diff --git a/includes/alerts.inc.php b/includes/alerts.inc.php
index f223b5991b..1d5c5c91ce 100644
--- a/includes/alerts.inc.php
+++ b/includes/alerts.inc.php
@@ -261,7 +261,7 @@ function RunRules($device) {
                 $extra = gzcompress(json_encode(array('contacts' => GetContacts($qry), 'rule'=>$qry)),9);
                 if( dbInsert(array('state' => 1, 'device_id' => $device, 'rule_id' => $rule['id'], 'details' => $extra),'alert_log') ) {
                     if( !dbUpdate(array('state' => 1, 'open' => 1),'alerts','device_id = ? && rule_id = ?', array($device,$rule['id'])) ) {
-                        dbInsert(array('state' => 1, 'device_id' => $device, 'rule_id' => $rule['id'], 'open' => 1),'alerts');
+                        dbInsert(array('state' => 1, 'device_id' => $device, 'rule_id' => $rule['id'], 'open' => 1,'alerted' => 0),'alerts');
                     }
                     echo " ALERT ";
                 }
@@ -274,7 +274,7 @@ function RunRules($device) {
             else {
                 if( dbInsert(array('state' => 0, 'device_id' => $device, 'rule_id' => $rule['id']),'alert_log') ){
                     if( !dbUpdate(array('state' => 0, 'open' => 1),'alerts','device_id = ? && rule_id = ?', array($device,$rule['id'])) ) {
-                        dbInsert(array('state' => 0, 'device_id' => $device, 'rule_id' => $rule['id'], 'open' => 1),'alerts');
+                        dbInsert(array('state' => 0, 'device_id' => $device, 'rule_id' => $rule['id'], 'open' => 1, 'alerted' => 0),'alerts');
                     }
                     echo " OK    ";
                 }
diff --git a/includes/functions.php b/includes/functions.php
index 13498595b4..10499c0864 100644
--- a/includes/functions.php
+++ b/includes/functions.php
@@ -583,7 +583,8 @@ function createHost($host, $community = NULL, $snmpver, $port = 161, $transport
         'transport' => $transport,
         'status' => '1',
         'snmpver' => $snmpver,
-        'poller_group' => $poller_group
+        'poller_group' => $poller_group,
+        'status_reason' => '',
     );
 
     $device = array_merge($device, $v3);