diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 5d3b83b..13f49c0 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 # See https://help.github.com/articles/ignoring-files/ for more about ignoring files.
-
+Makefile
+yarn.lock
 # dependencies
 /node_modules
 /.pnp
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index b12f3e3..407a95c 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 This is a [Next.js](https://nextjs.org/) project bootstrapped with [`create-next-app`](https://github.com/vercel/next.js/tree/canary/packages/create-next-app).
 
+[![Netlify Status](https://api.netlify.com/api/v1/badges/43c4f6d6-87cb-4e10-863b-96e0b7d298b1/deploy-status)](https://app.netlify.com/sites/portfolio-nextjs-v2/deploys)
+
 ## Getting Started
 
 First, run the development server:
diff --git a/next.config.js b/next.config.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29
diff --git a/pages/index.js b/pages/index.js
index af11c94..2fd7ed2 100644
--- a/pages/index.js
+++ b/pages/index.js
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ export default function Home(props) {
   const [showTip, setShowTip] = useState(false);
 
   useEffect(() => {
-    getStaticProps();
     setShowTip(true);
   }, []);
 
@@ -229,7 +228,7 @@ export default function Home(props) {
 
         <h2>Latest Updates 👇</h2>
         <div className={styles['issue-container']}>
-          {props.latest.map((issue, i) => (
+          {props.latest && props.latest.map((issue, i) => (
             <a key={i} href={issue.link} className={styles['issue-line']}>
               <div className={styles['issue-header']}>
                 <div
@@ -288,6 +287,7 @@ export default function Home(props) {
 
 export async function getStaticProps() {
   try {
+    debugger
     const parser = new Parser();
     const [newsletter] =
       await Promise.all([