.RudderReporter;
 import com.rudderstack.android.ruddermetricsreporterandroid.error.BreadcrumbType;
+import com.rudderstack.android.ruddermetricsreporterandroid.error.CrashFilter;
 import com.rudderstack.android.ruddermetricsreporterandroid.error.ErrorClient;
 import com.rudderstack.android.ruddermetricsreporterandroid.metrics.LongCounter;
 import com.rudderstack.gsonrudderadapter.GsonAdapter;
@@ -209,12 +210,9 @@ private static void checkAndUpdateErrorsCollection(boolean isErrorsEnabled) {
     private static void initiateRudderReporter(Context context, @Nullable String writeKey,
                                                boolean isMetricsEnabled, boolean isErrorsEnabled) {
         RudderLogger.logDebug("EventRepository: Creating RudderReporter isMetricsEnabled: " + isMetricsEnabled + " isErrorsEnabled: " + isErrorsEnabled);
-        String writeKeyOrBlank = writeKey == null ? "" : writeKey;
         if (rudderReporter == null) {
             rudderReporter = new DefaultRudderReporter(context, METRICS_URL_PROD,
-                    new Configuration(new LibraryMetadata(
-                            BuildConfig.LIBRARY_PACKAGE_NAME, BuildConfig.VERSION_NAME, BuildConfig.VERSION_CODE, writeKeyOrBlank
-                    )), new GsonAdapter(), isMetricsEnabled, isErrorsEnabled);
+                    getStatsConfig(writeKey), new GsonAdapter(), isMetricsEnabled, isErrorsEnabled);
             rudderReporter.getSyncer().startScheduledSyncs(METRICS_UPLOAD_INTERVAL,
                     true, METRICS_FLUSH_COUNT);
             //we default to null if metrics or errors are not enabled
@@ -223,6 +221,15 @@ private static void initiateRudderReporter(Context context, @Nullable String wri
         }
     }
 
+    private static Configuration getStatsConfig(@Nullable String writeKey) {
+        String writeKeyOrBlank = writeKey == null ? "" : writeKey;
+        Configuration config =  new Configuration(new LibraryMetadata(
+                BuildConfig.LIBRARY_PACKAGE_NAME, BuildConfig.VERSION_NAME, BuildConfig.VERSION_CODE, writeKeyOrBlank
+        ));
+        config.setCrashFilter(CrashFilter.generateWithKeyWords(Collections.singletonList("rudderstack")));
+        return config;
+    }
+
     static void incrementMessageCounter(int value, Map<String, String> attributes) {
         incrementCounter(messageCounter, value, attributes);
     }
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/com/rudderstack/android/sdk/core/RudderNetworkManager.java b/core/src/main/java/com/rudderstack/android/sdk/core/RudderNetworkManager.java
index 9f5267990..e917bc282 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/com/rudderstack/android/sdk/core/RudderNetworkManager.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/com/rudderstack/android/sdk/core/RudderNetworkManager.java
@@ -185,7 +185,7 @@ private HttpURLConnection updateHttpConnection(String requestURL, RequestMethod
             return updateHttpConnection(httpConnection, requestMethod, requestPayload, isDMTRequest,
                     null, null);
         } catch (Exception ex) {
-            ReportManager.reportError(ex);
+//            ReportManager.reportError(ex);
             RudderLogger.logError("RudderNetworkManager: sendNetworkRequest: Exception occurred while creating HttpURLConnection" + ex.getLocalizedMessage());
             return null;
         }
@@ -238,7 +238,7 @@ private HttpURLConnection updateHttpConnectionForPostRequest(HttpURLConnection h
             osw.flush();
             return httpConnection;
         } catch (Exception ex) {
-            ReportManager.reportError(ex);
+//            ReportManager.reportError(ex);
             RudderLogger.logError("RudderNetworkManager: updateHttpConnection: Error while updating the http connection" + ex.getLocalizedMessage());
             return null;
         }
diff --git a/sample-kotlin/build.gradle b/sample-kotlin/build.gradle
index d7b77ef15..7c8ce75ab 100644
--- a/sample-kotlin/build.gradle
+++ b/sample-kotlin/build.gradle
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ android {
         testInstrumentationRunner "androidx.test.runner.AndroidJUnitRunner"
         buildConfigField("String", "DATA_PLANE_URL", properties.getProperty('dataplaneUrl', 'https://api.rudderstack.com'))
         buildConfigField("String", "CONTROL_PLANE_URL", properties.getProperty('controlplaneUrl', "\"https://api.rudderstack.com\""))
-        buildConfigField("String", "WRITE_KEY", properties.getProperty('writeKey', ''))
+        buildConfigField("String", "WRITE_KEY", properties.getProperty('writeKey', "\"\""))
     }
     buildTypes {
         debug {
@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@ dependencies {
 
     // Rudder Android Core SDK
     implementation project(':core')
+//    implementation 'com.rudderstack.android.sdk:core:1.19.1'
     implementation 'com.google.code.gson:gson:2.8.6'
     implementation "androidx.work:work-runtime:2.7.1"