diff --git a/exceptions/__init__.py b/exceptions/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..201fa79
--- /dev/null
+++ b/exceptions/__init__.py
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+from .exceptions import JobNotFoundException, StudioException, PhotoNotFoundException
+
+__all__ = ['JobNotFoundException', 'StudioException', 'PhotoNotFoundException']
diff --git a/skylab_studio/studio_exception.py b/exceptions/exceptions.py
similarity index 52%
rename from skylab_studio/studio_exception.py
rename to exceptions/exceptions.py
index 5bd4746..c123696 100644
--- a/skylab_studio/studio_exception.py
+++ b/exceptions/exceptions.py
@@ -1,6 +1,12 @@
+class JobNotFoundException(Exception):
+    def __init__(self, message):
+        super().__init__(message)
+class PhotoNotFoundException(Exception):
+    def __init__(self, message):
+        super().__init__(message)
+
 class StudioException(Exception):
     def __init__(self, status_code, message="Studio exception occurred"):
         self.status_code = status_code
         self.message = message
         super().__init__(self.message, self.status_code)
-  
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diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index cb72744..76930b3 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -6,3 +6,4 @@ pyvips==2.0.2
 requests>=2.0.0
 requests_mock>=1.5.2
 decouple>=0.0.7
+sentry-sdk>=2.13.0
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 65e0a19..942bbfb 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 
 setup(
     name='skylab_studio',
-    version='0.0.14',
+    version='0.0.15',
     author='skylabtech',
     author_email='info@skylabtech.ai',
     packages=find_packages(),
diff --git a/skylab_studio/studio_client.py b/skylab_studio/studio_client.py
index 567e47a..66e8649 100644
--- a/skylab_studio/studio_client.py
+++ b/skylab_studio/studio_client.py
@@ -14,10 +14,10 @@
 import base64
 import hashlib
 import requests
-from io import BytesIO
+import sentry_sdk
 
 from .version import VERSION
-from .studio_exception import StudioException
+from exceptions import *
 
 API_HEADER_KEY = 'X-SLT-API-KEY'
 API_HEADER_CLIENT = 'X-SLT-API-CLIENT'
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ def __init__(self, api_key=None, **kwargs):
 
         if 'debug' in kwargs:
             self.debug = kwargs['debug']
-        
+
         if 'max_concurrent_downloads' in kwargs:
             self.max_concurrent_downloads = kwargs['max_concurrent_downloads']
 
@@ -72,6 +72,19 @@ def __init__(self, api_key=None, **kwargs):
             LOGGER.debug('Debug enabled')
             LOGGER.propagate = True
 
+        # initialize sentry
+        sentry_sdk.init(
+          dsn="https://0b5490403ee70db8bd7869af3b10380b@o1409269.ingest.us.sentry.io/4507850876452864",
+          # Set traces_sample_rate to 1.0 to capture 100%
+          # of transactions for tracing.
+          traces_sample_rate=1.0,
+          # Set profiles_sample_rate to 1.0 to profile 100%
+          # of sampled transactions.
+          # We recommend adjusting this value in production.
+          profiles_sample_rate=1.0,
+          ignore_errors=[JobNotFoundException, PhotoNotFoundException]
+        )
+
     def _build_http_auth(self):
         return (self.api_key, '')
 
@@ -302,14 +315,19 @@ def _upload_photo(self, photo_path, id, model='job'):
         photo_data = { f"{model}_id": id, "name": photo_name, "use_cache_upload": False }
 
         if model == 'job':
-            job_type = self.get_job(id)['type']
+            job = self.get_job(id)
+            if "type" in job:
+                job_type = job['type']
+                if job_type == 'regular':
+                    headers = { 'X-Amz-Tagging': 'job=photo&api=true' }
+            else:
+                raise JobNotFoundException(f"Unable to find job with id: {id}")
 
-            if job_type == 'regular':
-                headers = { 'X-Amz-Tagging': 'job=photo&api=true' }
 
         # Ask studio to create the photo record
         photo_resp = self._create_photo(photo_data)
-        if not photo_resp:
+
+        if not 'id' in photo_resp:
             raise Exception('Unable to create the photo object, if creating profile photo, ensure enable_extract and replace_background is set to: True')
 
         photo_id = photo_resp['id']
@@ -329,28 +347,30 @@ def _upload_photo(self, photo_path, id, model='job'):
         # PUT request to presigned url with image data
         headers["Content-MD5"] = b64md5
 
-        try:
-          upload_photo_resp = requests.put(upload_url, data, headers=headers)
-
-          if not upload_photo_resp:
-            print('First upload attempt failed, retrying...')
-            retry = 0
-            # retry upload
-            while retry < 3:
-                upload_photo_resp = requests.put(upload_url, data, headers=headers)
-
-                if upload_photo_resp:
-                    break  # Upload was successful, exit the loop
-                elif retry == 2:  # Check if retry count is 2 (0-based indexing)
-                    raise Exception('Unable to upload to the bucket after retrying.')
-                else:
-                    time.sleep(1)  # Wait for a moment before retrying
-                    retry += 1
+        retry = 0
+        while retry < 3:
+          try:
+            # attempt to upload the photo to aws
+            upload_photo_resp = requests.put(upload_url, data, headers=headers)
 
-        except Exception as e:
-          print(f"An exception of type {type(e).__name__} occurred: {e}")
-          print('Deleting created, but unuploaded photo...')
-          self.delete_photo(photo_id)
+            # Will raise exception for any statuses 4xx-5xx
+            upload_photo_resp.raise_for_status()
+
+            # if raise_for_status didn't throw an exception, then we successfully uploaded, exit the loop
+            break
+
+          # rescue any exceptions in the loop
+          except Exception as e:
+            # if we've retried 3 times, delete the photo record and raise exception
+            if retry == 2:
+                self.delete_photo(photo_id)
+
+                raise Exception(e)
+            # if we haven't retried 3 times, wait for retry+1 seconds and continue the while loop
+            else:
+              print(f"Attempt #{retry + 1} to upload failed, retrying...")
+              retry += 1
+              time.sleep(retry+1)
 
         res['upload_response'] = upload_photo_resp.status_code
         return res
@@ -488,6 +508,9 @@ async def download_photo(self, photo_id, output_path, profile = None, options =
             await semaphore.acquire()
 
         photo = self.get_photo(photo_id)
+
+        if not 'job' in photo:
+            raise PhotoNotFoundException(f"Unable to find photo with id: {photo_id}")
         profile_id = photo['job']['profileId']
         file_name = photo['name']
 
@@ -531,4 +554,3 @@ async def download_photo(self, photo_id, output_path, profile = None, options =
         finally:
             if semaphore != None:
                 semaphore.release()
-    
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diff --git a/skylab_studio/version.py b/skylab_studio/version.py
index b0992ef..3cd14b9 100644
--- a/skylab_studio/version.py
+++ b/skylab_studio/version.py
@@ -3,4 +3,4 @@
 For more information, visit https://studio.skylabtech.ai
 """
 
-VERSION = '0.0.14'
+VERSION = '0.0.15'