diff --git a/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/alerts/AlertManager.java b/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/alerts/AlertManager.java
index 03bbe5ad8b1..59ee95342fa 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/alerts/AlertManager.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/alerts/AlertManager.java
@@ -216,9 +216,9 @@ public class AlertManager extends AbstractComponent {
      * For testing only to clear the alerts and actions between tests.
      */
     public void clear() {
+        actionManager.restart();
         scheduler.clear();
         alertsStore.clear();
-        actionManager.restart();
     }
 
     private void internalStop() {
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/alerts/AlertsStore.java b/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/alerts/AlertsStore.java
index 192bc9dd70b..f8d23242d04 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/alerts/AlertsStore.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/alerts/AlertsStore.java
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ public class AlertsStore extends AbstractComponent {
 
     private boolean verifySameInstance(Alert alert) {
         Alert found = alertMap.get(alert.alertName());
-        assert found == alert : "expected " + alert + " but got" + found;
+        assert found == alert : "expected " + alert + " but got " + found;
         return true;
     }
 
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/alerts/NoMasterNodeTests.java b/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/alerts/NoMasterNodeTests.java
index 12821344764..322a003f661 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/alerts/NoMasterNodeTests.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/alerts/NoMasterNodeTests.java
@@ -90,6 +90,7 @@ public class NoMasterNodeTests extends AbstractAlertingTests {
     public void testMultipleFailures() throws Exception {
         int numberOfFailures = scaledRandomIntBetween(2, 9);
         int numberOfAlerts = scaledRandomIntBetween(numberOfFailures, 12);
+        logger.info("Number of failures [{}], number of alerts [{}]", numberOfFailures, numberOfAlerts);
         config = new ClusterDiscoveryConfiguration.UnicastZen(2 + numberOfFailures);
         internalTestCluster().startNodesAsync(2).get();
         createIndex("my-index");