diff --git a/gracedb/api/v1/events/views.py b/gracedb/api/v1/events/views.py
index a49bc5e847b5e2aaf68a18f29d8c674085266db3..bfbd37e8c573244ab4da7e3e560759f829a0faa8 100644
--- a/gracedb/api/v1/events/views.py
+++ b/gracedb/api/v1/events/views.py
@@ -722,7 +722,8 @@ class GrbEventPatchView(InheritPermissionsAPIView):
                                      issuer=request.user)
 
         # Send LVAlert
-        EventAlertIssuer(grbevent, alert_type='update').issue_alerts()
+        EventAlertIssuer(grbevent, alert_type='update').issue_alerts(
+            old_far=grbevent.far, old_nscand=grbevent.is_ns_candidate())
 
         return Response(eventToDict(grbevent, request=request))