diff --git a/template/stacks/observability/grafana-operator/manifests/grafana.yaml b/template/stacks/observability/grafana-operator/manifests/grafana.yaml
index c5fa295..1c47357 100644
--- a/template/stacks/observability/grafana-operator/manifests/grafana.yaml
+++ b/template/stacks/observability/grafana-operator/manifests/grafana.yaml
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ spec:
     metadata:
       annotations:
         everest.io/disk-volume-type: SATA
-        everest.io/crypt-key-id: {{{ .Env.PVC_KMS_KEY_ID }}}
     spec:
       storageClassName: csi-disk
       accessModes:
diff --git a/template/stacks/observability/victoria-k8s-stack/manifests/alerts.yaml b/template/stacks/observability/victoria-k8s-stack/manifests/alerts.yaml
index 9419609..f884bd9 100644
--- a/template/stacks/observability/victoria-k8s-stack/manifests/alerts.yaml
+++ b/template/stacks/observability/victoria-k8s-stack/manifests/alerts.yaml
@@ -11,19 +11,8 @@ spec:
           expr: sum by(cluster_environment) (up{pod=~"forgejo-server-.*"}) < 1
           for: 30s
           labels:
-            severity: critical
+            severity: major
             job:  "{{ $labels.job }}"
           annotations:
             value: "{{ $value }}"
             description: 'forgejo is down in cluster environment {{ $labels.cluster_environment }}'
-    - name: forgejo-backup
-      rules:
-        - alert: forgejo s3 backup job failed
-          expr: max by(cluster_environment) (kube_job_status_failed{job_name=~"forgejo-s3-backup-.*"}) != 0
-          for: 30s
-          labels:
-            severity: critical
-            job:  "{{ $labels.job }}"
-          annotations:
-            value: "{{ $value }}"
-            description: 'forgejo s3 backup job failed in cluster environment {{ $labels.cluster_environment }}'
diff --git a/template/stacks/observability/victoria-k8s-stack/values.yaml b/template/stacks/observability/victoria-k8s-stack/values.yaml
index e421957..f3b5241 100644
--- a/template/stacks/observability/victoria-k8s-stack/values.yaml
+++ b/template/stacks/observability/victoria-k8s-stack/values.yaml
@@ -542,13 +542,12 @@ alertmanager:
   # -- (object) Alertmanager configuration
   config:
     route:
-      receiver: "blackhole"
+      receiver: "outlook"
       routes: 
         - matchers:
-            - severity=~"critical|major"
+            - alertname=~".*"
           receiver: outlook
     receivers:
-      - name: blackhole
       - name: outlook
         email_configs:
           - smarthost: 'mail.mms-support.de:465'