diff --git a/src/Sentry/SentryLaravel/SentryLaravelServiceProvider.php b/src/Sentry/SentryLaravel/SentryLaravelServiceProvider.php
index fcff0d20..bdb90867 100644
--- a/src/Sentry/SentryLaravel/SentryLaravelServiceProvider.php
+++ b/src/Sentry/SentryLaravel/SentryLaravelServiceProvider.php
@@ -86,16 +86,18 @@ public function register()
                 'app_path' => app_path(),
             ), $user_config));
 
-            // bind user context if available
-            try {
-                if ($app['auth']->check()) {
-                    $user = $app['auth']->user();
-                    $client->user_context(array(
-                        'id' => $user->getAuthIdentifier(),
-                    ));
+            if($user_config['breadcrumbs.user_context']) {
+                // bind user context if available
+                try {
+                    if ($app['auth']->check()) {
+                        $user = $app['auth']->user();
+                        $client->user_context(array(
+                            'id' => $user->getAuthIdentifier(),
+                        ));
+                    }
+                } catch (\Exception $e) {
+                    error_log(sprintf('sentry.breadcrumbs error=%s', $e->getMessage()));
                 }
-            } catch (\Exception $e) {
-                error_log(sprintf('sentry.breadcrumbs error=%s', $e->getMessage()));
             }
 
             return $client;
diff --git a/src/config/config.php b/src/config/config.php
index a217262a..0024316d 100644
--- a/src/config/config.php
+++ b/src/config/config.php
@@ -5,4 +5,7 @@
 
     // capture release as git sha
     // 'release' => trim(exec('git --git-dir ' . base_path('.git') . ' log --pretty="%h" -n1 HEAD')),
+    
+    // capture user context for breadcrumbs
+    'breadcrumbs.user_context' => true,
 );