diff --git a/next.config.mjs b/next.config.mjs
index 1d7bb8554bceb..59abc0cdc3486 100644
--- a/next.config.mjs
+++ b/next.config.mjs
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ export default withSentryConfig(
     // transpile the Sentry code too since we target older browsers in our .browserslistrc
     transpileClientSDK: true,
     // attempt to circumvent ad blockers
-    tunnelRoute: '/monitoring',
+    tunnelRoute: ENABLE_STATIC_EXPORT ? undefined : '/monitoring',
     // prevent source map comments in built files
     hideSourceMaps: false,
     disableLogger: true,
diff --git a/sentry.client.config.ts b/sentry.client.config.ts
index f70d0c6dc6c90..fb45ff3f6072a 100644
--- a/sentry.client.config.ts
+++ b/sentry.client.config.ts
@@ -11,5 +11,9 @@ init({
   replaysOnErrorSampleRate: 1.0,
   // percentage of sessionsto sample (10%)
   replaysSessionSampleRate: 0.1,
+  // support replaying client sessions to capture unhappy paths
   integrations: [new Replay()],
+  // we only want to capture errors from _next folder on production
+  // we don't want to capture errors from preview branches here
+  allowUrls: ['https://nodejs.org/_next'],
 });