diff --git a/cmd/looper/circleci.go b/cmd/looper/not_pi.go
similarity index 62%
rename from cmd/looper/circleci.go
rename to cmd/looper/not_pi.go
index a3e7c1e9..b50833cc 100644
--- a/cmd/looper/circleci.go
+++ b/cmd/looper/not_pi.go
@@ -1,15 +1,15 @@
-// +build circleci
+// +build !pi0,!pi3
 
 /*
 DESCRIPTION
-  circleci.go defines a dummy initialisation command for running on circleci.
+  not_pi.go lets looper build on non-RPi environments, but leaves a
+  non-functional executable.
 
 AUTHORS
-  Ella Pietraroia <ella@ausocean.org>
-  Scott Barnard <scott@ausocean.org>
+  Dan Kortschak <dan@ausocean.org>
 
 LICENSE
-  Copyright (C) 2020 the Australian Ocean Lab (AusOcean)
+  Copyright (C) 2021 the Australian Ocean Lab (AusOcean)
 
   It is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify them
   under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the
@@ -27,8 +27,12 @@ LICENSE
 
 package main
 
-import "bitbucket.org/ausocean/utils/logger"
+import (
+	"bitbucket.org/ausocean/utils/logger"
+)
 
-const audioCmd = ""
+const audioCmd = "play"
 
-func initCommand(log *logger.Logger) {}
+func initCommand(l *logger.Logger) {
+	panic("looper is intended to be run on a Raspberry Pi 0 or 3.")
+}