diff --git a/core/vendors/__init__.py b/core/vendors/__init__.py
index 3a05c9e6..fd0e3826 100644
--- a/core/vendors/__init__.py
+++ b/core/vendors/__init__.py
@@ -106,6 +106,8 @@ class AbstractVendor:
                 pass
             except IndexError:
                 pass
+            except Category.MultipleObjectsReturned:
+                pass
         categories = Category.objects.filter(name=category_name)
         if not categories.exists():
             return Category.objects.create(name=category_name, is_active=False)
@@ -127,6 +129,8 @@ class AbstractVendor:
                 pass
             except IndexError:
                 pass
+            except Brand.MultipleObjectsReturned:
+                pass
         brands = Brand.objects.filter(name=brand_name)
         if not brands.exists():
             return Brand.objects.create(name=brand_name, is_active=False)
diff --git a/poetry.lock b/poetry.lock
index ae5722f8..9701be3f 100644
--- a/poetry.lock
+++ b/poetry.lock
@@ -1,5 +1,20 @@
 # This file is automatically @generated by Poetry 1.8.4 and should not be changed by hand.
 
+[[package]]
+name = "aiosmtpd"
+version = "1.4.6"
+description = "aiosmtpd - asyncio based SMTP server"
+optional = false
+python-versions = ">=3.8"
+files = [
+    { file = "aiosmtpd-1.4.6-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:72c99179ba5aa9ae0abbda6994668239b64a5ce054471955fe75f581d2592475" },
+    { file = "aiosmtpd-1.4.6.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:5a811826e1a5a06c25ebc3e6c4a704613eb9a1bcf6b78428fbe865f4f6c9a4b8" },
+]
+
+[package.dependencies]
+atpublic = "*"
+attrs = "*"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "amqp"
 version = "5.3.1"
@@ -173,6 +188,17 @@ files = [
     { file = "async_lru-2.0.5.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:481d52ccdd27275f42c43a928b4a50c3bfb2d67af4e78b170e3e0bb39c66e5bb" },
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "atpublic"
+version = "6.0.1"
+description = "Keep all y'all's __all__'s in sync"
+optional = false
+python-versions = ">=3.9"
+files = [
+    { file = "atpublic-6.0.1-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:f9a23902faf5ca1fdc6436b3712d79452f71abc61a810d22be1f31b40a8004c5" },
+    { file = "atpublic-6.0.1.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:718932844f5bdfdf5d80ad4c64e13964f22274b4f8937d54a8d3811d6bc5dc05" },
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "attrs"
 version = "25.3.0"
@@ -2713,13 +2739,13 @@ xmp = ["defusedxml"]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "platformdirs"
-version = "4.3.7"
+version = "4.3.8"
 description = "A small Python package for determining appropriate platform-specific dirs, e.g. a `user data dir`."
 optional = true
 python-versions = ">=3.9"
 files = [
-    { file = "platformdirs-4.3.7-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:a03875334331946f13c549dbd8f4bac7a13a50a895a0eb1e8c6a8ace80d40a94" },
-    { file = "platformdirs-4.3.7.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:eb437d586b6a0986388f0d6f74aa0cde27b48d0e3d66843640bfb6bdcdb6e351" },
+    { file = "platformdirs-4.3.8-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:ff7059bb7eb1179e2685604f4aaf157cfd9535242bd23742eadc3c13542139b4" },
+    { file = "platformdirs-4.3.8.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:3d512d96e16bcb959a814c9f348431070822a6496326a4be0911c40b5a74c2bc" },
 ]
 
 [package.extras]
@@ -4037,4 +4063,4 @@ worker = ["celery", "django-celery-beat"]
 [metadata]
 lock-version = "2.0"
 python-versions = ">=3.12,<3.13"
-content-hash = "4079e4ea32df5c36446f1a1bc151c2f6c17afac4fc686d188370d643c2a56e6d"
+content-hash = "89b9f7bb15a0af66b49f2567e975289dc3f0e12a1fe07c1b7afe323ffb018970"
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 1b2af5b0..76d029de 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ requests = "2.32.3"
 gunicorn = "23.0.0"
 psycopg2 = "2.9.10"
 polib = "1.2.0"
+aiosmtpd = "1.4.6"
 openai = { version = "1.77.0", optional = true }
 swapper = "1.4.0"
 paramiko = "3.5.1"