diff --git a/core/src/api/update.rs b/core/src/api/update.rs
index 34bfc4b6f..372a35af1 100644
--- a/core/src/api/update.rs
+++ b/core/src/api/update.rs
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ pub fn router() -> Router {
              Query(value): Query<Value>| async move {
                 let offset = value
                     .get("offset")
-                    .map(|v| v.as_u64().unwrap_or(0))
+                    .map(|v| v.as_str().unwrap_or("0").parse().unwrap_or(0))
                     .unwrap_or(0);
                 let target = serde_json::from_str::<UpdateTarget>(&value.to_string()).ok();
                 let updates = state
diff --git a/core/src/monitoring.rs b/core/src/monitoring.rs
index 481c44802..70922f4e2 100644
--- a/core/src/monitoring.rs
+++ b/core/src/monitoring.rs
@@ -31,13 +31,16 @@ impl State {
             }
             for (server, res) in servers.unwrap() {
                 if let Err(e) = res {
-                    println!("server unreachable: {e:?}");
-                    if let Some(slack) = &self.slack {
-                        let (header, info) = generate_unreachable_message(&server);
-                        let res = slack.send_message_with_header(&header, info.clone()).await;
-                        if let Err(e) = res {
-                            eprintln!("failed to send message to slack: {e} | header: {header} | info: {info:?}")
+                    if e.to_string().contains("error trying to connect") {
+                        if let Some(slack) = &self.slack {
+                            let (header, info) = generate_unreachable_message(&server);
+                            let res = slack.send_message_with_header(&header, info.clone()).await;
+                            if let Err(e) = res {
+                                eprintln!("failed to send message to slack: {e} | header: {header} | info: {info:?}")
+                            }
                         }
+                    } else {
+                        println!("failed to get stats from {}: {e:?}", server.name);
                     }
                     continue;
                 }