diff --git a/src/lego_monitoring/alerting/sender.py b/src/lego_monitoring/alerting/sender.py
index 0f17b8d..e7bd697 100644
--- a/src/lego_monitoring/alerting/sender.py
+++ b/src/lego_monitoring/alerting/sender.py
@@ -40,14 +40,14 @@ def format_message(alert: Alert, note: str) -> str:
 
 
 async def send_alert(alert: Alert, note: str = "") -> Success[None] | Failure[tenacity.RetryError]:
-    await log_errors_async(_send_alert(alert, note))
+    return await log_errors_async(_send_alert(alert, note))
 
 
 async def send_healthchecks_status(alert: Alert) -> Success[None] | Failure[tenacity.RetryError]:
-    await log_errors_async(_send_healthchecks_status(alert))
+    return await log_errors_async(_send_healthchecks_status(alert))
 
 
-@tenacity.retry(wait=tenacity.wait_random_exponential(multiplier=1, max=60))
+@tenacity.retry(wait=tenacity.wait_random_exponential(multiplier=1, max=60), stop=tenacity.stop_after_attempt(3))
 async def _send_alert(alert: Alert, note: str = "") -> None:
     logging.debug(f"Sending {alert.alert_type} alert to Telegram")
     tg_client = cvars.tg_client.get()
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ async def _send_alert(alert: Alert, note: str = "") -> None:
         await tg_client.send_message(entity=room_id, message=message)
 
 
-@tenacity.retry(wait=tenacity.wait_random_exponential(multiplier=1, max=60))
+@tenacity.retry(wait=tenacity.wait_random_exponential(multiplier=1, max=60), stop=tenacity.stop_after_attempt(3))
 async def _send_healthchecks_status(alert: Alert) -> None:
     def get_pinging_key(keys: dict[str, str]):
         if alert.healthchecks_slug in keys: