diff --git a/promgen/tasks.py b/promgen/tasks.py
index ef3b9a796..6dcf71120 100644
--- a/promgen/tasks.py
+++ b/promgen/tasks.py
@@ -43,6 +43,10 @@ def process_alert(alert_pk):
                 alert.delete()
                 return
 
+    # After processing our blacklist, it should be safe to queue our
+    # alert to also index the labels
+    index_alert.delay(alert.pk)
+
     # Now that we have our routable items, we want to check which senders are
     # configured and expand those as needed
     senders = collections.defaultdict(set)
diff --git a/promgen/views.py b/promgen/views.py
index 15b808273..24cd6c4cf 100644
--- a/promgen/views.py
+++ b/promgen/views.py
@@ -1019,7 +1019,6 @@ def post(self, request, *args, **kwargs):
         # when we run tasks.process_alert
         alert = models.Alert.objects.create(body=request.body.decode("utf-8"))
         tasks.process_alert.delay(alert.pk)
-        tasks.index_alert.delay(alert.pk)
         return HttpResponse("OK", status=202)