diff --git a/alerts.php b/alerts.php
index bf7874a4a..e0fe2769d 100755
--- a/alerts.php
+++ b/alerts.php
@@ -251,9 +251,15 @@ function ExtTransports($obj) {
 			echo $transport." => ";
 			eval('$tmp = function($obj,$opts) { global $config; '.file_get_contents($config['install_dir']."/includes/alerts/transport.".$transport.".php").' };');
 			$tmp = $tmp($obj,$opts);
-			echo ($tmp ? "OK" : "ERROR")."; ";
-			log_event("Issued ".$obj['severity']." alert for rule '".$obj['name']."' to transport '".$transport."'",$obj['device_id']);
+			if( $tmp ) {
+				echo "OK";
+				log_event("Issued ".$obj['severity']." alert for rule '".$obj['name']."' to transport '".$transport."'",$obj['device_id']);
+			} else {
+				echo "ERROR";
+				log_event("Could not issue ".$obj['severity']." alert for rule '".$obj['name']."' to transport '".$transport."'",$obj['device_id']);
+			}
 		}
+		echo "; ";
 	}
 }