diff --git a/app/Console/Kernel.php b/app/Console/Kernel.php
index c0287ce31..1577238fb 100644
--- a/app/Console/Kernel.php
+++ b/app/Console/Kernel.php
@@ -63,10 +63,10 @@ protected function schedule( Schedule $schedule ): void
 
         // IRRDB - https://docs.ixpmanager.org/latest/features/irrdb/
         if( config( 'ixp.irrdb.bgpq3.path' ) && is_executable( config( 'ixp.irrdb.bgpq3.path' ) ) ) {
-            $schedule->command( 'irrdb:update-prefix-db' )->cron( '7 */6 * * *' )
+            $schedule->command( 'irrdb:update-prefix-db --alert-email' )->cron( '7 */6 * * *' )
                 ->skip( function() { return env( 'TASK_SCHEDULER_SKIP_IRRDB_UPDATE_PREFIX_DB', false ); } );
 
-            $schedule->command( 'irrdb:update-asn-db' )->cron( '37 */6 * * *' )
+            $schedule->command( 'irrdb:update-asn-db --alert-email' )->cron( '37 */6 * * *' )
                 ->skip( function() { return env( 'TASK_SCHEDULER_SKIP_IRRDB_UPDATE_ASN_DB', false ); } );
         }