diff --git a/deploy.sh b/deploy.sh
index 530eb69b..f07dfeb2 100755
--- a/deploy.sh
+++ b/deploy.sh
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ set -ex
 ulimit -u 512
 
 DIR=$(mktemp --directory)
+# set USE_LDAP to true to generate member list using LDAP database
+export USE_LDAP=true
 
 pushd $DIR
 
diff --git a/lib/members.ts b/lib/members.ts
index 4810aabe..7cce6ca2 100644
--- a/lib/members.ts
+++ b/lib/members.ts
@@ -14,50 +14,48 @@ export async function getMembers(
     throw new Error(`[getMembers] Not a valid term: "${term}"`);
   }
 
-  let members: Member[] = [];
-  if (
-    process.env.USE_LDAP !== undefined &&
-    process.env.USE_LDAP.toLowerCase() === "true"
-  ) {
-    const url = "ldap://ldap1.csclub.uwaterloo.ca";
-    const searchDN = "ou=People,dc=csclub,dc=uwaterloo,dc=ca";
-    const client = new Client({
-      url,
-    });
-    try {
-      await client.bind("", "");
-      const { searchEntries } = await client.search(searchDN, {
-        scope: "sub",
-        filter: `(&(objectClass=member)(term=${term.slice(0, 1)}${year}))`,
-      });
-
-      members = searchEntries
-        .map((item) => {
-          return {
-            name: item.cn as string,
-            id: item.uid as string,
-            program: item.program === undefined ? "" : (item.program as string),
-          };
-        })
-        .sort((item1: Member, item2: Member) =>
-          item1.id.localeCompare(item2.id)
-        );
-    } finally {
-      await client.unbind();
-    }
-  } else {
-    members = [
-      {
-        name: "John Smith",
-        id: "j12smith",
-        program: "MAT/Mathematics Computer Science",
-      },
-      {
-        name: "Jane Smith",
-        id: "j34smith",
-        program: "MAT/Mathematics Computer Science",
-      },
-    ];
+  if (process.env.USE_LDAP?.toLowerCase() !== "true") {
+    return dummyMembers;
   }
+
+  let members: Member[] = [];
+
+  const url = "ldap://ldap1.csclub.uwaterloo.ca";
+  const searchDN = "ou=People,dc=csclub,dc=uwaterloo,dc=ca";
+  const client = new Client({ url });
+
+  try {
+    await client.bind("", "");
+    const { searchEntries } = await client.search(searchDN, {
+      scope: "sub",
+      filter: `(&(objectClass=member)(term=${term.slice(0, 1)}${year}))`,
+    });
+
+    members = searchEntries
+      .map((item) => {
+        return {
+          name: item.cn as string,
+          id: item.uid as string,
+          program: item.program === undefined ? "" : (item.program as string),
+        };
+      })
+      .sort((item1: Member, item2: Member) => item1.id.localeCompare(item2.id));
+  } finally {
+    await client.unbind();
+  }
+
   return members;
 }
+
+const dummyMembers: Member[] = [
+  {
+    name: "John Smith",
+    id: "j12smith",
+    program: "MAT/Mathematics Computer Science",
+  },
+  {
+    name: "Jane Smith",
+    id: "j34smith",
+    program: "MAT/Mathematics Computer Science",
+  },
+];
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index fb64063a..f5088d30 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
   },
   "scripts": {
     "dev": "next dev",
-    "build": "USE_LDAP=true npm run build:web && npm run generate:calendar",
+    "build": "npm run build:web && npm run generate:calendar",
     "build:web": "next build",
     "start": "next start",
     "export": "next export",