diff --git a/engine/src/main/java/org/archive/crawler/framework/CrawlController.java b/engine/src/main/java/org/archive/crawler/framework/CrawlController.java
index af8ef44d..5193a8ce 100644
--- a/engine/src/main/java/org/archive/crawler/framework/CrawlController.java
+++ b/engine/src/main/java/org/archive/crawler/framework/CrawlController.java
@@ -42,7 +42,6 @@ import org.archive.modules.FetchChain;
 import org.archive.modules.net.ServerCache;
 import org.archive.modules.seeds.SeedModule;
 import org.archive.spring.ConfigPath;
-import org.archive.util.ArchiveUtils;
 import org.archive.util.ReportUtils;
 import org.springframework.beans.BeansException;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
diff --git a/engine/src/main/java/org/archive/crawler/framework/CrawlJob.java b/engine/src/main/java/org/archive/crawler/framework/CrawlJob.java
index 230c48e2..3dff8865 100644
--- a/engine/src/main/java/org/archive/crawler/framework/CrawlJob.java
+++ b/engine/src/main/java/org/archive/crawler/framework/CrawlJob.java
@@ -99,7 +99,6 @@ public class CrawlJob implements Comparable<CrawlJob>, ApplicationListener<Appli
         primaryConfig = cxml; 
         isLaunchInfoPartial = false;
         scanJobLog(); // XXX look at launch directories instead/first? 
-        alertThreadGroup = new AlertThreadGroup(getShortName());
     }
     
     public File getPrimaryConfig() {
@@ -711,7 +710,11 @@ public class CrawlJob implements Comparable<CrawlJob>, ApplicationListener<Appli
     }
 
     public int getAlertCount() {
-        return alertThreadGroup.getAlertCount();
+        if (alertThreadGroup != null) {
+            return alertThreadGroup.getAlertCount();
+        } else {
+            return 0;
+        }
     }
     
     protected StatisticsTracker getStats() {