diff --git a/selfdrive/crash.py b/selfdrive/crash.py
index 99f889788..30f3b3475 100644
--- a/selfdrive/crash.py
+++ b/selfdrive/crash.py
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
 """Install exception handler for process crash."""
 import os
 import sys
+import json
+#from subprocess import check_output
 import threading
-import capnp
 from selfdrive.version import version, dirty
 
 from selfdrive.swaglog import cloudlog
@@ -20,24 +21,32 @@ else:
   from raven import Client
   from raven.transport.http import HTTPTransport
 
-  with open("/data/openpilot/.git/HEAD", "r") as f:
-    content = f.read().split(' ')
-  branch = content[1]
-  error_tags = {'dirty': dirty, 'branch': branch}
+  error_tags = {'dirty': dirty, 'username': 'char_error'}
+
   try:
     with open("/data/data/ai.comma.plus.offroad/files/persistStore/persist-auth", "r") as f:
       auth = json.loads(f.read())
     auth = json.loads(auth['commaUser'])
-    error_tags['username'] = auth['username']
-    error_tags['email'] = auth['email']
+    tags = ['username', 'email']
+    for tag in tags:
+      try:
+        error_tags[tag] = ''.join(char for char in auth[tag].decode('utf-8', 'ignore') if char.isalnum())
+      except:
+        pass
   except:
     pass
+
+  logging_data = {"branch": "/data/params/d/GitBranch", "commit": "/data/params/d/GitCommit", "remote": "/data/params/d/GitRemote"}
+
+  for key in logging_data:
+    try:
+      with open(logging_data[key], "r") as f:
+        error_tags[key] = str(f.read())
+    except:
+      error_tags[key] = "unknown"
+
   client = Client('https://980a0cba712a4c3593c33c78a12446e1:fecab286bcaf4dba8b04f7cff0188e2d@sentry.io/1488600',
                   install_sys_hook=False, transport=HTTPTransport, release=version, tags=error_tags)
-  try:
-    client.user_context(error_tags['username'])
-  except:
-    pass
 
   def capture_warning(warning_string):
     client.captureMessage(warning_string, level='warning')
@@ -46,9 +55,7 @@ else:
     client.captureMessage(info_string, level='info')
 
   def capture_exception(*args, **kwargs):
-    exc_info = sys.exc_info()
-    if not exc_info[0] is capnp.lib.capnp.KjException:
-      client.captureException(*args, **kwargs)
+    client.captureException(*args, **kwargs)
     cloudlog.error("crash", exc_info=kwargs.get('exc_info', 1))
 
   def bind_user(**kwargs):