diff --git a/src/application.py b/src/application.py
index aa52f9e..3610be0 100644
--- a/src/application.py
+++ b/src/application.py
@@ -39,6 +39,8 @@
 
 @app.route("/")
 def hello_world():
+    # adding this to trigger error and test sentry/glitchtip
+    division_by_zero = 1 / 0
     return "<p>Hello, World!</p>"