diff --git a/lib/build.gradle b/lib/build.gradle
index 951797089d981c6137b8f1716c6dcdcd23c49348..10793d2cf4378f15b9b6b0093d964f222f10d2de 100644
--- a/lib/build.gradle
+++ b/lib/build.gradle
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ plugins {
 
 def versionMajor = 0
 def versionMinor = 0
-def versionPatch = 2
+def versionPatch = 3
 def releasePatch = "alpha"
 
 
diff --git a/lib/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml b/lib/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
index e28498f1eac446f3b1a36bfa5e489e1a39f86462..19026572c6d2665252f50dfc9bffde6cdf34379c 100644
--- a/lib/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
+++ b/lib/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
@@ -4,6 +4,18 @@
 
     <application>
 
+        <!-- sentry -->
+        <!-- manual configuration so that we only enable sentry if enabled in developer options -->
+        <meta-data
+            android:name="io.sentry.auto-init"
+            android:value="false" />
+        <meta-data
+            android:name="io.sentry.traces.sample-rate"
+            android:value="1.0" />
+        <meta-data
+            android:name="io.sentry.traces.user-interaction.enable"
+            android:value="true" />
+
     </application>
 
 </manifest>
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