diff --git a/templates/backup/config.yaml.twig b/templates/backup/config.yaml.twig
index f23b714b8fcc8b2c0522043b4d808acbec94ae7b..227ae9316b276465e1fec2330c9b7b760f995def 100644
--- a/templates/backup/config.yaml.twig
+++ b/templates/backup/config.yaml.twig
@@ -46,4 +46,4 @@ hooks:
   after_backup:
     - echo "`date` - Finished backup"
   on_error:
-    - echo "Error during backup!!! @TODO push something to alerta."
+    - /usr/local/bin/alertalerta.py --pid={{ CI_PROJECT_ID }} {{ HOST_NAME|default('unknown') }} {{ ALERTA_ENVIRONMENT|default("production") }} {{ ALERTA_WEBHOOK|default('https://alerta.lakedrops.com/api') }} {{ ALERTA_APIKEY }} '{"service":["https://www.borgbase.com"],"resource":"{{ HOST_NAME|default('unknown') }}","event":"Borg {configuration_filename}","value":"{repository}","text":"Borg {configuration_filename}","rawData":"{output}"}'
diff --git a/templates/backup/crontab.txt.twig b/templates/backup/crontab.txt.twig
index 9197e872e03e3d822be91e4dab25d90c2b5d13bd..0591930f0c5ee9b5281cd225135034769f044bf9 100644
--- a/templates/backup/crontab.txt.twig
+++ b/templates/backup/crontab.txt.twig
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 {{ backup.crontime }} PATH=$PATH:/usr/bin /usr/bin/borgmatic --stats -v 0 2>&1
+30 23 1 * * PATH=$PATH:/usr/bin /usr/local/bin/borgmatic --check -v 0 2>&1
diff --git a/templates/docker-compose.yml.twig b/templates/docker-compose.yml.twig
index eb8f9f565c262e5e1793eeb5f657324e56169ae7..758d0aa81873749097108236686e503bac5ddde6 100644
--- a/templates/docker-compose.yml.twig
+++ b/templates/docker-compose.yml.twig
@@ -492,6 +492,7 @@ services:
     volumes:
       - /etc/timezone:/etc/timezone:ro
       - /etc/localtime:/etc/localtime:ro
+      - /usr/local/bin/alertalerta.py:/usr/local/bin/alertalerta.py
       - {{ projectrootfiles }}:/mnt/source:ro
       - {{ projectrootbackup }}/files:/mnt/borg-repository
       - {{ projectroot }}/backup:/etc/borgmatic.d/