diff --git a/puppet/kandra/manifests/prod_app_frontend_once.pp b/puppet/kandra/manifests/prod_app_frontend_once.pp
index 6ae2469e5e..e53750a1ee 100644
--- a/puppet/kandra/manifests/prod_app_frontend_once.pp
+++ b/puppet/kandra/manifests/prod_app_frontend_once.pp
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ class kandra::prod_app_frontend_once {
   zulip::cron { 'check_send_receive_time':
     hour      => '*',
     minute    => '*',
-    command   => '/usr/lib/nagios/plugins/zulip_app_frontend/check_send_receive_time --site=https://$(/home/zulip/deployments/current/scripts/get-django-setting NAGIOS_BOT_HOST) >/dev/null',
+    command   => '/usr/lib/nagios/plugins/zulip_app_frontend/check_send_receive_time --site=https://$(/home/zulip/deployments/current/scripts/get-django-setting NAGIOS_BOT_HOST)',
     use_proxy => false,
   }
   zulip::cron { 'check_user_zephyr_mirror_liveness':
diff --git a/puppet/kandra/manifests/profile/staging_app_frontend.pp b/puppet/kandra/manifests/profile/staging_app_frontend.pp
index d9700f36c4..78ebb8ffc5 100644
--- a/puppet/kandra/manifests/profile/staging_app_frontend.pp
+++ b/puppet/kandra/manifests/profile/staging_app_frontend.pp
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ class kandra::profile::staging_app_frontend inherits kandra::profile::base {
   zulip::cron { 'check_send_receive_time':
     hour      => '*',
     minute    => '*',
-    command   => '/usr/lib/nagios/plugins/zulip_app_frontend/check_send_receive_time --site=https://$(/home/zulip/deployments/current/scripts/get-django-setting NAGIOS_BOT_HOST) >/dev/null',
+    command   => '/usr/lib/nagios/plugins/zulip_app_frontend/check_send_receive_time --site=https://$(/home/zulip/deployments/current/scripts/get-django-setting NAGIOS_BOT_HOST)',
     use_proxy => false,
   }
 }
diff --git a/puppet/zulip/files/nagios_plugins/zulip_app_frontend/check_send_receive_time b/puppet/zulip/files/nagios_plugins/zulip_app_frontend/check_send_receive_time
index 50ef47f1cd..e63e8d3c09 100755
--- a/puppet/zulip/files/nagios_plugins/zulip_app_frontend/check_send_receive_time
+++ b/puppet/zulip/files/nagios_plugins/zulip_app_frontend/check_send_receive_time
@@ -64,7 +64,8 @@ def report(state: str, timestamp: Any = None, msg: Optional[str] = None) -> NoRe
     with open(state_file_path + ".tmp", "w") as f:
         f.write(f"{now}|{states[state]}|{state}|{msg}\n")
     os.rename(state_file_path + ".tmp", state_file_path)
-    print(f"{state}: {msg}")
+    if states[state] > 0:
+        print(f"{state}: {msg}")
     sys.exit(states[state])