diff --git a/apxtri/models/Notifications.js b/apxtri/models/Notifications.js
index 3f87c2a..aa5523b 100644
--- a/apxtri/models/Notifications.js
+++ b/apxtri/models/Notifications.js
@@ -444,6 +444,7 @@ Notifications.sendmail = async (data, tribe) => {
     };
   }
   let confsmtp = conf.smtp;
+  let confbrevoapikey = conf.BREVO.APIKEY;
   const conftribfile = `../adminapi/objects/tribes/itm/${tribe}.json`;
   if (fs.existsSync(conftribfile)) {
     const conftrib = fs.readJSONSync(conftribfile);
@@ -458,11 +459,16 @@ Notifications.sendmail = async (data, tribe) => {
     confsmtp = conftrib.smtp;
     if (!data.from || data.from == conf.emailcontact)
       data.from = conftrib.emailcontact;
+    if (conftrib.BREVO){
+        const toEmails = data.to.split(",");
+        for (const email of toEmails) {
+          await ensureContact(email,conftrib.BREVO.APIKEY);
+        }
+    }
+  } else {
+  console.log("test path:",path.resolve(conftribfile))
   }
-  const toEmails = data.to.split(",");
-  for (const email of toEmails) {
-    await ensureContact(email,conftrib.BREVO.APIKEY);
-  }
+  
   //console.log(confsmtp);
   const transporter = await nodemailer.createTransport(confsmtp);
   if (data.filelist) {