diff --git a/core/lib/rules.py b/core/lib/rules.py
index b4bfa59..409295d 100644
--- a/core/lib/rules.py
+++ b/core/lib/rules.py
@@ -247,7 +247,10 @@ class NotificationRuleData(object):
 
         if index is None:
             # Check if we have any matches on all indices
-            return any(self.object.match.values())
+            values = self.object.match.values()
+            if not values:
+                return None
+            return any(values)
 
         # Check if it's the same hash
         if match is not None:
@@ -348,7 +351,7 @@ class NotificationRuleData(object):
             self.ingest_matches_sync(index, message, meta, mode)
 
     # No async helper for this one as we only need it for schedules
-    async def rule_no_match(self, index=None):
+    async def rule_no_match(self, index=None, message=None):
         """
         A rule has not matched.
         If the previous run did match, send a notification if configured to notify
@@ -364,7 +367,7 @@ class NotificationRuleData(object):
                 rule_notify(self.object, index, "no_match", None)
             self.store_match(index, False)
             await self.ingest_matches(
-                index=index, message={}, meta={"msg": "No matches"}, mode="schedule"
+                index=index, message={}, meta={"msg": message}, mode="schedule"
             )
 
     async def run_schedule(self):
@@ -376,11 +379,12 @@ class NotificationRuleData(object):
         response = await self.db.schedule_query_results(self)
         if not response:
             # No results in the result_map
-            await self.rule_no_match()
+            print("No results in result_map")
+            await self.rule_no_match(message="No response from database")
         for index, (meta, results) in response.items():
             if not results:
                 # Falsy results, no matches
-                await self.rule_no_match(index)
+                await self.rule_no_match(index, message="No results for index")
 
             # Add the match values of all aggregations to a list
             aggs_for_index = []
@@ -398,7 +402,7 @@ class NotificationRuleData(object):
                     )
                     continue
             # Default branch, since the happy path has a continue keyword
-            await self.rule_no_match(index)
+            await self.rule_no_match(index, message="Aggregation did not match")
 
     def test_schedule(self):
         """