diff --git a/frontend/src/app/sentry/sentry-reporter.ts b/frontend/src/app/sentry/sentry-reporter.ts
index 2c87e3ed18..d10564bc19 100644
--- a/frontend/src/app/sentry/sentry-reporter.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/app/sentry/sentry-reporter.ts
@@ -107,11 +107,15 @@ export class SentryReporter implements ErrorReporter {
     });
   }
 
-  public captureException(err:Error) {
-    if (!this.client) {
+  public captureException(err:Error|string) {
+    if (!this.client || !err) {
       return this.handleOfflineMessage('captureException', Array.from(arguments));
     }
 
+    if (typeof err === 'string') {
+      return this.captureMessage(err, 'error');
+    }
+
     this.client.withScope((scope:Scope) => {
       this.setupContext(scope);
       this.client.captureException(err);