diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 46510a7..efbc0cb 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -9,3 +9,4 @@
 .DS_Store
 test/dummy/log/*.log
 test/dummy/db/*.sqlite3
+.idea
diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index e4aa820..8079d3e 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 PATH
   remote: .
   specs:
-    solid_errors (0.7.0)
+    solid_errors (0.7.5)
       actionpack (>= 7.0)
       actionview (>= 7.0)
       activerecord (>= 7.0)
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 23a7582..6930437 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -86,6 +86,11 @@ authenticate :user, -> (user) { user.admin? } do
 end
 ```
 
+After updating the gem, run the migration installer so that any new migrations are copied over:
+```bash
+$ rails solid_errors:install_migrations
+```
+
 > [!NOTE]
 > Be sure to [secure the dashboard](#authentication) in production.
 
@@ -247,10 +252,13 @@ Second, you can set the values via the configuration object:
 config.solid_errors.send_emails = true
 config.solid_errors.email_from = "errors@myapp.com"
 config.solid_errors.email_to = "devs@myapp.com"
+# Tell Solid Errors whether or not to limit the total emails per occurrence. Defaults to false.
 config.solid_errors.email_subject_prefix = "[#{Rails.application.name}][#{Rails.env}]"
 ```
 
-If you have set `send_emails` to `true` and have set an `email_to` address, Solid Errors will send an email notification whenever an error occurs. If you have not set `send_emails` to `true` or have not set an `email_to` address, Solid Errors will not send any email notifications.
+If you have set `send_emails` to `true` and have set an `email_to` address, Solid Errors will send an email notification when an error first occurs. Subsequent occurrences of the error will not trigger additional emails to be sent; however, if an error is resolved and then reoccurs, an email will be sent, again, on the first reoccurrence of the error.
+
+If you have not set `send_emails` to `true` or have not set an `email_to` address, Solid Errors will not send any email notifications.
 
 #### Automatically destroying old records
 
diff --git a/app/models/solid_errors/occurrence.rb b/app/models/solid_errors/occurrence.rb
index 4f034e0..1c9bc0a 100644
--- a/app/models/solid_errors/occurrence.rb
+++ b/app/models/solid_errors/occurrence.rb
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ module SolidErrors
   class Occurrence < Record
     belongs_to :error, class_name: "SolidErrors::Error"
 
-    after_create_commit :send_email, if: -> { SolidErrors.send_emails? && SolidErrors.email_to.present? }
+    after_create :send_email, if: :should_send_email?
     after_create_commit :clear_resolved_errors, if: :should_clear_resolved_errors?
 
     # The parsed exception backtrace. Lines in this backtrace that are from installed gems
@@ -45,5 +45,18 @@ def should_clear_resolved_errors?
 
       true
     end
+
+    def should_send_email?
+      return false unless SolidErrors.send_emails? && SolidErrors.email_to.present?
+
+      # Check if resolved_at changed from a datetime to nil (resolved error reoccurred)
+      resolved_at_changes = error.previous_changes['resolved_at']
+      resolved_error_reoccurred = resolved_at_changes&.first.present? && resolved_at_changes&.last.nil?
+
+      # Check if this is the first occurrence of a brand new error
+      first_occurrence = error.occurrences.count == 1
+
+      resolved_error_reoccurred || first_occurrence
+    end
   end
 end
diff --git a/lib/generators/solid_errors/install/install_generator.rb b/lib/generators/solid_errors/install/install_generator.rb
index 862cd2c..8cb25b2 100644
--- a/lib/generators/solid_errors/install/install_generator.rb
+++ b/lib/generators/solid_errors/install/install_generator.rb
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ def configure_solid_errors
           '\1config.solid_errors.send_emails = true',
           '\1config.solid_errors.email_from = ""',
           '\1config.solid_errors.email_to = ""',
+          '\1config.solid_errors.full_backtrace = false',
           '\1config.solid_errors.username = Rails.application.credentials.dig(:solid_errors, :username)',
           '\1config.solid_errors.password = Rails.application.credentials.dig(:solid_errors, :password)'
         ].join("\n")
diff --git a/lib/generators/solid_errors/install/templates/db/errors_schema.rb b/lib/generators/solid_errors/install/templates/db/errors_schema.rb
index 1e60891..055c5d6 100644
--- a/lib/generators/solid_errors/install/templates/db/errors_schema.rb
+++ b/lib/generators/solid_errors/install/templates/db/errors_schema.rb
@@ -7,11 +7,13 @@
     t.text "severity", null: false
     t.text "source"
     t.datetime "resolved_at"
+    t.datetime "prev_resolved_at"
     t.string "fingerprint", limit: 64, null: false
     t.datetime "created_at", null: false
     t.datetime "updated_at", null: false
     t.index ["fingerprint"], name: "index_solid_errors_on_fingerprint", unique: true
     t.index ["resolved_at"], name: "index_solid_errors_on_resolved_at"
+    t.index ["prev_resolved_at"], name: "index_solid_errors_on_prev_resolved_at"
   end
 
   create_table "solid_errors_occurrences", force: :cascade do |t|
diff --git a/lib/solid_errors.rb b/lib/solid_errors.rb
index c2a3788..a6753e0 100644
--- a/lib/solid_errors.rb
+++ b/lib/solid_errors.rb
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 
 module SolidErrors
   mattr_accessor :connects_to
+  mattr_accessor :full_backtrace
   mattr_accessor :base_controller_class, default: "::ActionController::Base"
   mattr_writer :username
   mattr_writer :password
@@ -18,6 +19,13 @@ module SolidErrors
 
   class << self
     # use method instead of attr_accessor to ensure
+    # this works if variable set after SolidErrors is loaded
+    def full_backtrace?
+      @full_backtrace ||= ENV["SOLIDERRORS_FULL_BACKTRACE"] || @@full_backtrace || false
+    end
+
+    # use method instead of attr_accessor to ensure
+    # this works if variable set after SolidErrors is loaded
     # this works if ENV variable set after SolidErrors is loaded
     def username
       @username ||= ENV["SOLIDERRORS_USERNAME"] || @@username
diff --git a/lib/solid_errors/subscriber.rb b/lib/solid_errors/subscriber.rb
index 2063250..2be7e5b 100644
--- a/lib/solid_errors/subscriber.rb
+++ b/lib/solid_errors/subscriber.rb
@@ -1,25 +1,25 @@
 module SolidErrors
   class Subscriber
     IGNORED_ERRORS = ["ActionController::RoutingError",
-      "AbstractController::ActionNotFound",
-      "ActionController::MethodNotAllowed",
-      "ActionController::UnknownHttpMethod",
-      "ActionController::NotImplemented",
-      "ActionController::UnknownFormat",
-      "ActionController::InvalidAuthenticityToken",
-      "ActionController::InvalidCrossOriginRequest",
-      "ActionDispatch::Http::Parameters::ParseError",
-      "ActionController::BadRequest",
-      "ActionController::ParameterMissing",
-      "ActiveRecord::RecordNotFound",
-      "ActionController::UnknownAction",
-      "ActionDispatch::Http::MimeNegotiation::InvalidType",
-      "Rack::QueryParser::ParameterTypeError",
-      "Rack::QueryParser::InvalidParameterError",
-      "CGI::Session::CookieStore::TamperedWithCookie",
-      "Mongoid::Errors::DocumentNotFound",
-      "Sinatra::NotFound",
-      "Sidekiq::JobRetry::Skip"].map(&:freeze).freeze
+                      "AbstractController::ActionNotFound",
+                      "ActionController::MethodNotAllowed",
+                      "ActionController::UnknownHttpMethod",
+                      "ActionController::NotImplemented",
+                      "ActionController::UnknownFormat",
+                      "ActionController::InvalidAuthenticityToken",
+                      "ActionController::InvalidCrossOriginRequest",
+                      "ActionDispatch::Http::Parameters::ParseError",
+                      "ActionController::BadRequest",
+                      "ActionController::ParameterMissing",
+                      "ActiveRecord::RecordNotFound",
+                      "ActionController::UnknownAction",
+                      "ActionDispatch::Http::MimeNegotiation::InvalidType",
+                      "Rack::QueryParser::ParameterTypeError",
+                      "Rack::QueryParser::InvalidParameterError",
+                      "CGI::Session::CookieStore::TamperedWithCookie",
+                      "Mongoid::Errors::DocumentNotFound",
+                      "Sinatra::NotFound",
+                      "Sidekiq::JobRetry::Skip"].map(&:freeze).freeze
 
     def report(error, handled:, severity:, context:, source: nil)
       return if ignore_by_class?(error.class.name)
@@ -37,9 +37,13 @@ def report(error, handled:, severity:, context:, source: nil)
         record = SolidErrors::Error.create!(error_attributes.merge(fingerprint: fingerprint))
       end
 
+      backtrace_cleaner = ActiveSupport::BacktraceCleaner.new
+      backtrace_cleaner.add_silencer { |line| /puma|rubygems|gems/.match?(line) }
+      backtrace = SolidErrors.full_backtrace? ? error.backtrace : backtrace_cleaner.clean(error.backtrace)
+
       SolidErrors::Occurrence.create(
         error_id: record.id,
-        backtrace: error.backtrace&.join("\n"),
+        backtrace: backtrace&.join("\n"),
         context: s(context)
       )
     end
diff --git a/lib/solid_errors/version.rb b/lib/solid_errors/version.rb
index 0fb8883..2e9d29e 100644
--- a/lib/solid_errors/version.rb
+++ b/lib/solid_errors/version.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # frozen_string_literal: true
 
 module SolidErrors
-  VERSION = "0.7.0"
+  VERSION = "0.8.0"
 end