diff --git a/packages/bot/src/main.ts b/packages/bot/src/main.ts
index b4f4f3268..c3dd9e107 100644
--- a/packages/bot/src/main.ts
+++ b/packages/bot/src/main.ts
@@ -78,4 +78,4 @@ const interval = setInterval(async () => {
       error,
     );
   }
-}, 5000);
+}, 15000);
diff --git a/packages/scripts/src/buildBot.ts b/packages/scripts/src/buildBot.ts
index ae01b217f..379bfc72a 100644
--- a/packages/scripts/src/buildBot.ts
+++ b/packages/scripts/src/buildBot.ts
@@ -1,15 +1,10 @@
 import { build } from "esbuild";
 import { cp, readdir, rm } from "fs/promises";
-import { argv } from "process";
-
-const dev = argv.includes("--dev");
 
 const projectDir = "../..";
 const srcRoot = `${projectDir}/packages/bot`;
 const distRoot = `${projectDir}/dist/bot`;
-const modulesRoot = dev
-  ? "../../packages/bot/node_modules"
-  : "../../node_modules";
+const modulesRoot = "../../node_modules";
 const workers = await readdir(`${srcRoot}/src/workers`);
 
 await rm(distRoot, { recursive: true, force: true });
@@ -30,9 +25,9 @@ build({
   },
   external: ["sharp"],
   minifyIdentifiers: false, // causes goofy ahh issues
-  minifySyntax: !dev,
-  minifyWhitespace: !dev,
-  sourcemap: !dev,
+  minifySyntax: true,
+  minifyWhitespace: true,
+  sourcemap: true,
   jsxImportSource: "react",
   jsx: "automatic",
 });
@@ -50,12 +45,10 @@ for (const module of await readdir(`${modulesRoot}/@resvg`)) {
   );
 }
 
-if (!dev) {
-  await cp(`${projectDir}/prisma`, `${distRoot}/prisma`, { recursive: true });
+await cp(`${projectDir}/prisma`, `${distRoot}/prisma`, { recursive: true });
 
-  for (const file of await readdir(`${modulesRoot}/prisma`).then((files) =>
-    files.filter((file) => file.endsWith(".node")),
-  )) {
-    cp(`${modulesRoot}/prisma/${file}`, `${distRoot}/prisma/${file}`);
-  }
+for (const file of await readdir(`${modulesRoot}/prisma`).then((files) =>
+  files.filter((file) => file.endsWith(".node")),
+)) {
+  cp(`${modulesRoot}/prisma/${file}`, `${distRoot}/prisma/${file}`);
 }