diff --git a/email_api/email_api/app.js b/email_api/email_api/app.js
index bc9563e..804ea84 100644
--- a/email_api/email_api/app.js
+++ b/email_api/email_api/app.js
@@ -138,6 +138,8 @@ app.post('/process/:domain', async (req, res) => {
   logger.info(`[${requestId}] INCOMING POST /process/${domain}: payload_summary=${JSON.stringify(payloadSummary)}`);
 
   let recipients = [];
+  let parser;       
+  let fromAddr = `lambda@${req.params.domain}`;
   try {
     // Decode and parse email
     const content = data.email_content;
@@ -146,8 +148,8 @@ app.post('/process/:domain', async (req, res) => {
     const emailBytes = compressed ? gunzipSync(Buffer.from(raw, 'binary')).toString('binary') : raw;
 
     const emailBuffer = Buffer.from(emailBytes, 'binary');
-    const parser = await simpleParser(emailBuffer);
-    const fromAddr = parser.from?.value[0]?.address || `lambda@${domain}`;
+    parser = await simpleParser(emailBuffer);
+    fromAddr = parser.from?.value[0]?.address || `lambda@${domain}`;
     recipients = [
       ...(parser.to?.value || []),
       ...(parser.cc?.value || []),