diff --git a/includes/alerts.inc.php b/includes/alerts.inc.php
index 3db929b..26524a3 100644
--- a/includes/alerts.inc.php
+++ b/includes/alerts.inc.php
@@ -186,18 +186,13 @@ function RunRules($device)
         } else { //( $s > 0 && $inv == false ) {
             $doalert = false;
         }
-        $extra['contacts'] = GetContacts($qry);
-        $extra['rule']     = $qry;
-        $extra = gzcompress(json_encode($extra), 9);
         if ($doalert) {
             if ($chk['state'] === "2") {
                 c_echo('Status: %ySKIP');
             } elseif ($chk['state'] >= "1") {
-                // NOCHG here doesn't mean no change full stop. It means no change to the alert state
-                // So we update the details column with any fresh changes to the alert output we might have.
-                dbUpdate(array('details' => $extra), 'alert_log', 'device_id = ? && rule_id = ?', array($device,$rule['id']));
                 c_echo('Status: %bNOCHG');
             } else {
+                $extra = gzcompress(json_encode(array('contacts' => GetContacts($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,'alerted' => 0), 'alerts');