diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/config/settings/production.py b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/config/settings/production.py
index bd5afec5b..0880bccc9 100644
--- a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/config/settings/production.py
+++ b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/config/settings/production.py
@@ -173,7 +173,6 @@ COMPRESS_ENABLED = env.bool('COMPRESS_ENABLED', default=True)
 COMPRESS_STORAGE = 'storages.backends.s3boto3.S3Boto3Storage'
 # https://django-compressor.readthedocs.io/en/latest/settings/#django.conf.settings.COMPRESS_URL
 COMPRESS_URL = STATIC_URL
-
 {% endif %}
 {%- if cookiecutter.use_whitenoise == 'n' -%}
 # Collectfast
@@ -181,32 +180,16 @@ COMPRESS_URL = STATIC_URL
 # https://github.com/antonagestam/collectfast#installation
 INSTALLED_APPS = ['collectfast'] + INSTALLED_APPS  # noqa F405
 AWS_PRELOAD_METADATA = True
-
 {% endif %}
-{%- if cookiecutter.use_sentry == 'y' -%}
-# Sentry
-# ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-SENTRY_DSN = env('SENTRY_DSN')
-SENTRY_CELERY_LOGLEVEL = env.int('DJANGO_SENTRY_LOG_LEVEL', logging.INFO)
-
-sentry_logging = LoggingIntegration(
-    level=DJANGO_SENTRY_LOG_LEVEL,  # Capture info and above as breadcrumbs
-    event_level=None     # Send no events from log messages
-)
-
-sentry_sdk.init(
-    dsn="SENTRY_DSN",
-    integrations=[sentry_logging, DjangoIntegration()]
-)
-{%- else %}
 # LOGGING
 # ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-# See: https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/ref/settings/#logging
+# https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/ref/settings/#logging
+# See https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/topics/logging for
+# more details on how to customize your logging configuration.
+{%- if cookiecutter.use_sentry == 'n' -%}
 # A sample logging configuration. The only tangible logging
 # performed by this configuration is to send an email to
 # the site admins on every HTTP 500 error when DEBUG=False.
-# See https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/topics/logging for
-# more details on how to customize your logging configuration.
 LOGGING = {
     'version': 1,
     'disable_existing_loggers': False,
@@ -246,7 +229,57 @@ LOGGING = {
         }
     }
 }
+{% else %}
+LOGGING = {
+    'version': 1,
+    'disable_existing_loggers': True,
+    'formatters': {
+        'verbose': {
+            'format': '%(levelname)s %(asctime)s %(module)s '
+                      '%(process)d %(thread)d %(message)s'
+        },
+    },
+    'handlers': {
+        'console': {
+            'level': 'DEBUG',
+            'class': 'logging.StreamHandler',
+            'formatter': 'verbose'
+        }
+    },
+    'loggers': {
+        'django.db.backends': {
+            'level': 'ERROR',
+            'handlers': ['console'],
+            'propagate': False,
+        },
+        # Errors logged by the SDK itself
+        'sentry_sdk': {
+            'level': 'ERROR',
+            'handlers': ['console'],
+            'propagate': False,
+        },
+        'django.security.DisallowedHost': {
+            'level': 'ERROR',
+            'handlers': ['console'],
+            'propagate': False,
+        },
+    },
+}
 
+# Sentry
+# ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+SENTRY_DSN = env('SENTRY_DSN')
+SENTRY_LOGLEVEL = env.int('DJANGO_SENTRY_LOG_LEVEL', logging.INFO)
+
+sentry_logging = LoggingIntegration(
+    level=SENTRY_LOGLEVEL,  # Capture info and above as breadcrumbs
+    event_level=None,  # Send no events from log messages
+)
+
+sentry_sdk.init(
+    dsn=SENTRY_DSN,
+    integrations=[sentry_logging, DjangoIntegration()]
+)
 {% endif %}
 # Your stuff...
 # ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/config/wsgi.py b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/config/wsgi.py
index 4c1350061..b206b150b 100644
--- a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/config/wsgi.py
+++ b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/config/wsgi.py
@@ -22,11 +22,7 @@ from django.core.wsgi import get_wsgi_application
 # {{ cookiecutter.project_slug }} directory.
 app_path = os.path.abspath(os.path.join(
     os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__)), os.pardir))
-sys.path.append(os.path.join(app_path, '{{ cookiecutter.project_slug }}'))
-{% if cookiecutter.use_sentry == 'y' -%}
-if os.environ.get('DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE') == 'config.settings.production':
-    from raven.contrib.django.raven_compat.middleware.wsgi import Sentry
-{%- endif %}
+sys.path.append(os.path.join(app_path, "{{ cookiecutter.project_slug }}"))
 # We defer to a DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE already in the environment. This breaks
 # if running multiple sites in the same mod_wsgi process. To fix this, use
 # mod_wsgi daemon mode with each site in its own daemon process, or use
@@ -37,10 +33,6 @@ os.environ.setdefault("DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE", "config.settings.production")
 # file. This includes Django's development server, if the WSGI_APPLICATION
 # setting points here.
 application = get_wsgi_application()
-{% if cookiecutter.use_sentry == 'y' -%}
-if os.environ.get('DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE') == 'config.settings.production':
-    application = Sentry(application)
-{%- endif %}
 # Apply WSGI middleware here.
 # from helloworld.wsgi import HelloWorldApplication
 # application = HelloWorldApplication(application)
diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/requirements/production.txt b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/requirements/production.txt
index 1fc3e99b4..628a67bd4 100644
--- a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/requirements/production.txt
+++ b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/requirements/production.txt
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ psycopg2==2.7.4 --no-binary psycopg2  # https://github.com/psycopg/psycopg2
 Collectfast==0.6.2  # https://github.com/antonagestam/collectfast
 {%- endif %}
 {%- if cookiecutter.use_sentry == "y" %}
-sentry-sdk==0.3.7  # https://docs.sentry.io/quickstart/?platform=python
+sentry-sdk==0.7.6  # https://github.com/getsentry/sentry-python
 {%- endif %}
 
 # Django
diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/taskapp/celery.py b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/taskapp/celery.py
index 4aad7fa33..8ede2257c 100644
--- a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/taskapp/celery.py
+++ b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/taskapp/celery.py
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 {% if cookiecutter.use_celery == 'y' %}
 import os
 from celery import Celery
-
 from django.apps import apps, AppConfig
 from django.conf import settings
 
@@ -26,26 +25,29 @@ class CeleryAppConfig(AppConfig):
     def ready(self):
         installed_apps = [app_config.name for app_config in apps.get_app_configs()]
         app.autodiscover_tasks(lambda: installed_apps, force=True)
-{% if cookiecutter.use_sentry == 'y' -%}
-{% if cookiecutter.use_pycharm == 'y' -%}
-	    # Since raven is required in production only,
+
+        {% if cookiecutter.use_sentry == 'y' -%}
+        if hasattr(settings, "SENTRY_DSN"):
+            # Celery signal registration
+            {% if cookiecutter.use_pycharm == 'y' -%}
+	        # Since Sentry is required in production only,
             # imports might (most surely will) be wiped out
             # during PyCharm code clean up started
             # in other environments.
             # @formatter:off
-{%- endif %}
-    import sentry_sdk
-    from sentry_sdk.integrations.celery import CeleryIntegration
-    from sentry_sdk.integrations.logging import LoggingIntegration
-{% if cookiecutter.use_pycharm == 'y' -%}
+            {%- endif %}
+            import sentry_sdk
+            from sentry_sdk.integrations.celery import CeleryIntegration
+            from sentry_sdk.integrations.logging import LoggingIntegration
+            {% if cookiecutter.use_pycharm == 'y' -%}
             # @formatter:on
-{%- endif %}
-    sentry_logging = LoggingIntegration(
-        level=settings.SENTRY_CELERY_LOGLEVEL,  # Capture info and above as breadcrumbs
-        event_level=None     # Send no events from log messages
-    )
-    sentry_sdk.init(dsn=settings.SENTRY_DSN, integrations=[sentry_logging, CeleryIntegration()])
-    {%- endif %}
+            {%- endif %}
+            sentry_logging = LoggingIntegration(
+                level=settings.SENTRY_LOGLEVEL,  # Capture info and above as breadcrumbs
+                event_level=None,  # Send no events from log messages
+            )
+            sentry_sdk.init(dsn=settings.SENTRY_DSN, integrations=[sentry_logging, CeleryIntegration()])
+        {%- endif %}
 
 
 @app.task(bind=True)