diff --git a/packages/api/src/services/update_pdf_content.ts b/packages/api/src/services/update_pdf_content.ts
index 4c337cfb4..96ed85de2 100644
--- a/packages/api/src/services/update_pdf_content.ts
+++ b/packages/api/src/services/update_pdf_content.ts
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ export const updateContentForFileItem = async (msg: UpdateContentMessage) => {
 
   const itemToUpdate: QueryDeepPartialEntity<LibraryItem> = {
     ...msg,
+    // content may not be present if we failed to parse the file
     originalContent: msg.content,
     // This event is fired after the file is fully uploaded,
     // so along with updating content, we mark it as
diff --git a/packages/pdf-handler/src/redis_data_source.ts b/packages/pdf-handler/src/redis_data_source.ts
index 1a95f9d6e..1c02c2a47 100644
--- a/packages/pdf-handler/src/redis_data_source.ts
+++ b/packages/pdf-handler/src/redis_data_source.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import Redis, { RedisOptions } from 'ioredis'
+import 'dotenv/config'
 
 export type RedisDataSourceOptions = {
   REDIS_URL?: string