diff --git a/.changeset/long-hounds-search.md b/.changeset/long-hounds-search.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..beb8a9e1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/long-hounds-search.md
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+---
+'@spotlightjs/overlay': patch
+'@spotlightjs/sidecar': patch
+---
+
+Remove connect function from sidecar
diff --git a/packages/overlay/_fixtures/envelope1.txt b/packages/overlay/_fixtures/envelope_javascript.txt
similarity index 100%
rename from packages/overlay/_fixtures/envelope1.txt
rename to packages/overlay/_fixtures/envelope_javascript.txt
diff --git a/packages/overlay/_fixtures/send_to_sidecar.cjs b/packages/overlay/_fixtures/send_to_sidecar.cjs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..61cf66c9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/overlay/_fixtures/send_to_sidecar.cjs
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env node
+const fs = require('fs');
+const http = require('http');
+const path = require('path');
+
+// Directory where the script is running
+const directoryPath = path.join(__dirname);
+
+// Function to read files and send data
+function sendData(filePath) {
+  fs.readFile(filePath, 'utf8', (err, data) => {
+    if (err) {
+      console.error(`Error reading file ${filePath}: ${err}`);
+      return;
+    }
+
+    const options = {
+      hostname: 'localhost',
+      port: 8969,
+      path: '/stream',
+      method: 'POST',
+      headers: {
+        'Content-Type': 'application/x-sentry-envelope',
+      },
+    };
+
+    const req = http.request(options, res => {
+      console.log(`Status: ${res.statusCode}`);
+    });
+
+    req.on('error', error => {
+      console.error(`Problem with request: ${error.message}`);
+    });
+
+    // Send the data
+    req.write(data);
+    req.end();
+  });
+}
+
+// Read all .txt files from the directory
+fs.readdir(directoryPath, (err, files) => {
+  if (err) {
+    console.log('Unable to scan directory: ' + err);
+    return;
+  }
+
+  files.forEach(file => {
+    if (path.extname(file) === '.txt') {
+      sendData(path.join(directoryPath, file));
+    }
+  });
+});
diff --git a/packages/overlay/package.json b/packages/overlay/package.json
index 31497618..b1d05fa2 100644
--- a/packages/overlay/package.json
+++ b/packages/overlay/package.json
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
     "preview": "vite preview",
     "test": "vitest",
     "test:ci": "vitest --coverage --reporter=junit --reporter=default --outputFile=junit.xml",
+    "sample": "node _fixtures/send_to_sidecar.cjs",
     "yalc:publish": "yalc publish --push --sig --private"
   },
   "files": [
diff --git a/packages/overlay/src/integrations/sentry/data/sentryDataCache.test.ts b/packages/overlay/src/integrations/sentry/data/sentryDataCache.test.ts
index f13156d8..ca15f079 100644
--- a/packages/overlay/src/integrations/sentry/data/sentryDataCache.test.ts
+++ b/packages/overlay/src/integrations/sentry/data/sentryDataCache.test.ts
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import fs from 'fs';
 describe('SentryDataCache', () => {
   // We need to refactor this to make it actually testable
   test('Process Envelope', () => {
-    const envelope = fs.readFileSync('./_fixtures/envelope1.txt', 'utf-8');
+    const envelope = fs.readFileSync('./_fixtures/envelope_javascript.txt', 'utf-8');
     const processedEnvelope = processEnvelope({ data: envelope, contentType: 'test' });
     sentryDataCache.pushEnvelope(processedEnvelope.event);
     expect(true).not.toBe(undefined);
diff --git a/packages/overlay/src/integrations/sentry/index.test.ts b/packages/overlay/src/integrations/sentry/index.test.ts
index 3c435e70..ae73cccf 100644
--- a/packages/overlay/src/integrations/sentry/index.test.ts
+++ b/packages/overlay/src/integrations/sentry/index.test.ts
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import fs from 'fs';
 
 describe('Sentry Integration', () => {
   test('Process Envelope', () => {
-    const envelope = fs.readFileSync('./_fixtures/envelope1.txt', 'utf-8');
+    const envelope = fs.readFileSync('./_fixtures/envelope_javascript.txt', 'utf-8');
     expect(processEnvelope({ data: envelope, contentType: 'test' })).not.toBe(undefined);
   });
 
diff --git a/packages/overlay/src/integrations/sentry/sentry-integration.ts b/packages/overlay/src/integrations/sentry/sentry-integration.ts
index f0304b7b..5656ea44 100644
--- a/packages/overlay/src/integrations/sentry/sentry-integration.ts
+++ b/packages/overlay/src/integrations/sentry/sentry-integration.ts
@@ -51,7 +51,10 @@ function sendEnvelopesToSidecar(client: Client) {
         },
         mode: 'cors',
       }).catch(err => {
-        console.error(err);
+        console.error(
+          `Sentry SDK can't connect to Sidcar is it running? See: https://spotlightjs.com/sidecar/npx/`,
+          err,
+        );
       });
     });
   }
diff --git a/packages/sidecar/package.json b/packages/sidecar/package.json
index 78b114f9..9e424ba5 100644
--- a/packages/sidecar/package.json
+++ b/packages/sidecar/package.json
@@ -26,9 +26,6 @@
     "./vite-plugin": {
       "import": "./src/vite-plugin.js"
     },
-    "./connect": {
-      "import": "./src/connect.js"
-    },
     "./run": {
       "import": "./src/run.js"
     }
diff --git a/packages/sidecar/src/connect.js b/packages/sidecar/src/connect.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 7a6240c5..00000000
--- a/packages/sidecar/src/connect.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,34 +0,0 @@
-function serializeEnvelope(envelope) {
-  const [envHeaders, items] = envelope;
-
-  // Initially we construct our envelope as a string and only convert to binary chunks if we encounter binary data
-  const parts = [];
-  parts.push(JSON.stringify(envHeaders));
-
-  for (const item of items) {
-    const [itemHeaders, payload] = item;
-
-    parts.push('\\n' + JSON.stringify(itemHeaders) + '\\n');
-
-    parts.push(JSON.stringify(payload));
-  }
-
-  return parts.join('');
-}
-export function connect(hub) {
-  // A very hacky way to hook into Sentry's SDK
-  // but we love hacks
-  hub._stack[0].client.setupIntegrations(true);
-  hub._stack[0].client.on('beforeEnvelope', envelope => {
-    fetch('http://localhost:8969/stream', {
-      method: 'POST',
-      body: serializeEnvelope(envelope),
-      headers: {
-        'Content-Type': 'application/x-sentry-envelope',
-      },
-      mode: 'cors',
-    }).catch(() => {
-      console.warn('[Spotlight] Failed to send envelope to Spotlight Sidecar');
-    });
-  });
-}