diff --git a/config/initializers/airbrake.rb b/config/initializers/airbrake.rb
deleted file mode 100644
index e9d003078..000000000
--- a/config/initializers/airbrake.rb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-if Rails.env.production? && File.exists?(Rails.root + '/config/airbrake.rb')
-  require 'airbrake'
-end
diff --git a/config/airbrake.rb.sample b/config/initializers/airbrake.rb.sample
similarity index 95%
rename from config/airbrake.rb.sample
rename to config/initializers/airbrake.rb.sample
index c440d01d7..46bb4b9c2 100644
--- a/config/airbrake.rb.sample
+++ b/config/initializers/airbrake.rb.sample
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Internally Dicourse uses Errbit for error logging, 
 #  you can to by setting up an instance and amending this file
-
+require 'airbrake'
 Airbrake.configure do |config|
   config.api_key = 'YOUR API KEY'
   config.host    = 'errors.example.com'