diff --git a/templates/app.yaml b/templates/app.yaml
index f0a49a7a6e37f540249ff76895acb9acb4c22b65..c2a35ebf4e28e99fe7ac135a366ca91e84223a78 100644
--- a/templates/app.yaml
+++ b/templates/app.yaml
@@ -36,10 +36,12 @@ hooks:
           port: 3306
           username: '{{ application_id }}'
           password: '{{ application_id }}'
-          options: '--skip-comments'
+          options: '--skip-comments --no-tablespaces'
     before_backup:
         - echo "`date` - Starting backup"
     after_backup:
         - echo "`date` - Finished backup"
+{% if alerta_apikey is defined %}
     on_error:
-        - /usr/local/bin/alertalerta.py{% if netdata_alerta_project_id is defined %} --pid={{ netdata_alerta_project_id }}{% endif %} {{ inventory_hostname }} {{ netdata_alerta_environment|default("production") }} {{ netdata_alerta_webhook }} {{ netdata_alerta_apikey }} '{"service":["https://www.borgbase.com"],"resource":"{{ inventory_hostname }}","event":"Borg {configuration_filename}","value":"{{ application }} {{ application_id }} {repository}","text":"Borg {configuration_filename}","rawData":"{output}"}'
+        - echo -n '{"service":["https://www.borgbase.com"],"resource":"{{ inventory_hostname }}","event":"Borg {configuration_filename}","value":"{{ application }} {{ application_id }} {repository}","text":"Borg {configuration_filename}","rawData":"{output}"}' | nc -u -w1 alerta {{ alerta_proxy_port|default(20002) }}
+{% endif %}