diff --git a/build_database.py b/build_database.py
index c500c35..12aa89f 100644
--- a/build_database.py
+++ b/build_database.py
@@ -157,6 +157,8 @@ async def main_with_ctx(ctx, wanted_date):
     tag_count = tag_count_rows[0][0]
     log.info("already have %d tags", tag_count)
 
+    work_done = False
+
     with output_uncompressed_paths["tags"].open(
         mode="r", encoding="utf-8"
     ) as tags_csv_fd: