diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index d7082bf..ea717fa 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -116,3 +116,4 @@ webpack-stats.json
 
 # Other
 .DS_Store
+/key.pem
diff --git a/fbr/settings.py b/fbr/settings.py
index 1575112..5c26cbc 100644
--- a/fbr/settings.py
+++ b/fbr/settings.py
@@ -47,10 +47,15 @@
 )
 
 # Only init sentry if the SENTRY_DSN is provided
+# TODO: add SENTRY_TRACES_SAMPLE_RATE to secrets default value of 0.0
 # Sentry set up:
 SENTRY_DSN = os.environ.get("SENTRY_DSN", None)
 if SENTRY_DSN:
-    sentry_sdk.init(dsn=SENTRY_DSN, integrations=[DjangoIntegration()])
+    sentry_sdk.init(
+        dsn=SENTRY_DSN,
+        integrations=[DjangoIntegration()],
+        traces_sample_rate=env("SENTRY_TRACES_SAMPLE_RATE", default=1.0),
+    )
     logging.getLogger(__name__).info("SENTRY_DSN set. Sentry is enabled.")
 else:
     logging.getLogger(__name__).info("SENTRY_DSN not set. Sentry is disabled.")
@@ -286,18 +291,6 @@
     },
 }
 
-if SENTRY_DSN:
-    logging.getLogger(__name__).info("added sentry to logging config")
-    LOGGING["loggers"]["sentry_sdk"] = {
-        "level": "ERROR",
-        "handlers": ["asim"],
-        "propagate": False,
-    }
-else:
-    logging.getLogger(__name__).info(
-        "sentry not enabled. skipping sentry logging config"
-    )
-
 # Django Log Formatter ASIM settings
 # See https://github.com/uktrade/django-log-formatter-asim#settings
 DLFA_TRACE_HEADERS = ("X-B3-TraceId", "X-B3-SpanId")