diff --git a/requestbin/__init__.py b/requestbin/__init__.py
index 4115634..fa12f6c 100644
--- a/requestbin/__init__.py
+++ b/requestbin/__init__.py
@@ -40,17 +40,18 @@ def callback(status, headers, exc_info=None):
 app.secret_key = config.FLASK_SESSION_SECRET_KEY
 app.root_path = os.path.abspath(os.path.dirname(__file__))
 
-import bugsnag
-from bugsnag.flask import handle_exceptions
-bugsnag.configure(
-    api_key="58db8ba0ea5f19fa6dae397cba8e7900",
-    project_root=app.root_path,
-    # 'production' is a magic string for bugsnag, rest are arbitrary
-    release_stage = config.REALM.replace("prod", "production"),
-    notify_release_stages=["production", "test"],
-    use_ssl = True
-)
-handle_exceptions(app)
+if config.BUGSNAG_KEY:
+    import bugsnag
+    from bugsnag.flask import handle_exceptions
+    bugsnag.configure(
+        api_key=config.BUGSNAG_KEY,
+        project_root=app.root_path,
+        # 'production' is a magic string for bugsnag, rest are arbitrary
+        release_stage = config.REALM.replace("prod", "production"),
+        notify_release_stages=["production", "test"],
+        use_ssl = True
+    )
+    handle_exceptions(app)
 
 from filters import *
 app.jinja_env.filters['status_class'] = status_class
diff --git a/requestbin/config.py b/requestbin/config.py
index 7760135..75a3632 100644
--- a/requestbin/config.py
+++ b/requestbin/config.py
@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@
 
 REDIS_PREFIX = "requestbin"
 
+BUGSNAG_KEY = ""
+
 if REALM == 'prod':
     DEBUG = True
     ROOT_URL = "http://requestb.in"
@@ -38,6 +40,8 @@
     REDIS_PASSWORD = url_parts.password
     REDIS_DB = url_parts.fragment
 
+    BUGSNAG_KEY = os.environ.get("BUGSNAG_KEY", BUGSNAG_KEY)
+
     IGNORE_HEADERS = """
 X-Varnish
 X-Forwarded-For