diff --git a/core/db/elastic.py b/core/db/elastic.py
index 1ee8534..5cc9685 100644
--- a/core/db/elastic.py
+++ b/core/db/elastic.py
@@ -272,12 +272,10 @@ class ElasticsearchBackend(StorageBackend):
         """
         if self.async_client is None:
             await self.async_initialise()
-        print("MATCHES", matches)
         for match in matches:
             result = await self.async_client.index(
                 index=settings.INDEX_RULE_STORAGE, body=match
             )
-            print("RESULT", result)
             if not result["result"] == "created":
                 self.log.error(f"Indexing failed: {result}")
         self.log.debug(f"Indexed {len(matches)} messages in ES")
@@ -527,7 +525,6 @@ class ElasticsearchBackend(StorageBackend):
         total_sources = (
             len(settings.MAIN_SOURCES) - 1 + len(settings.SOURCES_RESTRICTED)
         )
-        print("total_count", total_count, "total_sources", total_sources)
         if total_count != total_sources:
             add_top_tmp = {"bool": {"should": []}}
             for source_iter in sources:
@@ -607,7 +604,6 @@ class ElasticsearchBackend(StorageBackend):
             search_query,
             index=index,
         )
-        print("query", search_query)
         if "message" in response:
             return response
 
diff --git a/core/lib/parsing.py b/core/lib/parsing.py
index ed9942a..31ce031 100644
--- a/core/lib/parsing.py
+++ b/core/lib/parsing.py
@@ -118,7 +118,6 @@ def parse_source(user, query_params, raise_error=False):
     if source:
         sources = [source]
     else:
-        print("NOT SOURCE")
         sources = list(settings.MAIN_SOURCES)
         if user.has_perm("core.restricted_sources"):
             for source_iter in settings.SOURCES_RESTRICTED:
diff --git a/core/lib/rules.py b/core/lib/rules.py
index 961c897..78b0ae8 100644
--- a/core/lib/rules.py
+++ b/core/lib/rules.py
@@ -260,7 +260,15 @@ class NotificationRuleData(object):
             hash_matches = self.object.match.get(index) == match
             return hash_matches
 
-        return self.object.match.get(index)
+        returned_match = self.object.match.get(index, None)
+        if type(returned_match) == int:
+            # We are getting a hash from the database,
+            # but we have nothing to check it against.
+            # In this instance, we are checking if we got a match
+            # at all last time. We can confidently say that since
+            # we have a hash, we did.
+            returned_match = True
+        return returned_match
 
     def format_aggs(self, aggs):
         """
@@ -393,31 +401,26 @@ class NotificationRuleData(object):
 
         """
         current_match = self.get_match(index)
-        log.debug(f"Rule not matched: {index} - current match: {current_match}")
+        log.debug(f"Rule not matched: {index} - current match: {current_match}: {message}")
 
         last_run_had_matches = current_match is True
-        if self.policy in ["change", "default"]:
-            print("policy in change or default")
-            # Change or Default policy, notifying only on new results
-            if not last_run_had_matches:
-                print("last run did not have matches")
-                # Last run did not have matches, nor did this one
-                # We don't need to notify
-                return
+        initial = current_match is None
 
-        elif self.policy == "always":
-            print("policy is always")
-            # Only here for completeness, we notify below by default
-            pass
-
-        # Matched before, but not now
-        if self.policy in ["change", "always"]:
-            print("policy in change or always")
-            rule_notify(self.object, index, "no_match", None)
         self.store_match(index, False)
-        await self.ingest_matches(
-            index=index, matches=[{"msg": None}], meta={"msg": message}, mode="schedule"
-        )
+
+        if self.policy != "always":
+            # We hit the return above if we don't need to notify
+            if self.policy in ["change", "default"]:
+                if not last_run_had_matches and not initial:
+                    # We don't need to notify if the last run didn't have matches
+                    return
+
+        if self.policy in ["always", "change"]:
+            # Never notify for empty matches on default policy
+            rule_notify(self.object, index, "no_match", None)
+            await self.ingest_matches(
+                index=index, matches=[{"msg": None}], meta={"msg": message}, mode="schedule"
+            )
 
     async def run_schedule(self):
         """
@@ -428,12 +431,13 @@ class NotificationRuleData(object):
         response = await self.db.schedule_query_results(self)
         if not response:
             # No results in the result_map
-            print("No results in result_map")
             await self.rule_no_match(message="No response from database")
+            return
         for index, (meta, results) in response.items():
             if not results:
                 # Falsy results, no matches
                 await self.rule_no_match(index, message="No results for index")
+                continue
 
             # Add the match values of all aggregations to a list
             aggs_for_index = []
diff --git a/core/views/notifications.py b/core/views/notifications.py
index 4e36782..74398fc 100644
--- a/core/views/notifications.py
+++ b/core/views/notifications.py
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ class RuleClear(LoginRequiredMixin, PermissionRequiredMixin, APIView):
         rule = NotificationRule.objects.get(pk=pk, user=request.user)
         if isinstance(rule.match, dict):
             for index in rule.match:
-                rule.match[index] = False
+                rule.match[index] = None
         rule.save()
 
         cleared_indices = ", ".join(rule.match)