diff --git a/src/common/utils/index.ts b/src/common/utils/index.ts
index 1644c07f36..c10149fb38 100644
--- a/src/common/utils/index.ts
+++ b/src/common/utils/index.ts
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ export * from "./tar";
 export * from "./toggle-set";
 export * from "./toJS";
 export * from "./type-narrowing";
+export * from "./isValidSentryDsn";
 
 import * as iter from "./iter";
 
diff --git a/src/common/utils/isValidSentryDsn.ts b/src/common/utils/isValidSentryDsn.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..10033e5013
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/common/utils/isValidSentryDsn.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+/**
+ * Copyright (c) 2021 OpenLens Authors
+ *
+ * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of
+ * this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in
+ * the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to
+ * use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of
+ * the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so,
+ * subject to the following conditions:
+ *
+ * The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all
+ * copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+ *
+ * THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
+ * IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS
+ * FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR
+ * COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER
+ * IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN
+ * CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
+ */
+
+
+// Regular expression used to parse a Sentry Dsn.
+// from https://github.com/getsentry/sentry-javascript/blob/f624f442fd76bf655de6def9fa4d7631735ebba0/packages/utils/src/dsn.ts#L6
+const DSN_REGEX = /^(?:(\w+):)\/\/(?:(\w+)(?::(\w+))?@)([\w.-]+)(?::(\d+))?\/(.+)/;
+
+/**
+ * check if string is a valid Sentry dsn
+ *
+ * @param {(string | undefined | null)} string
+ * @return {boolean} 
+ */
+export const isValidSentryDsn = (string: string | undefined | null) => {
+
+  const valid = DSN_REGEX.exec(string);
+
+  return valid;
+};
diff --git a/src/common/vars.ts b/src/common/vars.ts
index 74dcb0abf3..dd9a89ca79 100644
--- a/src/common/vars.ts
+++ b/src/common/vars.ts
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ import path from "path";
 import { SemVer } from "semver";
 import packageInfo from "../../package.json";
 import { defineGlobal } from "./utils/defineGlobal";
+import { isValidSentryDsn } from "./utils/isValidSentryDsn";
 
 export const isMac = process.platform === "darwin";
 export const isWindows = process.platform === "win32";
@@ -71,4 +72,5 @@ export const supportUrl = "https://docs.k8slens.dev/latest/support/" as string;
 export const appSemVer = new SemVer(packageInfo.version);
 export const docsUrl = "https://docs.k8slens.dev/main/" as string;
 
-export const sentryDsn = packageInfo.config?.sentryDsn;
+export const sentryDsn = packageInfo.config?.sentryDsn ?? "";
+export const sentryDsnIsValid = isValidSentryDsn(sentryDsn);
diff --git a/src/renderer/components/+preferences/preferences.tsx b/src/renderer/components/+preferences/preferences.tsx
index 285c9b2c75..3ec4693fe8 100644
--- a/src/renderer/components/+preferences/preferences.tsx
+++ b/src/renderer/components/+preferences/preferences.tsx
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ import { FormSwitch, Switcher } from "../switch";
 import { KubeconfigSyncs } from "./kubeconfig-syncs";
 import { SettingLayout } from "../layout/setting-layout";
 import { Checkbox } from "../checkbox";
-import { sentryIsInitialized } from "../../../common/sentry";
+import { sentryDsnIsValid } from "../../../common/vars";
 
 enum Pages {
   Application = "application",
@@ -259,7 +259,7 @@ export class Preferences extends React.Component {
           <section id="telemetry">
             <h2 data-testid="telemetry-header">Telemetry</h2>
             {telemetryExtensions.map(this.renderExtension)}
-            {sentryIsInitialized ? (
+            {sentryDsnIsValid ? (
               <React.Fragment key='sentry'>
                 <section id='sentry' className="small">
                   <SubTitle title='Automatic Error Reporting' />