diff --git a/PluralKit.Bot/Init.cs b/PluralKit.Bot/Init.cs
index d305224f..70c4a753 100644
--- a/PluralKit.Bot/Init.cs
+++ b/PluralKit.Bot/Init.cs
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@ using Myriad.Rest;
 
 using PluralKit.Core;
 
+using Sentry;
+
 using Serilog;
 using Serilog.Core;
 
@@ -36,7 +38,15 @@ namespace PluralKit.Bot
                 var logger = services.Resolve<ILogger>().ForContext<Init>();
 
                 // Initialize Sentry SDK, and make sure it gets dropped at the end
-                using var _ = Sentry.SentrySdk.Init(services.Resolve<CoreConfig>().SentryUrl);
+                var sentryDsn = services.Resolve<CoreConfig>().SentryUrl;
+                if (sentryDsn != null)
+                {
+                    using var _ = Sentry.SentrySdk.Init((opts) =>
+                    {
+                        opts.Dsn = new Dsn(sentryDsn);
+                        opts.Release = BuildInfoService.FullVersion;
+                    });
+                }
 
                 // "Connect to the database" (ie. set off database migrations and ensure state)
                 logger.Information("Connecting to database");
diff --git a/PluralKit.Core/PluralKit.Core.csproj b/PluralKit.Core/PluralKit.Core.csproj
index c7633f61..1ff7c389 100644
--- a/PluralKit.Core/PluralKit.Core.csproj
+++ b/PluralKit.Core/PluralKit.Core.csproj
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@
     </ItemGroup>
 
     <Target Name="SetSourceRevisionId" BeforeTargets="InitializeSourceControlInformation">
-      <Exec Command="git describe --long --always --dirty --exclude=* --abbrev=7 > ../.version" IgnoreExitCode="False">
+      <Exec Command="git describe --long --always --dirty --exclude=* > ../.version" IgnoreExitCode="False">
       </Exec>
     </Target>
 
diff --git a/PluralKit.Core/Services/BuildInfoService.cs b/PluralKit.Core/Services/BuildInfoService.cs
index ee32c8b0..1d0a8fef 100644
--- a/PluralKit.Core/Services/BuildInfoService.cs
+++ b/PluralKit.Core/Services/BuildInfoService.cs
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 using System.IO;
-using System.Reflection;
 using System.Threading.Tasks;
 
 namespace PluralKit.Core
@@ -7,18 +6,26 @@ namespace PluralKit.Core
     public static class BuildInfoService
     {
         public static string Version { get; private set; }
+        public static string FullVersion { get; private set; }
 
         public static async Task LoadVersion()
         {
             using (var stream = typeof(BuildInfoService).Assembly.GetManifestResourceStream("version"))
             {
                 // if this happens, something broke
-                if (stream == null) Version = "(unknown version) ";
-                else using (var reader = new StreamReader(stream)) Version = await reader.ReadToEndAsync();
+                if (stream == null) FullVersion = "(unknown version) ";
+                else using (var reader = new StreamReader(stream)) FullVersion = await reader.ReadToEndAsync();
             }
 
             // cheap hack to remove newline
-            Version = Version.Remove(Version.Length - 1);
+            FullVersion = FullVersion.Remove(FullVersion.Length - 1);
+
+            // show only short commit hash to users
+            Version = FullVersion.Remove(7);
+
+            // fix "dirty" git message
+            if (FullVersion.EndsWith("-dirty"))
+                Version += "-dirty";
         }
     }
 }
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