diff --git a/internal/frontend/bridge-gui/bridge-gui/SentryUtils.cpp b/internal/frontend/bridge-gui/bridge-gui/SentryUtils.cpp
index b7d80720..685b1ffb 100644
--- a/internal/frontend/bridge-gui/bridge-gui/SentryUtils.cpp
+++ b/internal/frontend/bridge-gui/bridge-gui/SentryUtils.cpp
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ QString sentryAttachmentFilePath() {
 //****************************************************************************************************************************************************
 QByteArray getProtectedHostname() {
     QByteArray hostname = QCryptographicHash::hash(QSysInfo::machineHostName().toUtf8(), QCryptographicHash::Sha256);
-    return hostname.toHex();
+    return hostname.toBase64();
 }
 
 //****************************************************************************************************************************************************
diff --git a/internal/frontend/bridge-gui/bridge-gui/SentryUtils.h b/internal/frontend/bridge-gui/bridge-gui/SentryUtils.h
index 8d1d966e..7e918235 100644
--- a/internal/frontend/bridge-gui/bridge-gui/SentryUtils.h
+++ b/internal/frontend/bridge-gui/bridge-gui/SentryUtils.h
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 #include <sentry.h>
 
 void initSentry();
+QByteArray getProtectedHostname();
 void setSentryReportScope();
 sentry_options_t* newSentryOptions(const char * sentryDNS, const char * cacheDir);
 sentry_uuid_t reportSentryEvent(sentry_level_t level, const char *message);
diff --git a/internal/frontend/bridge-gui/bridge-gui/main.cpp b/internal/frontend/bridge-gui/bridge-gui/main.cpp
index b7f3225f..617d8b85 100644
--- a/internal/frontend/bridge-gui/bridge-gui/main.cpp
+++ b/internal/frontend/bridge-gui/bridge-gui/main.cpp
@@ -305,6 +305,8 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
         // When not in attached mode, log entries are forwarded to bridge, which output it on stdout/stderr. bridge-gui's process monitor intercept
         // these outputs and output them on the command-line.
         log.setLevel(cliOptions.logLevel);
+        log.info(QString("New Sentry reporter - id: %1.").arg(getProtectedHostname()));
+
         QString bridgeexec;
         if (!cliOptions.attach) {
             if (isBridgeRunning()) {
diff --git a/internal/sentry/reporter.go b/internal/sentry/reporter.go
index 2b69b4ad..c15832ec 100644
--- a/internal/sentry/reporter.go
+++ b/internal/sentry/reporter.go
@@ -96,6 +96,7 @@ func GetTimeZone() string {
 
 // NewReporter creates new sentry reporter with appName and appVersion to report.
 func NewReporter(appName string, identifier Identifier) *Reporter {
+	logrus.WithField("id", GetProtectedHostname()).Info("New sentry reporter")
 	return &Reporter{
 		appName:    appName,
 		appVersion: constants.Revision,