diff --git a/app/scripts/background.js b/app/scripts/background.js
index 1479d9f72..e07b6b38a 100644
--- a/app/scripts/background.js
+++ b/app/scripts/background.js
@@ -44,8 +44,8 @@ const notificationManager = new NotificationManager()
 global.METAMASK_NOTIFIER = notificationManager
 
 // setup sentry error reporting
-const release = platform.getVersion()
-const raven = setupRaven({ release })
+const releaseVersion = platform.getVersion()
+const raven = setupRaven({ releaseVersion })
 
 // browser check if it is Edge - https://stackoverflow.com/questions/9847580/how-to-detect-safari-chrome-ie-firefox-and-opera-browser
 // Internet Explorer 6-11
diff --git a/app/scripts/lib/setupRaven.js b/app/scripts/lib/setupRaven.js
index 3f69fb3bb..e657e278f 100644
--- a/app/scripts/lib/setupRaven.js
+++ b/app/scripts/lib/setupRaven.js
@@ -8,8 +8,10 @@ module.exports = setupRaven
 
 // Setup raven / sentry remote error reporting
 function setupRaven (opts) {
-  const { release } = opts
+  const { releaseVersion } = opts
   let ravenTarget
+  // detect brave
+  const isBrave = Boolean(window.chrome.ipcRenderer)
 
   if (METAMASK_DEBUG) {
     console.log('Setting up Sentry Remote Error Reporting: DEV')
@@ -20,9 +22,11 @@ function setupRaven (opts) {
   }
 
   const client = Raven.config(ravenTarget, {
-    release,
+    releaseVersion,
     transport: function (opts) {
+      opts.data.extra.isBrave = isBrave
       const report = opts.data
+
       try {
         // handle error-like non-error exceptions
         rewriteErrorLikeExceptions(report)