diff --git a/src/lib/database/applications.ts b/src/lib/database/applications.ts
index 317793e9a..ad03ed7c0 100644
--- a/src/lib/database/applications.ts
+++ b/src/lib/database/applications.ts
@@ -78,7 +78,8 @@ export async function getApplicationWebhook({ projectId, branch }) {
 				destinationDocker: true,
 				settings: true,
 				gitSource: { include: { githubApp: true, gitlabApp: true } },
-				secrets: true
+				secrets: true,
+				persistentStorage: true
 			}
 		});
 		if (!application) {
diff --git a/src/routes/webhooks/github/events.ts b/src/routes/webhooks/github/events.ts
index 9f278122d..435146a8b 100644
--- a/src/routes/webhooks/github/events.ts
+++ b/src/routes/webhooks/github/events.ts
@@ -53,8 +53,8 @@ export const post: RequestHandler = async (event) => {
 				'sha256=' + hmac.update(JSON.stringify(body)).digest('hex'),
 				'utf8'
 			);
-			const checksum = Buffer.from(githubSignature, 'utf8');
 			if (!dev) {
+				const checksum = Buffer.from(githubSignature, 'utf8');
 				if (checksum.length !== digest.length || !crypto.timingSafeEqual(digest, checksum)) {
 					return {
 						status: 500,