diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index c8337bb5e0..d033d343f0 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 
 ### Changes
 
+- Fix UWP not registering exceptions (#821) @lucas-zimerman
 - Fix tracing middleware (#813) @Tyrrrz
 
 ## 3.0.5
diff --git a/src/Sentry/SentryOptions.cs b/src/Sentry/SentryOptions.cs
index d4d3fbb525..089e618140 100644
--- a/src/Sentry/SentryOptions.cs
+++ b/src/Sentry/SentryOptions.cs
@@ -446,8 +446,9 @@ public double TracesSampleRate
         /// </summary>
         public SentryOptions()
         {
-            // from 3.0.0 uses Enhanced (Ben.Demystifier) by default which is a breaking change.
-            StackTraceMode = StackTraceMode.Enhanced;
+            // from 3.0.0 uses Enhanced (Ben.Demystifier) by default which is a breaking change
+            // unless you are using .NET Native which isn't compatible with Ben.Demystifier.
+            StackTraceMode = Runtime.Current.Name == ".NET Native" ? StackTraceMode.Original : StackTraceMode.Enhanced;
 
             EventProcessorsProviders = new Func<IEnumerable<ISentryEventProcessor>>[] {
                 () => EventProcessors ?? Enumerable.Empty<ISentryEventProcessor>()