diff --git a/email/mailmerge/src/pipelines/send.spec.ts b/email/mailmerge/src/pipelines/send.spec.ts
index 8d23e32..c6894d2 100644
--- a/email/mailmerge/src/pipelines/send.spec.ts
+++ b/email/mailmerge/src/pipelines/send.spec.ts
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ describe("sendEmails", () => {
         expect(mockMailer.sendMail).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
     });
 
-    it("should send to test email if given and not cc or bcc anyone in", async () => {
+    it("should send to test email if given, not cc or bcc anyone in and not call post send hooks", async () => {
         const mergeResults: MergeResultWithMetadata<unknown>[] = [
             {
                 record: { field1: "value1" },
@@ -168,6 +168,7 @@ describe("sendEmails", () => {
                 bcc: [],
             },
         );
+        expect(mockStorageBackend.postSendAction).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
     });
 
     it("should refuse test send if onlySend is not set", async () => {
diff --git a/email/mailmerge/src/pipelines/send.ts b/email/mailmerge/src/pipelines/send.ts
index 62af176..254a783 100644
--- a/email/mailmerge/src/pipelines/send.ts
+++ b/email/mailmerge/src/pipelines/send.ts
@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@ export async function sendEmails(
         }
         logger.warn("");
         logger.warn(`Will send ${options.onlySend} emails to ${options.testSendTo} as a test.`);
+        logger.warn("Note that post send hooks will not be called in test mode.");
         logger.warn("");
     }
 
@@ -167,7 +168,7 @@ You are about to send ${emailsNumberDisplay} emails. The esitmated time for this
             },
         );
 
-        if (storageBackend.postSendAction) {
+        if (storageBackend.postSendAction && !options.testSendTo) {
             logger.debug("Calling post-send hook...");
             await storageBackend.postSendAction(originalResult, PostSendActionMode.SMTP_SEND);
         }
diff --git a/email/workspace/quick-run.sh b/email/workspace/quick-run.sh
index 3d5e072..c6d57fb 100755
--- a/email/workspace/quick-run.sh
+++ b/email/workspace/quick-run.sh
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 docsoc-mailmerge generate nunjucks ./data/names.csv -o ./output -n test -b -c
 docsoc-mailmerge regenerate ./output/test
 # docsoc-mailmerge upload-drafts ./output/test -y -s 2 -n 1
-docsoc-mailmerge send ./output/test -s 5 -n 2 -t "kss22@ic.ac.uk"
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+docsoc-mailmerge send ./output/test -s 5 -n 1 -t "kss22@ic.ac.uk"
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