diff --git a/api/controllers/v1/github.ts b/api/controllers/v1/github.ts
index 942d930c5..c087aadcd 100644
--- a/api/controllers/v1/github.ts
+++ b/api/controllers/v1/github.ts
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import { RepoBranchesRepository } from '../../../src/repositories/repoBranchesRe
 import { markBuildArtifactsForDeletion, validateJsonWebhook } from '../../handlers/github';
 import { DocsetsRepository } from '../../../src/repositories/docsetsRepository';
 import { ReposBranchesDocsetsDocument } from '../../../modules/persistence/src/services/metadata/repos_branches';
+import { PushEvent } from '@octokit/webhooks-types';
 
 async function prepGithubPushPayload(
   githubEvent: any,
@@ -87,9 +88,17 @@ export const TriggerBuild = async (event: any = {}, context: any = {}): Promise<
     };
   }
 
-  throw new Error(`event body? => ${JSON.stringify(event.body)}`);
-
-  const body = JSON.parse(event.body);
+  let body: PushEvent;
+  try {
+    body = JSON.parse(event.body) as PushEvent;
+  } catch (e) {
+    console.log('[TriggerBuild]: ERROR! Could not parse event.body', e);
+    return {
+      statusCode: 502,
+      headers: { 'Content-Type': 'text/plain' },
+      body: ' ERROR! Could not parse event.body',
+    };
+  }
 
   if (body.deleted) {
     return {
diff --git a/src/services/repo.ts b/src/services/repo.ts
index b5e780b1b..77f177a03 100644
--- a/src/services/repo.ts
+++ b/src/services/repo.ts
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ import { IConfig } from 'config';
 import { InvalidJobError } from '../errors/errors';
 import { IFileSystemServices } from './fileServices';
 import simpleGit, { SimpleGit } from 'simple-git';
-import { getDirectory } from '../job/jobHandler';
 const git: SimpleGit = simpleGit();
 
 export interface IRepoConnector {