diff --git a/backend/windmill-api/src/scripts.rs b/backend/windmill-api/src/scripts.rs
index 9528f8a0ae..a248e89f0d 100644
--- a/backend/windmill-api/src/scripts.rs
+++ b/backend/windmill-api/src/scripts.rs
@@ -991,39 +991,41 @@ async fn create_script_internal<'c>(
         .await?;
         Ok((hash, new_tx))
     } else {
-        let db2 = db.clone();
-        let w_id2 = w_id.clone();
-        let authed2 = authed.clone();
-        let permissioned_as2 = permissioned_as.clone();
-        let script_path2 = script_path.clone();
-        let parent_path = p_path_opt.clone();
-        let lock = ns.lock.clone();
-        let deployment_message = ns.deployment_message.clone();
-        let content = ns.content.clone();
-        let language = ns.language.clone();
-        tokio::spawn(async move {
-            // wait for 10 seconds to make sure the script is deployed and that the CLI sync that pushed it (f one) is complete
-            tokio::time::sleep(std::time::Duration::from_secs(10)).await;
-            if let Err(e) = process_relative_imports(
-                &db2,
-                None,
-                None,
-                &w_id2,
-                &script_path2,
-                parent_path,
-                deployment_message,
-                &content,
-                &Some(language),
-                &authed2.email,
-                &authed2.username,
-                &permissioned_as2,
-                lock,
-            )
-            .await
-            {
-                tracing::error!(%e, "error processing relative imports");
-            }
-        });
+        if codebase.is_none() {
+            let db2 = db.clone();
+            let w_id2 = w_id.clone();
+            let authed2 = authed.clone();
+            let permissioned_as2 = permissioned_as.clone();
+            let script_path2 = script_path.clone();
+            let parent_path = p_path_opt.clone();
+            let lock = ns.lock.clone();
+            let deployment_message = ns.deployment_message.clone();
+            let content = ns.content.clone();
+            let language = ns.language.clone();
+            tokio::spawn(async move {
+                // wait for 10 seconds to make sure the script is deployed and that the CLI sync that pushed it (f one) is complete
+                tokio::time::sleep(std::time::Duration::from_secs(10)).await;
+                if let Err(e) = process_relative_imports(
+                    &db2,
+                    None,
+                    None,
+                    &w_id2,
+                    &script_path2,
+                    parent_path,
+                    deployment_message,
+                    &content,
+                    &Some(language),
+                    &authed2.email,
+                    &authed2.username,
+                    &permissioned_as2,
+                    lock,
+                )
+                .await
+                {
+                    tracing::error!(%e, "error processing relative imports");
+                }
+            });
+        }
 
         handle_deployment_metadata(
             &authed.email,