diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 105423ec1afc..67bb4c714686 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -4,8 +4,9 @@
 
 - [browser] fix: Make `addBreadcrumb` sync internally, `beforeBreadcrumb` is now only sync
 - [browser] fix: Remove internal `console` guard in `beforeBreadcrumb`
-- [core]: Integrations now live on the `Client`. This means that when binding a new Client to the `Hub` the client
+- [core] feat: Integrations now live on the `Client`. This means that when binding a new Client to the `Hub` the client
   itself can decide which integration should run.
+- [node] ref: Simplify Node global handlers code
 
 ## 4.1.1
 
diff --git a/packages/node/src/integrations/onuncaughtexception.ts b/packages/node/src/integrations/onuncaughtexception.ts
index f7f875c1ec8f..282058e1ce21 100644
--- a/packages/node/src/integrations/onuncaughtexception.ts
+++ b/packages/node/src/integrations/onuncaughtexception.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { getCurrentHub, Scope } from '@sentry/core';
-import { Integration, SentryEvent, Severity } from '@sentry/types';
+import { Integration, Severity } from '@sentry/types';
 import { logger } from '@sentry/utils/logger';
 import { defaultOnFatalError } from '../handlers';
 
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ export class OnUncaughtException implements Integration {
    * @inheritDoc
    */
   public setupOnce(): void {
-    global.process.on('uncaughtException', this.handler);
+    global.process.on('uncaughtException', this.handler.bind(this));
   }
 }
 
@@ -49,23 +49,18 @@ export function makeErrorHandler(
 
   return (error: Error): void => {
     if (!caughtFirstError) {
+      const hub = getCurrentHub();
+
       // this is the first uncaught error and the ultimate reason for shutting down
       // we want to do absolutely everything possible to ensure it gets captured
       // also we want to make sure we don't go recursion crazy if more errors happen after this one
       firstError = error;
       caughtFirstError = true;
 
-      if (getCurrentHub().getIntegration(OnUncaughtException)) {
-        getCurrentHub().withScope(async () => {
-          getCurrentHub().configureScope((scope: Scope) => {
-            scope.addEventProcessor(async (event: SentryEvent) => ({
-              ...event,
-              level: Severity.Fatal,
-            }));
-          });
-
-          getCurrentHub().captureException(error, { originalException: error });
-
+      if (hub.getIntegration(OnUncaughtException)) {
+        hub.withScope(async (scope: Scope) => {
+          scope.setLevel(Severity.Fatal);
+          hub.captureException(error, { originalException: error });
           if (!calledFatalError) {
             calledFatalError = true;
             onFatalError(error);
diff --git a/packages/node/src/integrations/onunhandledrejection.ts b/packages/node/src/integrations/onunhandledrejection.ts
index 99728aaefe9e..a227fcb23bfa 100644
--- a/packages/node/src/integrations/onunhandledrejection.ts
+++ b/packages/node/src/integrations/onunhandledrejection.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { getCurrentHub } from '@sentry/core';
+import { getCurrentHub, Scope } from '@sentry/core';
 import { Integration } from '@sentry/types';
 
 /** Global Promise Rejection handler */
@@ -25,29 +25,33 @@ export class OnUnhandledRejection implements Integration {
    * @param promise promise
    */
   public sendUnhandledPromise(reason: any, promise: any): void {
-    if (!getCurrentHub().getIntegration(OnUnhandledRejection)) {
+    const hub = getCurrentHub();
+
+    if (!hub.getIntegration(OnUnhandledRejection)) {
       return;
     }
+
     const context = (promise.domain && promise.domain.sentryContext) || {};
-    getCurrentHub().withScope(() => {
-      getCurrentHub().configureScope(scope => {
-        // Preserve backwards compatibility with raven-node for now
-        if (context.user) {
-          scope.setUser(context.user);
-        }
-        if (context.tags) {
-          Object.keys(context.tags).forEach(key => {
-            scope.setTag(key, context.tags[key]);
-          });
-        }
-        if (context.extra) {
-          Object.keys(context.extra).forEach(key => {
-            scope.setExtra(key, context.extra[key]);
-          });
-        }
-        scope.setExtra('unhandledPromiseRejection', true);
-      });
-      getCurrentHub().captureException(reason, { originalException: promise });
+
+    hub.withScope((scope: Scope) => {
+      scope.setExtra('unhandledPromiseRejection', true);
+
+      // Preserve backwards compatibility with raven-node for now
+      if (context.user) {
+        scope.setUser(context.user);
+      }
+      if (context.tags) {
+        Object.keys(context.tags).forEach(key => {
+          scope.setTag(key, context.tags[key]);
+        });
+      }
+      if (context.extra) {
+        Object.keys(context.extra).forEach(key => {
+          scope.setExtra(key, context.extra[key]);
+        });
+      }
+
+      hub.captureException(reason, { originalException: promise });
     });
   }
 }
diff --git a/packages/node/test/onunhandledrejection.test.ts b/packages/node/test/onunhandledrejection.test.ts
index 4f95b2ad2293..84208b1b90d2 100644
--- a/packages/node/test/onunhandledrejection.test.ts
+++ b/packages/node/test/onunhandledrejection.test.ts
@@ -29,7 +29,8 @@ describe('unhandled promises', () => {
 
     expect(captureException.mock.calls[0][0]).toBe('bla');
     expect(setUser.mock.calls[0][0]).toEqual({ id: 1 });
-    expect(setExtra.mock.calls[0]).toEqual(['extra', '1']);
+    expect(setExtra.mock.calls[0]).toEqual(['unhandledPromiseRejection', true]);
+    expect(setExtra.mock.calls[1]).toEqual(['extra', '1']);
     expect(setTag.mock.calls[0]).toEqual(['tag', '2']);
   });
 });