diff --git a/apps/api/src/app/app.controller.ts b/apps/api/src/app/app.controller.ts
index 17d71021..bd03615f 100644
--- a/apps/api/src/app/app.controller.ts
+++ b/apps/api/src/app/app.controller.ts
@@ -10,4 +10,10 @@ export class AppController {
   health(): string {
     return 'UP'
   }
+
+  @Get('break')
+  @Public()
+  break(): string {
+    throw new Error('Broken')
+  }
 }
diff --git a/apps/api/src/main.ts b/apps/api/src/main.ts
index 40a9e89e..a184d909 100644
--- a/apps/api/src/main.ts
+++ b/apps/api/src/main.ts
@@ -46,14 +46,17 @@ class CustomLogger implements LoggerService {
 
 async function initializeSentry() {
   if (!process.env.SENTRY_DSN) {
-    throw new Error('Missing environment variable: SENTRY_DSN')
+    Logger.error('Missing environment variable: SENTRY_DSN')
+    process.exit(1)
   }
+
   Sentry.init({
     dsn: process.env.SENTRY_DSN,
     enabled: process.env.NODE_ENV !== 'test' && process.env.NODE_ENV !== 'e2e',
     environment: process.env.NODE_ENV || 'production',
-    tracesSampleRate: Number(process.env.SENTRY_TRACES_SAMPLE_RATE) || 1.0,
-    profilesSampleRate: Number(process.env.SENTRY_PROFILES_SAMPLE_RATE) || 1.0,
+    tracesSampleRate: parseFloat(process.env.SENTRY_TRACES_SAMPLE_RATE) || 1.0,
+    profilesSampleRate:
+      parseFloat(process.env.SENTRY_PROFILES_SAMPLE_RATE) || 1.0,
     integrations: [new ProfilingIntegration()],
     debug: process.env.NODE_ENV.startsWith('dev')
   })
diff --git a/apps/api/webpack.config.js b/apps/api/webpack.config.js
index f9ff52be..9f2033e8 100644
--- a/apps/api/webpack.config.js
+++ b/apps/api/webpack.config.js
@@ -1,15 +1,18 @@
 const { composePlugins, withNx } = require('@nx/webpack')
 const { sentryWebpackPlugin } = require('@sentry/webpack-plugin')
+
 module.exports = composePlugins(
   withNx({
     target: 'node',
     devtool: 'source-map',
     plugins: [
-      sentryWebpackPlugin({
-        org: process.env.SENTRY_ORG,
-        project: process.env.SENTRY_PROJECT,
-        authToken: process.env.SENTRY_AUTH_TOKEN
-      })
+      ...((process.env.NODE_ENV || 'production') === 'production'
+        ? sentryWebpackPlugin({
+            org: process.env.SENTRY_ORG,
+            project: process.env.SENTRY_PROJECT,
+            authToken: process.env.SENTRY_AUTH_TOKEN
+          })
+        : [])
     ]
   }),
   (config) => {
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 5ea798fd..951169eb 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@
     "db:format": "nx run api:prisma:format",
     "db:reset": "nx run api:prisma:reset",
     "prepare": "husky install",
-    "sentry:sourcemaps": "sentry-cli sourcemaps inject ./dist && sentry-cli sourcemaps upload ./dist"
+    "sentry:sourcemaps": "sentry-cli sourcemaps inject ./dist && sentry-cli sourcemaps upload ./dist || echo 'Failed to upload source maps to Sentry'"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "@nestjs/schematics": "^10.0.3",
diff --git a/tsconfig.base.json b/tsconfig.base.json
index a3a3fed6..2083a484 100644
--- a/tsconfig.base.json
+++ b/tsconfig.base.json
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@
     "emitDecoratorMetadata": true,
     "experimentalDecorators": true,
     "importHelpers": true,
-    "noEmitHelpers": true,
     "target": "es2015",
     "module": "esnext",
     "lib": ["es2020", "dom"],