diff --git a/packages/server/src/api/controllers/automation.ts b/packages/server/src/api/controllers/automation.ts
index 3e68dcb0cb..f7e664964c 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/api/controllers/automation.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/api/controllers/automation.ts
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ import {
   BBContext,
 } from "@budibase/types"
 import { getActionDefinitions as actionDefs } from "../../automations/actions"
+import sdk from "src/sdk"
 
 async function getActionDefinitions() {
   return removeDeprecated(await actionDefs())
@@ -264,10 +265,9 @@ export async function trigger(ctx: BBContext) {
   const db = context.getAppDB()
   let automation = await db.get(ctx.params.id)
 
-  let hasCollectBlock = automation.definition.steps.some(
-    (step: any) => step.stepId === AutomationActionStepId.COLLECT
-  )
-  if (hasCollectBlock) {
+  let hasCollectStep = sdk.automations.utils.checkForCollectStep(automation)
+
+  if (hasCollectStep) {
     const response: AutomationResults = await triggers.externalTrigger(
       automation,
       {
diff --git a/packages/server/src/api/controllers/webhook.ts b/packages/server/src/api/controllers/webhook.ts
index 066b1e534d..01bb43046b 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/api/controllers/webhook.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/api/controllers/webhook.ts
@@ -81,12 +81,9 @@ export async function trigger(ctx: BBContext) {
       if (webhook.action.type === WebhookActionType.AUTOMATION) {
         // trigger with both the pure request and then expand it
         // incase the user has produced a schema to bind to
+        let hasCollectStep = sdk.automations.utils.checkForCollectStep(target)
 
-        let hasCollectBlock = target.definition.steps.some(
-          (step: any) => step.stepId === AutomationActionStepId.COLLECT
-        )
-
-        if (hasCollectBlock && (await pro.features.isSyncWebhookEnabled())) {
+        if (hasCollectStep && (await pro.features.isSyncWebhookEnabled())) {
           const response = await triggers.externalTrigger(
             target,
             {
diff --git a/packages/server/src/sdk/app/automations/index.ts b/packages/server/src/sdk/app/automations/index.ts
index 1c9ce13455..16530cf085 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/sdk/app/automations/index.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/sdk/app/automations/index.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 import * as webhook from "./webhook"
+import * as utils from "./utils"
 
 export default {
   webhook,
+  utils,
 }
diff --git a/packages/server/src/sdk/app/automations/utils.ts b/packages/server/src/sdk/app/automations/utils.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..79e70923f1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/server/src/sdk/app/automations/utils.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+import { Automation, AutomationActionStepId } from "@budibase/types"
+
+export function checkForCollectStep(automation: Automation) {
+  return automation.definition.steps.some(
+    (step: any) => step.stepId === AutomationActionStepId.COLLECT
+  )
+}