diff --git a/core/db/elastic.py b/core/db/elastic.py
index 0ed9668..c0326e2 100644
--- a/core/db/elastic.py
+++ b/core/db/elastic.py
@@ -280,6 +280,20 @@ class ElasticsearchBackend(StorageBackend):
                 self.log.error(f"Indexing failed: {result}")
         self.log.debug(f"Indexed {len(matches)} messages in ES")
 
+    def store_matches(self, matches):
+        """
+        Store a list of matches in Elasticsearch.
+        :param index: The index to store the matches in.
+        :param matches: A list of matches to store.
+        """
+        if self.client is None:
+            self.initialise()
+        for match in matches:
+            result = self.client.index(index=settings.INDEX_RULE_STORAGE, body=match)
+            if not result["result"] == "created":
+                self.log.error(f"Indexing failed: {result}")
+        self.log.debug(f"Indexed {len(matches)} messages in ES")
+
     async def schedule_query_results(self, rule_object):
         """
         Helper to run a scheduled query with reduced functionality and async.
diff --git a/core/lib/rules.py b/core/lib/rules.py
index 607ff5a..2a83353 100644
--- a/core/lib/rules.py
+++ b/core/lib/rules.py
@@ -275,12 +275,7 @@ class NotificationRuleData(object):
 
         return
 
-    async def ingest_matches(self, index, matches, meta, mode):
-        """
-        Store all matches for an index.
-        :param index: the index to store the matches for
-        :param matches: the matches to store
-        """
+    def reform_matches(self, index, matches, meta, mode):
         if not isinstance(matches, list):
             matches = [matches]
         matches_copy = matches.copy()
@@ -291,7 +286,25 @@ class NotificationRuleData(object):
             matches_copy[match_index]["meta"] = meta
             matches_copy[match_index]["match_ts"] = match_ts
             matches_copy[match_index]["mode"] = mode
-        await self.db.async_store_matches(matches_copy)
+        return matches_copy
+
+    async def ingest_matches(self, index, matches, meta, mode):
+        """
+        Store all matches for an index.
+        :param index: the index to store the matches for
+        :param matches: the matches to store
+        """
+        new_matches = self.reform_matches(index, matches, meta, mode)
+        await self.db.async_store_matches(new_matches)
+
+    def ingest_matches_sync(self, index, matches, meta, mode):
+        """
+        Store all matches for an index.
+        :param index: the index to store the matches for
+        :param matches: the matches to store
+        """
+        new_matches = self.reform_matches(index, matches, meta, mode)
+        self.db.store_matches(new_matches)
 
     async def rule_matched(self, index, message, meta, mode):
         """
@@ -312,6 +325,25 @@ class NotificationRuleData(object):
             self.store_match(index, message)
             await self.ingest_matches(index, message, meta, mode)
 
+    def rule_matched_sync(self, index, message, meta, mode):
+        """
+        A rule has matched.
+        If the previous run did not match, send a notification after formatting
+        the aggregations.
+        :param index: the index the rule matched on
+        :param message: the message object that matched
+        :param aggs: the aggregations that matched
+        """
+        current_match = self.get_match(index, message)
+        log.debug(f"Rule matched: {index} - current match: {current_match}")
+        if current_match is False:
+            # Matched now, but not before
+            if "matched" not in meta:
+                meta["matched"] = self.format_aggs(meta["aggs"])
+            rule_notify(self.object, index, message, meta)
+            self.store_match(index, message)
+            self.ingest_matches_sync(index, message, meta, mode)
+
     async def rule_no_match(self, index=None):
         """
         A rule has not matched.
diff --git a/core/management/commands/processing.py b/core/management/commands/processing.py
index 45a3d54..88e261f 100644
--- a/core/management/commands/processing.py
+++ b/core/management/commands/processing.py
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 import msgpack
-from asgiref.sync import async_to_sync
 from django.core.management.base import BaseCommand
 from redis import StrictRedis
 
@@ -83,13 +82,13 @@ def process_rules(data):
                     meta = {"matched": matched, "total_hits": 1}
 
                     # Parse the rule, we saved some work above to avoid doing this,
-                    # but it makes delivering messages significantly easier as we ca
+                    # but it makes delivering messages significantly easier as we can
                     # use the same code as for scheduling.
                     rule_data_object = NotificationRuleData(rule.user, rule, db=db)
                     # rule_notify(rule, index, message, meta=meta)
-                    print("ABOUT TO RUN ASYNC TO SYNC")
-                    rule_matched = async_to_sync(rule_data_object.rule_matched)
-                    rule_matched(index, message, meta=meta, mode="ondemand")
+                    rule_data_object.rule_matched_sync(
+                        index, message, meta=meta, mode="ondemand"
+                    )
 
 
 class Command(BaseCommand):