diff --git a/plugins/sentry-backend/src/service/sentry-api.test.ts b/plugins/sentry-backend/src/service/sentry-api.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..fd4c2581b5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/sentry-backend/src/service/sentry-api.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2020 Spotify AB
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+import { SentryApiForwarder } from './sentry-api';
+import axios from 'axios';
+
+jest.mock('axios', () => ({
+  default: {
+    post: jest.fn(),
+  },
+}));
+describe('SentryApiForwarder', () => {
+  it('should generate headers based on token passed in constructor', () => {
+    const forwarder = new SentryApiForwarder('testtoken');
+
+    expect(forwarder.getRequestHeaders()).toEqual({
+      headers: {
+        Authorization: `Bearer testtoken`,
+      },
+    });
+  });
+});
diff --git a/plugins/sentry-backend/src/service/sentry-api.ts b/plugins/sentry-backend/src/service/sentry-api.ts
index f80ad5ea7f..861ad52227 100644
--- a/plugins/sentry-backend/src/service/sentry-api.ts
+++ b/plugins/sentry-backend/src/service/sentry-api.ts
@@ -18,18 +18,23 @@ import axios from 'axios';
 
 export class SentryApiForwarder {
   constructor(private token: string) {}
+
+  // public for testing
+  public getRequestHeaders() {
+    return {
+      headers: {
+        Authorization: `Bearer ${this.token}`,
+      },
+    };
+  }
   public fowardRequest(request: express.Request, response: express.Response) {
     const sentryUrl = request.path;
     axios
-      .get(`https://sentry.io/${sentryUrl}`, {
-        headers: {
-          Authorization: `Bearer ${this.token}`,
-        },
-      })
-      .then(res => {
+      .get(`https://sentry.io/${sentryUrl}`, this.getRequestHeaders())
+      .then((res) => {
         response.send(res.data);
       })
-      .catch(err => {
+      .catch((err) => {
         return response.status(err.response.status).json({
           detail: err.response.statusText,
         });
diff --git a/plugins/sentry/src/components/SentryPluginPage/SentryPluginPage.test.tsx b/plugins/sentry/src/components/SentryPluginPage/SentryPluginPage.test.tsx
index cb22885861..400c75e065 100644
--- a/plugins/sentry/src/components/SentryPluginPage/SentryPluginPage.test.tsx
+++ b/plugins/sentry/src/components/SentryPluginPage/SentryPluginPage.test.tsx
@@ -20,14 +20,19 @@ import mockFetch from 'jest-fetch-mock';
 import SentryPluginPage from './SentryPluginPage';
 import { ThemeProvider } from '@material-ui/core';
 import { lightTheme } from '@backstage/theme';
+import { ApiProvider, ApiRegistry, errorApiRef } from '@backstage/core';
+
+const errorApi = { post: () => {} };
 
 describe('SentryPluginPage', () => {
   it('should render header and time switched', () => {
     mockFetch.mockResponse(() => new Promise(() => {}));
     const rendered = render(
-      <ThemeProvider theme={lightTheme}>
-        <SentryPluginPage />
-      </ThemeProvider>,
+      <ApiProvider apis={ApiRegistry.from([[errorApiRef, errorApi]])}>
+        <ThemeProvider theme={lightTheme}>
+          <SentryPluginPage />
+        </ThemeProvider>
+      </ApiProvider>,
     );
     expect(rendered.getByText('Sentry issues')).toBeInTheDocument();
     expect(rendered.getByText('24H')).toBeInTheDocument();
diff --git a/plugins/sentry/src/data/api-factory.ts b/plugins/sentry/src/data/api-factory.ts
index 0b82637cb4..32ff4bde5c 100644
--- a/plugins/sentry/src/data/api-factory.ts
+++ b/plugins/sentry/src/data/api-factory.ts
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ import { MockSentryApi } from './mock-api';
 import { ProductionSentryApi } from './production-api';
 
 export function sentryApiFactory(organization: string): SentryApi {
-  if (process.env.NODE_ENV !== 'production') {
+  if (process.env.NODE_ENV === 'production') {
     return new ProductionSentryApi(organization);
   }
   return new MockSentryApi();