diff --git a/app/build.gradle b/app/build.gradle
index 3bfe651d46..0cb45bc695 100644
--- a/app/build.gradle
+++ b/app/build.gradle
@@ -34,6 +34,8 @@ android {
             // Google Play specific configuration
             dimension "store"
             isDefault true
+            apply plugin: 'com.google.gms.google-services'
+            apply plugin: 'com.google.firebase.crashlytics'
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/app/src/google/java/ani/dantotsu/connections/crashlytics/FirebaseCrashlytics.kt b/app/src/google/java/ani/dantotsu/connections/crashlytics/FirebaseCrashlytics.kt
index c305f1b879..64ab524ffe 100644
--- a/app/src/google/java/ani/dantotsu/connections/crashlytics/FirebaseCrashlytics.kt
+++ b/app/src/google/java/ani/dantotsu/connections/crashlytics/FirebaseCrashlytics.kt
@@ -1,10 +1,16 @@
 package ani.dantotsu.connections.crashlytics
 
+import android.content.Context
+import com.google.firebase.FirebaseApp
 import com.google.firebase.crashlytics.FirebaseCrashlytics
 import com.google.firebase.crashlytics.ktx.crashlytics
 import com.google.firebase.ktx.Firebase
+import com.google.firebase.ktx.app
 
 class FirebaseCrashlytics : CrashlyticsInterface {
+    override fun initialize(context: Context) {
+        FirebaseApp.initializeApp(context)
+    }
     override fun logException(e: Throwable) {
         FirebaseCrashlytics.getInstance().recordException(e)
     }
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/ani/dantotsu/App.kt b/app/src/main/java/ani/dantotsu/App.kt
index 91500e4ca5..5c11e74f75 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/ani/dantotsu/App.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/ani/dantotsu/App.kt
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ class App : MultiDexApplication() {
         Injekt.importModule(PreferenceModule(this))
 
         val crashlytics = Injekt.get<CrashlyticsInterface>()
+        crashlytics.initialize(this)
 
         val useMaterialYou: Boolean = PrefManager.getVal(PrefName.UseMaterialYou)
         if (useMaterialYou) {
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/ani/dantotsu/connections/crashlytics/CrashlyticsInterface.kt b/app/src/main/java/ani/dantotsu/connections/crashlytics/CrashlyticsInterface.kt
index 52752b4e8a..54307d245c 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/ani/dantotsu/connections/crashlytics/CrashlyticsInterface.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/ani/dantotsu/connections/crashlytics/CrashlyticsInterface.kt
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 package ani.dantotsu.connections.crashlytics
 
+import android.content.Context
+
 interface CrashlyticsInterface {
+    fun initialize(context: Context)
     fun logException(e: Throwable)
     fun log(message: String)
     fun setUserId(id: String)
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/ani/dantotsu/connections/crashlytics/CrashlyticsStub.kt b/app/src/main/java/ani/dantotsu/connections/crashlytics/CrashlyticsStub.kt
index 2e6b255a69..524d42bf51 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/ani/dantotsu/connections/crashlytics/CrashlyticsStub.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/ani/dantotsu/connections/crashlytics/CrashlyticsStub.kt
@@ -1,6 +1,11 @@
 package ani.dantotsu.connections.crashlytics
 
+import android.content.Context
+
 class CrashlyticsStub : CrashlyticsInterface {
+    override fun initialize(context: Context) {
+        //no-op
+    }
     override fun logException(e: Throwable) {
         //no-op
     }
diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index bd012c8fd1..2aa991c52a 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -17,6 +17,9 @@ buildscript {
         classpath "org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-serialization:$kotlin_version"
         classpath "com.google.devtools.ksp:symbol-processing-api:$ksp_version"
         classpath "com.google.devtools.ksp:symbol-processing-gradle-plugin:$ksp_version"
+
+        classpath 'com.google.gms:google-services:4.4.0'
+        classpath 'com.google.firebase:firebase-crashlytics-gradle:2.9.9'
     }
 }