diff --git a/terraform/alarms.tf b/terraform/alarms.tf
index 12a34b0f..f560ad7b 100644
--- a/terraform/alarms.tf
+++ b/terraform/alarms.tf
@@ -78,10 +78,10 @@ resource "aws_cloudwatch_metric_alarm" "sre_bot_scheduled_tasks" {
   metric_name        = aws_cloudwatch_log_metric_filter.sre_bot_scheduled_tasks.metric_transformation[0].name
   namespace          = aws_cloudwatch_log_metric_filter.sre_bot_scheduled_tasks.metric_transformation[0].namespace
   period             = "300"
-  evaluation_periods = "1"
+  evaluation_periods = "2"
   statistic          = "Sum"
   threshold          = "1"
-  treat_missing_data = "notBreaching"
+  treat_missing_data = "breaching"
 
   alarm_actions = [aws_sns_topic.cloudwatch_warning.arn]
   ok_actions    = [aws_sns_topic.cloudwatch_warning.arn]