diff --git a/docs/ignore-step.sh b/docs/ignore-step.sh
index 8cd5e937d24..6adbf6a836e 100755
--- a/docs/ignore-step.sh
+++ b/docs/ignore-step.sh
@@ -7,17 +7,24 @@ echo "VERCEL_GIT_COMMIT_REF: $VERCEL_GIT_COMMIT_REF"
 if [ "$VERCEL_ENV" == "production" ] || [ "$VERCEL_GIT_COMMIT_REF" == "master" ] || [ "$VERCEL_GIT_COMMIT_REF" == "v0.1" ]; then 
     echo "✅ Production build - proceeding with build"
     exit 1; 
-else 
-    echo "Checking for changes in docs/"
+fi 
+
+# TODO: remove this for v0.3 launch
+# exit 0 if git commit ref is v0.3rc
+echo "🛑 v0.3rc build is ignored currently"
+exit 0; 
+# end TODO
+
+
+echo "Checking for changes in docs/"
+echo "---"
+git log -n 50 --pretty=format:"%s" -- . | grep -v '(#'
+if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
     echo "---"
-    git log -n 50 --pretty=format:"%s" -- . | grep -v '(#'
-    if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
-        echo "---"
-        echo "✅ Changes detected in docs/ - proceeding with build"
-        exit 1
-    else
-        echo "---"
-        echo "🛑 No changes detected in docs/ - ignoring build"
-        exit 0
-    fi
+    echo "✅ Changes detected in docs/ - proceeding with build"
+    exit 1
+else
+    echo "---"
+    echo "🛑 No changes detected in docs/ - ignoring build"
+    exit 0
 fi