diff --git a/src/apphealthmonitor.js b/src/apphealthmonitor.js
index 5f6c480a5..f16592e20 100644
--- a/src/apphealthmonitor.js
+++ b/src/apphealthmonitor.js
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ function processDockerEvents() {
                 debug('OOM Context: %s', context);
 
                 // do not send mails for dev apps
-                if (app.appStoreId !== '') mailer.sendCrashNotification(program, context); // app can be null if it's an addon crash
+                if (error || app.appStoreId !== '') mailer.sendCrashNotification(program, context); // app can be null if it's an addon crash
             });
         });