diff --git a/utils/email.ts b/utils/email.ts
index 6cfb6e5..d592935 100644
--- a/utils/email.ts
+++ b/utils/email.ts
@@ -112,65 +112,67 @@ import { sendEmail } from "@/utils/email/client.ts";
 
 // Handle temporary email notifications
 
-const ticketHTML = await Deno.readTextFile("./out/event.html");
-
-let count = 1;
-
-kv.listenQueue(async (msg) => {
-  const data = msg as {
-    action: "sendEmail";
-    payload: {
-      to: string;
-      code: string;
-      eventID: string;
-      tickets: number;
-      eventName: string;
+if (!Deno.args.includes("build")) {
+  const ticketHTML = await Deno.readTextFile("./out/event.html");
+
+  let count = 1;
+
+  kv.listenQueue(async (msg) => {
+    const data = msg as {
+      action: "sendEmail";
+      payload: {
+        to: string;
+        code: string;
+        eventID: string;
+        tickets: number;
+        eventName: string;
+      };
     };
-  };
-
-  const { eventID, code, tickets, eventName } = data.payload;
-
-  const [_, showtimeID, ticketID] = code.split("_");
-
-  switch (data.action) {
-    case "sendEmail": {
-      const emailHTML = ticketHTML
-        .replace("{{TICKETS}}", tickets.toString())
-        .replaceAll(
-          "{{QR-VALUE}}",
-          `https://events.deno.dev/api/qr?ticket=${code}`,
-        )
-        .replaceAll(
-          "{{TICKET-LINK}}",
-          `https://events.deno.dev/events/${eventID}/tickets/${ticketID}?s=${showtimeID}`,
-        )
-        .replace(
-          "{{EVENT-LINK}}",
-          `https://events.deno.dev/events/${eventID}`,
-        )
-        .replace(
-          "Tickets for the {{EVENT-NAME}} event!",
-          `Your tickets for {{EVENT-NAME}} next week!`,
-        )
-        .replace(
-          "Your Tickets!",
-          `Use this as your ticket for {{EVENT-NAME}} next week:`,
-        )
-        .replaceAll("{{EVENT-NAME}}", eventName);
-
-      await sendEmail(
-        [data.payload.to],
-        `Your Tickets for ${eventName} next week!`,
-        {
-          html: emailHTML,
-          fallback:
-            `1 Week until ${eventName}! \nView your ticket at https://events.deno.dev/events/${eventID}/tickets/${ticketID}?s=${showtimeID}`,
-        },
-      );
-
-      console.log("Sent email", count++);
-
-      break;
+
+    const { eventID, code, tickets, eventName } = data.payload;
+
+    const [_, showtimeID, ticketID] = code.split("_");
+
+    switch (data.action) {
+      case "sendEmail": {
+        const emailHTML = ticketHTML
+          .replace("{{TICKETS}}", tickets.toString())
+          .replaceAll(
+            "{{QR-VALUE}}",
+            `https://events.deno.dev/api/qr?ticket=${code}`,
+          )
+          .replaceAll(
+            "{{TICKET-LINK}}",
+            `https://events.deno.dev/events/${eventID}/tickets/${ticketID}?s=${showtimeID}`,
+          )
+          .replace(
+            "{{EVENT-LINK}}",
+            `https://events.deno.dev/events/${eventID}`,
+          )
+          .replace(
+            "Tickets for the {{EVENT-NAME}} event!",
+            `Your tickets for {{EVENT-NAME}} next week!`,
+          )
+          .replace(
+            "Your Tickets!",
+            `Use this as your ticket for {{EVENT-NAME}} next week:`,
+          )
+          .replaceAll("{{EVENT-NAME}}", eventName);
+
+        await sendEmail(
+          [data.payload.to],
+          `Your Tickets for ${eventName} next week!`,
+          {
+            html: emailHTML,
+            fallback:
+              `1 Week until ${eventName}! \nView your ticket at https://events.deno.dev/events/${eventID}/tickets/${ticketID}?s=${showtimeID}`,
+          },
+        );
+
+        console.log("Sent email", count++);
+
+        break;
+      }
     }
-  }
-});
+  });
+}