diff --git a/magefile.go b/magefile.go
index fefe8b7b7f4..f082088e2dc 100644
--- a/magefile.go
+++ b/magefile.go
@@ -354,6 +354,8 @@ func DoTheSwag() {
 		return
 	}
 
+	runAndStreamOutput("go", "mod", "tidy")
+	runAndStreamOutput("go", "mod", "download")
 	checkAndInstallGoTool("swag", "github.com/swaggo/swag/cmd/swag")
 	runAndStreamOutput("swag", "init", "-g", "./pkg/routes/routes.go", "--parseDependency", "-d", RootPath, "-o", RootPath+"/pkg/swagger")
 }
diff --git a/pkg/swagger/dummy.go b/pkg/swagger/dummy.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..1332cb0e0f6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/swagger/dummy.go
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+// Vikunja is a to-do list application to facilitate your life.
+// Copyright 2018-2023 Vikunja and contributors. All rights reserved.
+//
+// This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+// it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public Licensee as published by
+// the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+// (at your option) any later version.
+//
+// This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+// but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+// MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+// GNU Affero General Public Licensee for more details.
+//
+// You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public Licensee
+// along with this program.  If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+package swagger
+
+// This file exists so that the package exists, and we're able to build Vikunja without the docs.