diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 70907bc750a..5a28b4356ae 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@
     "@babel/plugin-transform-modules-commonjs": "^7.4.4",
     "@babel/preset-env": "^7.4.4",
     "@babel/preset-react": "^7.0.0",
-    "@datadog/browser-logs": "^5.4.0",
+    "@datadog/browser-logs": "^5.28.0",
     "@rollup/plugin-commonjs": "^22.0.0",
     "@rollup/plugin-image": "^2.1.1",
     "@rollup/plugin-json": "^4.1.0",
diff --git a/src/appBootstrapper.tsx b/src/appBootstrapper.tsx
index d36088736a4..59021cc3b85 100755
--- a/src/appBootstrapper.tsx
+++ b/src/appBootstrapper.tsx
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import React from 'react';
 import ReactDOM from 'react-dom';
-import { configure } from 'mobx';
+import { configure, toJS } from 'mobx';
 import { Provider } from 'mobx-react';
 import { Router } from 'react-router-dom';
 import { createBrowserHistory } from 'history';
@@ -27,7 +27,12 @@ import browser from 'bowser';
 import { setNetworkListener } from './shared/lib/ajaxQuiet';
 import { initializeTracking, sendToLoggly } from 'shared/lib/tracking';
 import superagentCache from 'superagent-cache';
-import { getBrowserWindow, onMobxPromise } from 'cbioportal-frontend-commons';
+import {
+    getBrowserWindow,
+    hashString,
+    isWebdriver,
+    onMobxPromise,
+} from 'cbioportal-frontend-commons';
 import { AppStore } from './AppStore';
 import { handleLongUrls } from 'shared/lib/handleLongUrls';
 import 'shared/polyfill/canvasToBlob';
@@ -39,6 +44,7 @@ import { FeatureFlagStore } from 'shared/FeatureFlagStore';
 import eventBus from 'shared/events/eventBus';
 import { SiteError } from 'shared/model/appMisc';
 import load from 'little-loader';
+import internalClient from 'shared/api/cbioportalInternalClientInstance';
 
 export interface ICBioWindow {
     globalStores: {
@@ -206,6 +212,61 @@ superagent.Request.prototype.end = function(callback) {
         }
     });
 };
+
+function enableDataDogTracking() {
+    datadogLogs.init({
+        clientToken: 'pub9a94ebb002f105ff44d8e427b6549775',
+        site: 'datadoghq.com',
+        service: 'cbioportalinternal',
+        forwardErrorsToLogs: true,
+        sessionSampleRate: 100,
+    } as any);
+
+    const match = [
+        /filtered-samples/,
+        /clinical-data-bin-counts/,
+        /generic-assay-data-bin-counts/,
+        /mutated-genes/,
+        /molecular-profile-sample-counts/,
+        /cna-genes/,
+        /structuralvariant-genes/,
+        /clinical-data-counts/,
+        /sample-lists-counts/,
+        /clinical-data-density-plot/,
+        /clinical-data-violin-plots/,
+        /genomic-data-counts/,
+        /mutation-data-counts/,
+        /clinical-event-type-counts/,
+        /treatments\/patient-counts/,
+        /treatments\/sample-counts/,
+        /genomic-data-bin-counts/,
+        /clinical-event-type-counts/,
+    ];
+
+    const oldRequest = (internalClient as any).request;
+    (internalClient as any).request = function(...args: any) {
+        try {
+            const url = args[1];
+            const data = args[2];
+
+            const studyIds = data.studyIds || data.studyViewFilter.studyIds;
+
+            if (studyIds.length < 4 && _.some(match, re => re.test(url))) {
+                const hash = hashString(url + JSON.stringify(toJS(data)));
+                datadogLogs.logger.info('study view request', {
+                    url,
+                    data,
+                    hash,
+                });
+            }
+        } catch (ex) {
+            // fail silently
+        }
+
+        return oldRequest.apply(this, args);
+    };
+}
+
 //
 browserWindow.routingStore = routingStore;
 
@@ -236,24 +297,6 @@ let render = (key?: number) => {
     ]`;
     }
 
-    if (stores.appStore.serverConfig.app_name === 'mskcc-portal') {
-        datadogLogs.init({
-            clientToken: 'pub9a94ebb002f105ff44d8e427b6549775',
-            site: 'datadoghq.com',
-            service: 'cbioportalinternal',
-            forwardErrorsToLogs: true,
-            sessionSampleRate: 100,
-            beforeSend: (log: any) => {
-                switch (log.origin) {
-                    case 'console':
-                        return false;
-                    default:
-                    // let dd send log
-                }
-            },
-        } as any);
-    }
-
     const rootNode = document.getElementById('reactRoot');
 
     ReactDOM.render(
@@ -319,6 +362,13 @@ $(document).ready(async () => {
 
     initializeAppStore(stores.appStore);
 
+    if (
+        stores.appStore.serverConfig.app_name === 'public-portal' &&
+        !isWebdriver()
+    ) {
+        enableDataDogTracking();
+    }
+
     await loadCustomJs();
 
     render();
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 840732ddb91..58b143d0a42 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -1147,11 +1147,23 @@
   dependencies:
     "@cspotcode/source-map-consumer" "0.8.0"
 
+"@datadog/browser-core@5.28.0":
+  version "5.28.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@datadog/browser-core/-/browser-core-5.28.0.tgz#bd4677eeb08fcd3c98eba0600e34a2d8bc347ee2"
+  integrity sha512-aLYXaTkbZQIpyx+mxRGnj3Es6njoac8VhBaGr27KPuvwb/xJlBgAt5K/xdGxAPO135mdfq5evmguWuMpffE4Og==
+
 "@datadog/browser-core@5.4.0":
   version "5.4.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@datadog/browser-core/-/browser-core-5.4.0.tgz#c9d55357d75a6ce25a95d235795d6b68c6f85e17"
   integrity sha512-8HlKAcKXm7cJmzWQTVGnZiBs21BXkmRiknDaH9NbO6UT5JqYupXe/3zEesoX6Kxad2EzGlPVpBV816luWfqepw==
 
+"@datadog/browser-logs@^5.28.0":
+  version "5.28.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@datadog/browser-logs/-/browser-logs-5.28.0.tgz#9f86067c0482d0ea01a86a185aff511252d52307"
+  integrity sha512-MdmgRnYgxkqHBYQ6nv9VDGLRQcqPgs68PLV6vj1uR1d36F6ZU2r6Blta8qhw3tWyopipw6y08MRuZ4XR2HLtQQ==
+  dependencies:
+    "@datadog/browser-core" "5.28.0"
+
 "@datadog/browser-logs@^5.4.0":
   version "5.4.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@datadog/browser-logs/-/browser-logs-5.4.0.tgz#fc346364b1e59acb24d400114ef74adb6f223b92"