diff --git a/bin/core/src/api/execute/build.rs b/bin/core/src/api/execute/build.rs
index bb3c56711..cdc61e48a 100644
--- a/bin/core/src/api/execute/build.rs
+++ b/bin/core/src/api/execute/build.rs
@@ -354,9 +354,9 @@ impl Resolve<RunBuild, (User, Update)> for State {
       // don't hold response up for user
       tokio::spawn(async move {
         handle_post_build_redeploy(&build.id).await;
-        info!("post build redeploy handled");
       });
     } else {
+      warn!("build unsuccessful, alerting...");
       let target = update.target.clone();
       let version = update.version;
       let err = update.logs.iter().find(|l| !l.success).cloned();
@@ -407,6 +407,7 @@ async fn handle_early_return(
   }
   update_update(update.clone()).await?;
   if !update.success && !is_cancel {
+    warn!("build unsuccessful, alerting...");
     let target = update.target.clone();
     let version = update.version;
     let err = update.logs.iter().find(|l| !l.success).cloned();
diff --git a/bin/core/src/helpers/alert.rs b/bin/core/src/helpers/alert.rs
index 89e123fb9..5e206db8b 100644
--- a/bin/core/src/helpers/alert.rs
+++ b/bin/core/src/helpers/alert.rs
@@ -19,20 +19,18 @@ pub async fn send_alerts(alerts: &[Alert]) {
     return;
   }
 
-  let alerters = match find_collect(
+  let Ok(alerters) = find_collect(
     &db_client().await.alerters,
     doc! { "config.enabled": true },
     None,
   )
   .await
-  {
-    Ok(alerters) => alerters,
-    Err(e) => {
-      error!(
-        "ERROR sending alerts | failed to get alerters from db | {e:#}"
-      );
-      return;
-    }
+  .inspect_err(|e| {
+    error!(
+      "ERROR sending alerts | failed to get alerters from db | {e:#}"
+    )
+  }) else {
+    return;
   };
 
   let handles =