diff --git a/backend/resources/log4j2.xml b/backend/resources/log4j2.xml
index 8bf5c10edf..a10a232f22 100644
--- a/backend/resources/log4j2.xml
+++ b/backend/resources/log4j2.xml
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
 
     <Logger name="app.error-reporter" level="debug" additivity="false">
       <AppenderRef ref="console"/>
+      <AppenderRef ref="main" level="debug" />
     </Logger>
 
     <Logger name="app" level="debug" additivity="false">
diff --git a/backend/src/app/error_reporter.clj b/backend/src/app/error_reporter.clj
index f0745f9700..5f4058f933 100644
--- a/backend/src/app/error_reporter.clj
+++ b/backend/src/app/error_reporter.clj
@@ -15,10 +15,10 @@
    [app.config :as cfg]
    [app.db :as db]
    [app.tasks :as tasks]
-   [app.util.async :as aa]
-   [app.util.emails :as emails]
+   [app.worker :as wrk]
+   [app.util.json :as json]
+   [app.util.emails :as http]
    [clojure.core.async :as a]
-   [clojure.data.json :as json]
    [clojure.spec.alpha :as s]
    [clojure.tools.logging :as log]
    [cuerdas.core :as str]
@@ -32,11 +32,10 @@
 (declare send-notification!)
 (defonce queue-fn identity)
 
-(s/def ::http-client fn?)
-(s/def ::uri (s/nilable ::us/uri))
-
+(s/def ::uri ::us/string)
 (defmethod ig/pre-init-spec ::instance [_]
-  (s/keys :req-un [::aa/executor ::uri ::http-client]))
+  (s/keys :req-un [::wrk/executor]
+          :opt-un [::uri]))
 
 (defmethod ig/init-key ::instance
   [_ {:keys [executor uri] :as cfg}]
@@ -63,19 +62,16 @@
 (defn send-notification!
   [cfg report]
   (try
-    (let [send!  (:http-client cfg)
-          uri    (:uri cfg)
-
-
+    (let [uri    (:uri cfg)
           prefix (str/<< "Unhandled exception (@channel):\n"
                          "- host: `~(:host cfg/config)`\n"
                          "- version: `~(:full cfg/version)`")
           text   (str prefix "\n```" report "\n```")
 
-          rsp    (send! {:uri uri
-                         :method :post
-                         :headers {"content-type" "application/json"}
-                         :body (json/write-str {:text text})})]
+          rsp    (http/send! {:uri uri
+                              :method :post
+                              :headers {"content-type" "application/json"}
+                              :body (json/encode-str {:text text})})]
 
       (when (not= (:status rsp) 200)
         (log/warnf "Error reporting webhook replying with unexpected status: %s\n%s"
diff --git a/backend/src/app/main.clj b/backend/src/app/main.clj
index 63158fa890..e0555a2e4f 100644
--- a/backend/src/app/main.clj
+++ b/backend/src/app/main.clj
@@ -197,7 +197,11 @@
      :uri         (:telemetry-uri cfg/config)}
 
     :app.srepl/server
-    {:port 6062}}
+    {:port 6062}
+
+    :app.error-reporter/instance
+    {:uri (:error-report-webhook cfg/config)
+     :executor (ig/ref :app.worker/executor)}}
 
    (when (:telemetry-server-enabled cfg/config)
      {:app.telemetry/handler