diff --git a/apps/trigger/trigger.config.ts b/apps/trigger/trigger.config.ts
index b9de3e30e..31f3d61f9 100644
--- a/apps/trigger/trigger.config.ts
+++ b/apps/trigger/trigger.config.ts
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ export default defineConfig({
   },
   build: {
     external: [
+      'effect',
       'lz4',
       'xxhash',
       '@duckdb/node-api',