diff --git a/LibreNMS/Alert/AlertUtil.php b/LibreNMS/Alert/AlertUtil.php
index ee1c6e9678..1fa4d1b12a 100644
--- a/LibreNMS/Alert/AlertUtil.php
+++ b/LibreNMS/Alert/AlertUtil.php
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ class AlertUtil
         $contacts = [];
 
         foreach ($results as $result) {
-            $device = DeviceCache::get($result);
+            $device = DeviceCache::get($result['device_id']);
             $email = $device->getAttrib('override_sysContact_bool')
                 ? $device->getAttrib('override_sysContact_string')
                 : $device->sysContact;
diff --git a/LibreNMS/Alert/RunAlerts.php b/LibreNMS/Alert/RunAlerts.php
index aad4add77f..dbfcd26fb3 100644
--- a/LibreNMS/Alert/RunAlerts.php
+++ b/LibreNMS/Alert/RunAlerts.php
@@ -511,7 +511,7 @@ class RunAlerts
                     $tmp = $instance->deliverAlert($obj, $item['opts'] ?? []);
                     $this->alertLog($tmp, $obj, $obj['transport']);
                 } catch (AlertTransportDeliveryException $e) {
-                    Eventlog::log($e->getMessage(), $obj['device_id'], 'alert', Severity::Error);
+                    Eventlog::log($e->getTraceAsString() . PHP_EOL . $e->getMessage(), $obj['device_id'], 'alert', Severity::Error);
                     $this->alertLog($e->getMessage(), $obj, $obj['transport']);
                 } catch (\Exception $e) {
                     $this->alertLog($e, $obj, $obj['transport']);