diff --git a/frontend/graphql-codegen.ts b/frontend/graphql-codegen.ts
index 41bd209fb7..39f3762cbc 100644
--- a/frontend/graphql-codegen.ts
+++ b/frontend/graphql-codegen.ts
@@ -2,76 +2,77 @@ import { CodegenConfig } from '@graphql-codegen/cli'
 
 const PUBLIC_API_URL = process.env.PUBLIC_API_URL || 'http://localhost:8000'
 
-export default (async (): Promise<CodegenConfig> => {
-  let response
+let response: Response
 
-  try {
-    response = await fetch(`${PUBLIC_API_URL}/csrf/`, {
-      method: 'GET',
-    })
-  } catch {
-    /* eslint-disable no-console */
-    console.log('Failed to fetch CSRF token: make sure the backend is running.')
-    return
-  }
+try {
+  response = await fetch(`${PUBLIC_API_URL}/csrf/`, {
+    method: 'GET',
+  })
+} catch {
+  /* eslint-disable no-console */
+  console.log('Failed to fetch CSRF token: make sure the backend is running.')
+  process.exit(1)
+}
 
-  if (!response.ok) {
-    throw new Error(`Failed to fetch CSRF token: ${response.status} ${response.statusText}`)
-  }
-  const csrfToken = (await response.json()).csrftoken
+if (!response.ok) {
+  console.log(`Failed to fetch CSRF token: ${response.status} ${response.statusText}`)
+  process.exit(1)
+}
+const csrfToken = (await response.json()).csrftoken
 
-  return {
-    documents: ['src/**/*.{ts,tsx}', '!src/types/__generated__/**'],
-    generates: {
-      './src/': {
-        config: {
-          avoidOptionals: {
-            // Use `null` for nullable fields instead of optionals
-            field: true,
-            // Allow nullable input fields to remain unspecified
-            inputValue: false,
-          },
-          defaultScalarType: 'any',
-          // Apollo Client always includes `__typename` fields
-          nonOptionalTypename: true,
-          // Apollo Client doesn't add the `__typename` field to root types so
-          // don't generate a type for the `__typename` for root operation types.
-          skipTypeNameForRoot: true,
-        },
-        // Order of plugins matter
-        plugins: ['typescript-operations', 'typed-document-node'],
-        preset: 'near-operation-file',
-        presetConfig: {
-          // This should be the file generated by the "typescript" plugin above,
-          // relative to the directory specified for this configuration
-          baseTypesPath: './types/__generated__/graphql.ts',
-          // Relative to the source files
-          folder: '../../types/__generated__',
+const config: CodegenConfig = {
+  documents: ['src/**/*.{ts,tsx}', '!src/types/__generated__/**'],
+  generates: {
+    './src/': {
+      config: {
+        avoidOptionals: {
+          // Use `null` for nullable fields instead of optionals
+          field: true,
+          // Allow nullable input fields to remain unspecified
+          inputValue: false,
         },
+        defaultScalarType: 'any',
+        // Apollo Client always includes `__typename` fields
+        nonOptionalTypename: true,
+        // Apollo Client doesn't add the `__typename` field to root types so
+        // don't generate a type for the `__typename` for root operation types.
+        skipTypeNameForRoot: true,
       },
-      './src/types/__generated__/graphql.ts': {
-        config: {
-          scalars: {
-            // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/naming-convention
-            Date: 'string | number',
-            // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/naming-convention
-            DateTime: 'string | number',
-            JSON: 'Record<string, unknown>',
-          },
-        },
-        plugins: ['typescript'],
+      // Order of plugins matter
+      plugins: ['typescript-operations', 'typed-document-node'],
+      preset: 'near-operation-file',
+      presetConfig: {
+        // This should be the file generated by the "typescript" plugin above,
+        // relative to the directory specified for this configuration
+        baseTypesPath: './types/__generated__/graphql.ts',
+        // Relative to the source files
+        folder: '../../types/__generated__',
       },
     },
-    // Don't exit with non-zero status when there are no documents
-    ignoreNoDocuments: true,
-    overwrite: true,
-    schema: {
-      [`${PUBLIC_API_URL}/graphql/`]: {
-        headers: {
-          Cookie: `csrftoken=${csrfToken}`,
-          'X-CSRFToken': csrfToken,
+    './src/types/__generated__/graphql.ts': {
+      config: {
+        scalars: {
+          // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/naming-convention
+          Date: 'string | number',
+          // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/naming-convention
+          DateTime: 'string | number',
+          JSON: 'Record<string, unknown>',
         },
       },
+      plugins: ['typescript'],
     },
-  }
-})()
+  },
+  // Don't exit with non-zero status when there are no documents
+  ignoreNoDocuments: true,
+  overwrite: true,
+  schema: {
+    [`${PUBLIC_API_URL}/graphql/`]: {
+      headers: {
+        Cookie: `csrftoken=${csrfToken}`,
+        'X-CSRFToken': csrfToken,
+      },
+    },
+  },
+}
+
+export default config