diff --git a/keep/api/tasks/process_event_task.py b/keep/api/tasks/process_event_task.py
index 4d1a37dc6..ddf92b139 100644
--- a/keep/api/tasks/process_event_task.py
+++ b/keep/api/tasks/process_event_task.py
@@ -257,6 +257,7 @@ def __handle_formatted_events(
             "No alerts to process after running blackouts",
             extra={"tenant_id": tenant_id},
         )
+        return
 
     # second, filter out any deduplicated events
     alert_deduplicator = AlertDeduplicator(tenant_id)