diff --git a/build.zig b/build.zig
index 06e257c2f..3f1a6a5f5 100644
--- a/build.zig
+++ b/build.zig
@@ -1004,6 +1004,7 @@ fn addDeps(
     const sentry_dep = b.dependency("sentry", .{
         .target = target,
         .optimize = optimize,
+        .backend = .inproc,
     });
     const zlib_dep = b.dependency("zlib", .{
         .target = target,
diff --git a/pkg/sentry/envelope.zig b/pkg/sentry/envelope.zig
index 38253f290..d40a8d9fb 100644
--- a/pkg/sentry/envelope.zig
+++ b/pkg/sentry/envelope.zig
@@ -7,4 +7,12 @@ pub const Envelope = opaque {
     pub fn deinit(self: *Envelope) void {
         c.sentry_envelope_free(@ptrCast(self));
     }
+
+    pub fn writeToFile(self: *Envelope, path: []const u8) !void {
+        if (c.sentry_envelope_write_to_file_n(
+            @ptrCast(self),
+            path.ptr,
+            path.len,
+        ) != 0) return error.WriteFailed;
+    }
 };
diff --git a/pkg/sentry/uuid.zig b/pkg/sentry/uuid.zig
index d1e234dda..3f1c06704 100644
--- a/pkg/sentry/uuid.zig
+++ b/pkg/sentry/uuid.zig
@@ -6,6 +6,10 @@ const c = @import("c.zig").c;
 pub const UUID = struct {
     value: c.sentry_uuid_t,
 
+    pub fn init() UUID {
+        return .{ .value = c.sentry_uuid_new_v4() };
+    }
+
     pub fn isNil(self: UUID) bool {
         return c.sentry_uuid_is_nil(&self.value) != 0;
     }
diff --git a/src/os/xdg.zig b/src/os/xdg.zig
index e810f441e..6c7655c22 100644
--- a/src/os/xdg.zig
+++ b/src/os/xdg.zig
@@ -37,6 +37,15 @@ pub fn cache(alloc: Allocator, opts: Options) ![]u8 {
     });
 }
 
+/// Get the XDG state directory. The returned value is allocated.
+pub fn state(alloc: Allocator, opts: Options) ![]u8 {
+    return try dir(alloc, opts, .{
+        .env = "XDG_STATE_HOME",
+        .windows_env = "LOCALAPPDATA",
+        .default_subdir = ".local/state",
+    });
+}
+
 const InternalOptions = struct {
     env: []const u8,
     windows_env: []const u8,
diff --git a/src/sentry.zig b/src/sentry.zig
index feb14c787..c54049e43 100644
--- a/src/sentry.zig
+++ b/src/sentry.zig
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ const Allocator = std.mem.Allocator;
 const build_config = @import("build_config.zig");
 const sentry = @import("sentry");
 const internal_os = @import("os/main.zig");
+const state = &@import("global.zig").state;
 
 const log = std.log.scoped(.sentry);
 
@@ -61,10 +62,42 @@ pub fn deinit() void {
 }
 
 pub const Transport = struct {
-    pub fn send(envelope: *sentry.Envelope, state: ?*anyopaque) callconv(.C) void {
-        _ = state;
+    pub fn send(envelope: *sentry.Envelope, ud: ?*anyopaque) callconv(.C) void {
+        _ = ud;
         defer envelope.deinit();
 
-        log.warn("sending envelope", .{});
+        // Call our internal impl. If it fails there is nothing we can do
+        // but log to the user.
+        sendInternal(envelope) catch |err| {
+            log.warn("failed to persist crash report err={}", .{err});
+        };
+    }
+
+    /// Implementation of send but we can use Zig errors.
+    fn sendInternal(envelope: *sentry.Envelope) !void {
+        var arena = std.heap.ArenaAllocator.init(state.alloc);
+        defer arena.deinit();
+        const alloc = arena.allocator();
+
+        // Generate a UUID for this envelope. The envelope DOES have an event_id
+        // header but I don't think there is any public API way to get it
+        // afaict so we generate a new UUID for the filename just so we don't
+        // conflict.
+        const uuid = sentry.UUID.init();
+
+        // Get our XDG state directory where we'll store the crash reports.
+        // This directory must exist for writing to work.
+        const crash_dir = try internal_os.xdg.state(alloc, .{ .subdir = "ghostty/crash" });
+        try std.fs.cwd().makePath(crash_dir);
+
+        // Build our final path and write to it.
+        const path = try std.fs.path.join(alloc, &.{
+            crash_dir,
+            try std.fmt.allocPrint(alloc, "{s}.ghosttycrash", .{uuid.string()}),
+        });
+        log.debug("writing crash report to disk path={s}", .{path});
+        try envelope.writeToFile(path);
+
+        log.warn("crash report written to disk path={s}", .{path});
     }
 };