diff --git a/indexer/src/kadena-server/plugins/instrument.ts b/indexer/src/kadena-server/plugins/instrument.ts
index 92bdd52e..1c8027d1 100644
--- a/indexer/src/kadena-server/plugins/instrument.ts
+++ b/indexer/src/kadena-server/plugins/instrument.ts
@@ -5,23 +5,29 @@ import { nodeProfilingIntegration } from '@sentry/profiling-node';
 /**
  * Sentry configuration
  */
-const SENTRY_DSN = getRequiredEnvString('SENTRY_DSN');
+const SENTRY_DSN = process.env['SENTRY_DSN'];
 const SENTRY_ENVIRONMENT = 'production';
 const SENTRY_RELEASE = 'v1.0.0';
 
-// Initialize Sentry
-console.info('[INFO][SENTRY][INIT] Initializing Sentry error reporting');
-Sentry.init({
-  dsn: SENTRY_DSN,
-  environment: SENTRY_ENVIRONMENT,
-  release: SENTRY_RELEASE,
-  sendDefaultPii: true,
-  tracesSampleRate: 1.0,
-  profileSessionSampleRate: 1.0,
-  profileLifecycle: 'trace',
-  integrations: [
-    nodeProfilingIntegration(),
-    Sentry.graphqlIntegration({ useOperationNameForRootSpan: true }),
-  ],
-  debug: false,
-});
+if (!SENTRY_DSN || SENTRY_DSN.trim() === '') {
+  console.info(
+    '[INFO][SENTRY][LOG] Not using Sentry as it is disabled by not setting SENTRY_DSN env var',
+  );
+} else {
+  // Initialize Sentry
+  console.info('[INFO][SENTRY][INIT] Initializing Sentry error reporting');
+  Sentry.init({
+    dsn: SENTRY_DSN,
+    environment: SENTRY_ENVIRONMENT,
+    release: SENTRY_RELEASE,
+    sendDefaultPii: true,
+    tracesSampleRate: 1.0,
+    profileSessionSampleRate: 1.0,
+    profileLifecycle: 'trace',
+    integrations: [
+      nodeProfilingIntegration(),
+      Sentry.graphqlIntegration({ useOperationNameForRootSpan: true }),
+    ],
+    debug: false,
+  });
+}