diff --git a/core/cli/main.py b/core/cli/main.py
index 4622731e..fe31ea8b 100644
--- a/core/cli/main.py
+++ b/core/cli/main.py
@@ -5,8 +5,6 @@ import sys
 from argparse import Namespace
 from asyncio import run
 
-import sentry_sdk
-
 from core.agents.orchestrator import Orchestrator
 from core.cli.helpers import delete_project, init, list_projects, list_projects_json, load_project, show_config
 from core.config import LLMProvider, get_config
@@ -24,6 +22,12 @@ log = get_logger(__name__)
 
 
 telemetry_sent = False
+try:
+    import sentry_sdk
+
+    SENTRY_ENABLED = True
+except ImportError:
+    SENTRY_ENABLED = False
 
 
 async def cleanup(ui: UIBase):
@@ -280,22 +284,24 @@ async def async_main(
         return success
 
     telemetry.set("user_contact", args.email)
-    sentry_sdk.set_user(
-        {
-            # TODO add user id
-            # "id": args.user_id or "CLI only",
-            "email": args.email or "CLI only",
-        }
-    )
-    sentry_sdk.set_context(
-        "pythagora-data",
-        {
-            "extension-version": args.extension_version or "CLI only",
-            "core-version": get_version(),
-            # TODO get environment from the extension
-            # "environment": args.environment,
-        },
-    )
+    if SENTRY_ENABLED:
+        sentry_sdk.set_user(
+            {
+                # TODO add user id
+                # "id": args.user_id or "CLI only",
+                "email": args.email or "CLI only",
+            }
+        )
+        sentry_sdk.set_context(
+            "pythagora-data",
+            {
+                "extension-version": args.extension_version or "CLI only",
+                "core-version": get_version(),
+                # TODO get environment from the extension
+                # "environment": args.environment,
+            },
+        )
+
     if args.extension_version:
         telemetry.set("is_extension", True)
         telemetry.set("extension_version", args.extension_version)
diff --git a/main.py b/main.py
index 79e36e88..e10d8993 100644
--- a/main.py
+++ b/main.py
@@ -2,15 +2,18 @@
 import os.path
 import sys
 
-import sentry_sdk
+try:
+    import sentry_sdk
 
-sentry_sdk.init(
-    dsn="https://4101633bc5560bae67d6eab013ba9686@o4508731634221056.ingest.us.sentry.io/4508732401909760",
-    send_default_pii=True,
-    traces_sample_rate=1.0,
-)
+    sentry_sdk.init(
+        dsn="https://4101633bc5560bae67d6eab013ba9686@o4508731634221056.ingest.us.sentry.io/4508732401909760",
+        send_default_pii=True,
+        traces_sample_rate=1.0,
+    )
 
-sentry_sdk.profiler.start_profiler()
+    sentry_sdk.profiler.start_profiler()
+except ImportError:
+    SENTRY_ENABLED = False
 
 try:
     from core.cli.main import run_pythagora