diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index fd65ffba9..8a523c7f0 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -156,6 +156,15 @@ version = "1.2.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "cf1de2fe8c75bc145a2f577add951f8134889b4795d47466a54a5c846d691693"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "bitmaps"
+version = "2.1.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "031043d04099746d8db04daf1fa424b2bc8bd69d92b25962dcde24da39ab64a2"
+dependencies = [
+ "typenum",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "blake2b_simd"
 version = "0.5.10"
@@ -606,6 +615,16 @@ dependencies = [
  "num_cpus",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "debugid"
+version = "0.7.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "f91cf5a8c2f2097e2a32627123508635d47ce10563d999ec1a95addf08b502ba"
+dependencies = [
+ "serde",
+ "uuid",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "derive_more"
 version = "0.99.7"
@@ -709,6 +728,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "schemamama",
  "schemamama_postgres",
  "semver",
+ "sentry",
  "serde",
  "serde_json",
  "slug",
@@ -1197,6 +1217,17 @@ dependencies = [
  "winapi 0.3.8",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "hostname"
+version = "0.3.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "3c731c3e10504cc8ed35cfe2f1db4c9274c3d35fa486e3b31df46f068ef3e867"
+dependencies = [
+ "libc",
+ "match_cfg",
+ "winapi 0.3.8",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "html5ever"
 version = "0.25.1"
@@ -1238,6 +1269,12 @@ version = "1.3.4"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "cd179ae861f0c2e53da70d892f5f3029f9594be0c41dc5269cd371691b1dc2f9"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "httpdate"
+version = "0.3.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "494b4d60369511e7dea41cf646832512a94e542f68bb9c49e54518e0f468eb47"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "humansize"
 version = "1.1.0"
@@ -1349,6 +1386,20 @@ dependencies = [
  "winapi-util",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "im"
+version = "15.0.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "111c1983f3c5bb72732df25cddacee9b546d08325fb584b5ebd38148be7b0246"
+dependencies = [
+ "bitmaps",
+ "rand_core 0.5.1",
+ "rand_xoshiro",
+ "sized-chunks",
+ "typenum",
+ "version_check 0.9.1",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "indexmap"
 version = "1.6.0"
@@ -1394,6 +1445,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "libc",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "ipnet"
+version = "2.3.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "47be2f14c678be2fdcab04ab1171db51b2762ce6f0a8ee87c8dd4a04ed216135"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "iron"
 version = "0.6.1"
@@ -1630,6 +1687,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "tendril",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "match_cfg"
+version = "0.1.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "ffbee8634e0d45d258acb448e7eaab3fce7a0a467395d4d9f228e3c1f01fb2e4"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "matches"
 version = "0.1.8"
@@ -2602,6 +2665,15 @@ dependencies = [
  "rand_core 0.3.1",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "rand_xoshiro"
+version = "0.4.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "a9fcdd2e881d02f1d9390ae47ad8e5696a9e4be7b547a1da2afbc61973217004"
+dependencies = [
+ "rand_core 0.5.1",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "rayon"
 version = "1.3.0"
@@ -2690,9 +2762,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "reqwest"
-version = "0.10.6"
+version = "0.10.8"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "3b82c9238b305f26f53443e3a4bc8528d64b8d0bee408ec949eb7bf5635ec680"
+checksum = "e9eaa17ac5d7b838b7503d118fa16ad88f440498bf9ffe5424e621f93190d61e"
 dependencies = [
  "base64 0.12.1",
  "bytes",
@@ -2703,6 +2775,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "http-body",
  "hyper 0.13.6",
  "hyper-tls",
+ "ipnet",
  "js-sys",
  "lazy_static",
  "log 0.4.8",
@@ -3065,6 +3138,111 @@ version = "0.7.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "388a1df253eca08550bef6c72392cfe7c30914bf41df5269b68cbd6ff8f570a3"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "sentry"
+version = "0.20.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "144e85b28d129f056ef91664fe2b985eade906d2838752c2f61c9f233cd98e4a"
+dependencies = [
+ "httpdate",
+ "reqwest",
+ "sentry-backtrace",
+ "sentry-contexts",
+ "sentry-core",
+ "sentry-failure",
+ "sentry-log",
+ "sentry-panic",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "sentry-backtrace"
+version = "0.20.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "92dabd890482f152fb6d261fe2034a193facc2c99c0c571bbf7687c356fcb2e8"
+dependencies = [
+ "backtrace",
+ "lazy_static",
+ "regex",
+ "sentry-core",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "sentry-contexts"
+version = "0.20.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "039ac50d2d740d51c5d376c2e9e93725eea662fa3acdcbcfe1b8b93a3b30c478"
+dependencies = [
+ "hostname",
+ "lazy_static",
+ "libc",
+ "regex",
+ "rustc_version",
+ "sentry-core",
+ "uname",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "sentry-core"
+version = "0.20.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "3fe4fe890b12416701f838c702898a9c5e574c333cfbbee9fb7855a14e6490a3"
+dependencies = [
+ "im",
+ "lazy_static",
+ "rand 0.7.3",
+ "sentry-types",
+ "serde",
+ "serde_json",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "sentry-failure"
+version = "0.20.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "ead35e7019f77a79ed0345b3f3c28427139100f87f318c1c3e2788db2cdea8b7"
+dependencies = [
+ "failure",
+ "sentry-backtrace",
+ "sentry-core",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "sentry-log"
+version = "0.20.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "6ecacbaff50702c1028124ac834a25040bf13b6fbd720156fb817eafaea2c0e9"
+dependencies = [
+ "env_logger",
+ "log 0.4.8",
+ "sentry-backtrace",
+ "sentry-core",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "sentry-panic"
+version = "0.20.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "ab8a3ac989339a76efd6155f9d02675ce4b04419cd8083ca58d083c222554147"
+dependencies = [
+ "sentry-backtrace",
+ "sentry-core",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "sentry-types"
+version = "0.20.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "c8124f0e9bc1113ecbcc8c3746e0e590943cf23e7d09c70a088c116869bb12e3"
+dependencies = [
+ "chrono",
+ "debugid",
+ "serde",
+ "serde_json",
+ "thiserror",
+ "url 2.1.1",
+ "uuid",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "serde"
 version = "1.0.110"
@@ -3187,6 +3365,16 @@ version = "0.3.3"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "fa8f3741c7372e75519bd9346068370c9cdaabcc1f9599cbcf2a2719352286b7"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "sized-chunks"
+version = "0.6.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "1ec31ceca5644fa6d444cc77548b88b67f46db6f7c71683b0f9336e671830d2f"
+dependencies = [
+ "bitmaps",
+ "typenum",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "slab"
 version = "0.4.2"
@@ -3767,6 +3955,15 @@ version = "0.1.3"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "56dee185309b50d1f11bfedef0fe6d036842e3fb77413abef29f8f8d1c5d4c1c"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "uname"
+version = "0.1.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "b72f89f0ca32e4db1c04e2a72f5345d59796d4866a1ee0609084569f73683dc8"
+dependencies = [
+ "libc",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "unchecked-index"
 version = "0.2.2"
@@ -3927,6 +4124,16 @@ version = "0.7.5"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "05e42f7c18b8f902290b009cde6d651262f956c98bc51bca4cd1d511c9cd85c7"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "uuid"
+version = "0.8.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "9fde2f6a4bea1d6e007c4ad38c6839fa71cbb63b6dbf5b595aa38dc9b1093c11"
+dependencies = [
+ "rand 0.7.3",
+ "serde",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "vcpkg"
 version = "0.2.8"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index c867f190d..9156ebcea 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ exclude = [
 ]
 
 [dependencies]
+sentry = { version = "0.20", features = ["env_logger", "log"] }
 log = "0.4"
 regex = "1"
 structopt = "0.3"
diff --git a/src/bin/cratesfyi.rs b/src/bin/cratesfyi.rs
index 3f9c55de7..1ef001c5e 100644
--- a/src/bin/cratesfyi.rs
+++ b/src/bin/cratesfyi.rs
@@ -11,14 +11,28 @@ use docs_rs::{
 };
 use failure::{err_msg, Error, ResultExt};
 use once_cell::sync::OnceCell;
+use sentry::integrations::failure::capture_error;
+use sentry::integrations::log::LogIntegration;
 use structopt::StructOpt;
 use strum::VariantNames;
 
 pub fn main() {
     let _ = dotenv::dotenv();
-    logger_init();
+    //rustwide::logging::init_with(logger_init());
+    let sentry_log = LogIntegration::default().with_env_logger_dest(Some(logger_init()));
+    let _guard = sentry::init((
+        "TODO: fill this in with the secret from https://sentry.io/organizations/rust-lang/",
+        sentry::ClientOptions {
+            release: Some(docs_rs::BUILD_VERSION.into()),
+            ..Default::default()
+        }
+        .add_integration(sentry_log),
+    ));
+    log::info!("this is a log from the main thread");
+    log::error!("this is an error from the main thread");
 
     if let Err(err) = CommandLine::from_args().handle_args() {
+        capture_error(&err);
         let mut msg = format!("Error: {}", err);
         for cause in err.iter_causes() {
             write!(msg, "\n\nCaused by:\n    {}", cause).unwrap();
@@ -31,11 +45,12 @@ pub fn main() {
     }
 }
 
-fn logger_init() {
+// NOTE: this function should be idempotent
+fn logger_init() -> env_logger::Logger {
     use std::io::Write;
 
     let env = env_logger::Env::default().filter_or("DOCSRS_LOG", "docs_rs=info");
-    let logger = env_logger::from_env(env)
+    env_logger::from_env(env)
         .format(|buf, record| {
             writeln!(
                 buf,
@@ -46,9 +61,7 @@ fn logger_init() {
                 record.args()
             )
         })
-        .build();
-
-    rustwide::logging::init_with(logger);
+        .build()
 }
 
 #[derive(Debug, Clone, Copy, PartialEq, Eq, strum::EnumString, strum::EnumVariantNames)]