diff --git a/src/lego_monitoring/checks/vulnix/__init__.py b/src/lego_monitoring/checks/vulnix/__init__.py
index 2e866e6..c25bfd6 100644
--- a/src/lego_monitoring/checks/vulnix/__init__.py
+++ b/src/lego_monitoring/checks/vulnix/__init__.py
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ from socket import gethostname
 
 from lego_monitoring.alerting.alert import Alert
 from lego_monitoring.alerting.enum import AlertType, Severity
-from lego_monitoring.alerting.sender import send_alert
 
 from ..utils import format_for_healthchecks_slug
 from .vulnix import get_vulnix_output
@@ -16,15 +15,14 @@ async def vulnix_check() -> list[Alert]:
     try:
         vulnix_output = get_vulnix_output(IS_TESTING)
     except Exception as e:
-        await send_alert(
+        return [
             Alert(
-                alert_type=AlertType.ERROR,
+                AlertType.VULN,
                 message=f"Exception {type(e).__name__} while calling vulnix: {e}",
                 severity=Severity.CRITICAL,
                 healthchecks_slug=slug,
             )
-        )
-        return []
+        ]
     for finding in vulnix_output:
         if not IS_TESTING:
             non_whitelisted_cves = [k for k in finding.description if k not in finding.whitelisted]