diff --git a/src/Checker.js b/src/Checker.js
index 2edd4f7..b2ff7de 100644
--- a/src/Checker.js
+++ b/src/Checker.js
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 const moment = require('moment');
 const _ = require('lodash');
 
+const { getLogger } = require('./logger');
 const { DEPLOYMENT_STATES } = require('./consts');
 
 class Checker {
@@ -30,14 +31,23 @@ class Checker {
 
     this._updateTaskDefs(serviceNames, serviceStates);
 
-    return {
-      serviceDeployStates,
+    const alerts = {
       serviceDeployingAlerts,
       serviceScalingAlerts,
       serviceRecoverAlerts,
       serviceDeployDoneAlerts,
       serviceDeployTimeoutAlerts,
     };
+
+    if (this._hasAlerts(alerts)) {
+      getLogger().debug('An alert was created', { ...serviceDeployStates });
+    }
+
+    return { ...alerts, serviceDeployStates };
+  }
+
+  _hasAlerts(iterationResults) {
+    return _.some(_.mapValues(iterationResults, list => list.length > 0));
   }
 
   _getDeploymentStates(serviceNames, newStates) {
diff --git a/src/checker-loop.js b/src/checker-loop.js
index 4b5a5ca..4698a88 100644
--- a/src/checker-loop.js
+++ b/src/checker-loop.js
@@ -6,13 +6,12 @@ const { getLogger, loggerInit } = require('./logger');
 const Checker = require('./Checker');
 const ecsApi = require('./ecs-api');
 const Messager = require('./Messager');
-const utils = require('./utils');
 const defaults = require('./defaults');
 
 const { DEPLOYMENT_STATES } = require('./consts');
 
 async function runCheck(params, messageSender, messageFormatter) {
-  const { providedLogger, serviceNamesOverride, checkIntervalSeconds, secondsUntilAlert, logInterval, refreshServicesInterval, ecsCluster, ecsRegion } = _.merge(defaults, params);
+  const { providedLogger, serviceNamesOverride, checkIntervalSeconds, secondsUntilAlert, refreshServicesInterval, ecsCluster, ecsRegion } = _.merge(defaults, params);
   loggerInit(providedLogger);
   ecsApi.initECS(ecsRegion);
 
@@ -30,13 +29,10 @@ async function runCheck(params, messageSender, messageFormatter) {
 
   const initialServiceStates = await ecsApi.runCheckInBatches(ecsCluster, serviceNameBatches);
   const checker = new Checker(secondsUntilAlert, initialServiceStates);
-  const intervalLogger = utils.runInInterval(logInterval, utils.printLogContent);
 
   setInterval(async () => {
     const serviceStates = await ecsApi.runCheckInBatches(ecsCluster, serviceNameBatches);
     const results = checker.iterate(serviceStates);
-
-    intervalLogger(results.serviceDeployStates);
     await messager.sendMessages(results);
   }, checkIntervalSeconds * 1000);
 }
diff --git a/src/defaults.js b/src/defaults.js
index 5af47d8..a13173a 100644
--- a/src/defaults.js
+++ b/src/defaults.js
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ module.exports = {
   serviceNamesOverride: [],
   checkIntervalSeconds: 5,
   secondsUntilAlert: 60,
-  logInterval: 5,
   refreshServicesInterval: 20,
   ecsCluster: null,
 };
diff --git a/src/utils.js b/src/utils.js
deleted file mode 100644
index adc569c..0000000
--- a/src/utils.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,23 +0,0 @@
-'use strict';
-
-const { getLogger } = require('./logger');
-
-function runInInterval(interval, func) {
-  let logIntervalCounter = 0;
-  return logContent => {
-    logIntervalCounter += 1;
-    if (logIntervalCounter === interval) {
-      func(logContent);
-      logIntervalCounter = 0;
-    }
-  };
-}
-
-function printLogContent(logContent) {
-  getLogger().debug(JSON.stringify(logContent));
-}
-
-module.exports = {
-  runInInterval,
-  printLogContent,
-};
diff --git a/tests/checker-alert-creation.test.js b/tests/checker-alert-creation.test.js
index 5588771..8fadf11 100644
--- a/tests/checker-alert-creation.test.js
+++ b/tests/checker-alert-creation.test.js
@@ -3,6 +3,9 @@
 const moment = require('moment');
 const { mockResults, checkAlerts } = require('./test-utils');
 const Checker = require('../src/Checker');
+const { loggerInit } = require('../src/logger');
+
+loggerInit(console);
 
 describe('Deployment checker', () => {
   let checker;
diff --git a/tests/checker-status-calculations.test.js b/tests/checker-status-calculations.test.js
index b94ec82..6ae3cab 100644
--- a/tests/checker-status-calculations.test.js
+++ b/tests/checker-status-calculations.test.js
@@ -3,6 +3,9 @@
 const { DEPLOYMENT_STATES } = require('../src/consts');
 const { mockResults } = require('./test-utils');
 const Checker = require('../src/Checker');
+const { loggerInit } = require('../src/logger');
+
+loggerInit(console);
 
 describe('Deployment checker', () => {
   let checker;