diff --git a/src/Sentry/SentryBundle/DependencyInjection/SentryExtension.php b/src/Sentry/SentryBundle/DependencyInjection/SentryExtension.php
index d6031106..e400fac4 100644
--- a/src/Sentry/SentryBundle/DependencyInjection/SentryExtension.php
+++ b/src/Sentry/SentryBundle/DependencyInjection/SentryExtension.php
@@ -71,7 +71,11 @@ private function checkConfigurationOnForInvalidSettings(array $config, Container
             }
 
             // both are used
-            if ($config[$option] !== $default && $config['options'][$option] !== $default) {
+            if (
+                $config[$option] !== $default 
+                && $config['options'][$option] !== $default
+                && $config['options'][$option] !== $config[$option]
+            ) {
                 $message = sprintf(
                     'You are using both the deprecated option sentry.%s and the new sentry.options.%s, but values do not match. Drop the deprecated one or make the values identical.',
                     $option,
diff --git a/test/DependencyInjection/ExtensionTest.php b/test/DependencyInjection/SentryExtensionTest.php
similarity index 93%
rename from test/DependencyInjection/ExtensionTest.php
rename to test/DependencyInjection/SentryExtensionTest.php
index a2d3ff99..f3d2f87b 100644
--- a/test/DependencyInjection/ExtensionTest.php
+++ b/test/DependencyInjection/SentryExtensionTest.php
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 use Sentry\SentryBundle\DependencyInjection\SentryExtension;
 use Symfony\Component\DependencyInjection\ContainerBuilder;
 
-class ExtensionTest extends \PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase
+class SentryExtensionTest extends \PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase
 {
     const CONFIG_ROOT = 'sentry';
 
@@ -52,6 +52,38 @@ public function test_that_it_uses_app_path_value()
         );
     }
 
+    public function test_that_it_uses_both_new_and_deprecated_values()
+    {
+        $container = $this->getContainer(
+            array(
+                static::CONFIG_ROOT => array(
+                    'app_path' => 'sentry/app/path',
+                    'options' => array('app_path' => 'sentry/app/path'),
+                ),
+            )
+        );
+
+        $options = $container->getParameter('sentry.options');
+        $this->assertSame(
+            'sentry/app/path',
+            $options['app_path']
+        );
+    }
+
+    public function test_that_throws_exception_if_new_and_deprecated_values_dont_match()
+    {
+        $this->setExpectedException('Symfony\Component\Config\Definition\Exception\InvalidConfigurationException');
+
+        $this->getContainer(
+            array(
+                'app_path' => 'sentry/app/path',
+                static::CONFIG_ROOT => array(
+                    'options' => array('app_path' => 'sentry/different/app/path'),
+                ),
+            )
+        );
+    }
+
     public function test_vendor_in_deprecated_default_excluded_paths()
     {
         $container = $this->getContainer();