diff --git a/.#config.yaml b/.#config.yaml
deleted file mode 120000
index b90ba2a6..00000000
--- a/.#config.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-sander@rowsandall-2.14384:1749892836
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/rowers/emails.py b/rowers/emails.py
index 424540dc..0977fc33 100644
--- a/rowers/emails.py
+++ b/rowers/emails.py
@@ -136,7 +136,10 @@ def send_template_email(from_email, to_email, subject,
 
 
     if not emailbounced:
-        res = msg.send()
+        try:
+            res = msg.send()
+        except:
+            return 0
     else:  # pragma: no cover
         return 0