diff --git a/backend-flask/app.py b/backend-flask/app.py
index f1e6df0..749dcba 100644
--- a/backend-flask/app.py
+++ b/backend-flask/app.py
@@ -32,6 +32,11 @@
 import logging
 from time import strftime
 
+# rollbar
+import rollbar
+import rollbar.contrib.flask
+from flask import got_request_exception
+
 # # Configuring Logger to Use CloudWatch
 # # Comment for saving AWS budget
 # LOGGER = logging.getLogger(__name__)
@@ -52,9 +57,9 @@
 provider = TracerProvider()
 processor = BatchSpanProcessor(OTLPSpanExporter())
 provider.add_span_processor(processor)
-# Show this in the logs within the backend-flask app (STDOUT)
-simple_processor = SimpleSpanProcessor(ConsoleSpanExporter())
-provider.add_span_processor(simple_processor)
+# # Show this in the logs within the backend-flask app (STDOUT)
+# simple_processor = SimpleSpanProcessor(ConsoleSpanExporter())
+# provider.add_span_processor(simple_processor)
 trace.set_tracer_provider(provider)
 tracer = trace.get_tracer(__name__)
 
@@ -85,6 +90,29 @@
 #     LOGGER.error('%s %s %s %s %s %s', timestamp, request.remote_addr, request.method, request.scheme, request.full_path, response.status)
 #     return response
 
+# rollbar
+rollbar_access_token = os.getenv('ROLLBAR_ACCESS_TOKEN')
+@app.before_first_request
+def init_rollbar():
+    """init rollbar module"""
+    rollbar.init(
+        # access token
+        rollbar_access_token,
+        # environment name
+        'production',
+        # server root directory, makes tracebacks prettier
+        root=os.path.dirname(os.path.realpath(__file__)),
+        # flask already sets up logging
+        allow_logging_basic_config=False)
+
+    # send exceptions from `app` to rollbar, using flask's signal system.
+    got_request_exception.connect(rollbar.contrib.flask.report_exception, app)
+
+@app.route('/rollbar/test')
+def rollbar_test():
+    rollbar.report_message('Hello World!', 'warning')
+    return "Hello World!"
+
 @app.route("/api/message_groups", methods=['GET'])
 def data_message_groups():
   user_handle  = 'andrewbrown'
diff --git a/backend-flask/requirements.txt b/backend-flask/requirements.txt
index b04626e..a0984d9 100644
--- a/backend-flask/requirements.txt
+++ b/backend-flask/requirements.txt
@@ -7,3 +7,5 @@ opentelemetry-instrumentation-flask
 opentelemetry-instrumentation-requests
 aws-xray-sdk
 watchtower
+blinker
+rollbar
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index 3dbd672..88d8f09 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ services:
       AWS_DEFAULT_REGION: "${AWS_DEFAULT_REGION}"
       AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID: "${AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID}"
       AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY: "${AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY}"
+      ROLLBAR_ACCESS_TOKEN: "${ROLLBAR_ACCESS_TOKEN}"
     build: ./backend-flask
     ports:
       - "4567:4567"