diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish_release.yml b/.github/workflows/publish_release.yml
index f1fae35b..e4858210 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/publish_release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish_release.yml
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ on:
           - main
           - mob/main
           - release/1
+          - customer-hotfix
 jobs:
   build:
 
diff --git a/llm-service/app/main.py b/llm-service/app/main.py
index 5a1863cd..35094a11 100644
--- a/llm-service/app/main.py
+++ b/llm-service/app/main.py
@@ -36,11 +36,25 @@
 #  DATA.
 # ##############################################################################
 
-import functools
+# ruff: noqa: E402
+import sys
 import logging
-import os
 import platform
-import sys
+
+logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
+try:
+    # Manual patch required for CrewAI compatability. DO NOT REMOVE. IT BREAKS ON OLD RUNTIMES IF YOU DO
+    __import__("pysqlite3")
+    sys.modules["sqlite3"] = sys.modules.pop("pysqlite3")
+except Exception as e:
+    logger.info(
+        f"Unable to swap out pysqlite3. Probably not installed on your platform: {platform.system()}",
+        e,
+    )
+
+import functools
+import os
 import time
 from collections.abc import Awaitable, Callable
 from contextlib import asynccontextmanager
@@ -56,15 +70,8 @@
 
 _APP_PKG_NAME = __name__.split(".", maxsplit=1)[0]
 
-logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 _request_received_logger = logging.getLogger(_APP_PKG_NAME + ".access")
 
-try:
-    # Manual patch required for CrewAI compatability. DO NOT REMOVE. IT BREAKS ON OLD RUNTIMES IF YOU DO
-    __import__("pysqlite3")
-    sys.modules["sqlite3"] = sys.modules.pop("pysqlite3")
-except Exception as e:
-    logger.info(f"Unable to swap out pysqlite3. Probably not installed on your platform: {platform.system()}", e)
 
 def _configure_logger() -> None:
     """Configure this module's setup/teardown logging formatting and verbosity."""