diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 5c23b62f0..6d46de743 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ jobs:
       #      ${{ runner.os }}-build-${{ env.cache-name }}-
       
       - name: Build backend
-        run: docker compose build backend
+        run: docker compose build backend --no-cache
       
       # TODO: Run pytests here using docker compose run or something
       
diff --git a/BackEndFlask/core/__init__.py b/BackEndFlask/core/__init__.py
index f349fc7a5..0e2035e04 100644
--- a/BackEndFlask/core/__init__.py
+++ b/BackEndFlask/core/__init__.py
@@ -149,10 +149,12 @@ def setup_cron_jobs():
 oauth2_token_fp = "/home/ubuntu/private/token.json"
 oauth2_credentials = get_oauth2_credentials(oauth2_token_fp, oauth2_scopes)
 # oauth2_service = googleapiclient.discovery.build("gmail", "v1", credentials=oauth2_credentials)
-oauth2_service = None
 
-# if oauth2_credentials is not None:
-#     oauth2_service = googleapiclient.discovery.build("gmail", "v1", credentials=oauth2_credentials)
+if oauth2_credentials is not None:
+    try:
+        oauth2_service = googleapiclient.discovery.build("gmail", "v1", credentials=oauth2_credentials)
+    except Exception:
+        oauth2_service = None
 
 # Register blueprints
 from controller import bp