diff --git a/cmd/lotus-provider/run.go b/cmd/lotus-provider/run.go
index 52196ac2f..cb0514d80 100644
--- a/cmd/lotus-provider/run.go
+++ b/cmd/lotus-provider/run.go
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ import (
 	lcli "github.com/filecoin-project/lotus/cli"
 	cliutil "github.com/filecoin-project/lotus/cli/util"
 	"github.com/filecoin-project/lotus/journal"
+	"github.com/filecoin-project/lotus/journal/alerting"
 	"github.com/filecoin-project/lotus/journal/fsjournal"
 	"github.com/filecoin-project/lotus/lib/harmony/harmonydb"
 	"github.com/filecoin-project/lotus/lib/harmony/harmonytask"
@@ -236,13 +237,15 @@ var runCmd = &cli.Command{
 		}
 		defer j.Close()
 
-		si := paths.NewIndexProxy( /*TODO Alerting*/ nil, db, true)
+		al := alerting.NewAlertingSystem(j)
+		si := paths.NewIndexProxy(al, db, true)
 
 		lstor, err := paths.NewLocal(ctx, lr, si, nil /*TODO URLs*/)
 		if err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
-		full, fullCloser, err := cliutil.GetFullNodeAPIV1LotusProvider(cctx, cfg.Apis.FULLNODE_API_INFO) // TODO switch this into DB entries.
+
+		full, fullCloser, err := cliutil.GetFullNodeAPIV1LotusProvider(cctx, cfg.Apis.FULLNODE_API_INFO)
 		if err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
@@ -254,7 +257,7 @@ var runCmd = &cli.Command{
 		}
 
 		stor := paths.NewRemote(lstor, si, http.Header(sa), 10, &paths.DefaultPartialFileHandler{})
-		mds, err := lr.Datastore(ctx, "/metadata")
+		mds, err := lr.Datastore(ctx, "/metadata") // TODO rm datastore after sector-info moves to DB
 		if err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
diff --git a/lib/harmony/harmonytask/harmonytask.go b/lib/harmony/harmonytask/harmonytask.go
index c382b91b1..2b3e66181 100644
--- a/lib/harmony/harmonytask/harmonytask.go
+++ b/lib/harmony/harmonytask/harmonytask.go
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ type TaskInterface interface {
 	// func (b *BazType)Adder(addTask AddTaskFunc) {
 	//	  for {
 	//      bazMaker := <- bazChannel
-	//	    addTask("baz", func(t harmonytask.TaskID, txn db.Transaction) bool {
+	//	    addTask("baz", func(t harmonytask.TaskID, txn db.Transaction) (bool, error) {
 	//	       _, err := txn.Exec(`INSERT INTO bazInfoTable (taskID, qix, mot)
 	//			  VALUES ($1,$2,$3)`, id, bazMaker.qix, bazMaker.mot)
 	//         if err != nil {
@@ -90,6 +90,12 @@ type TaskInterface interface {
 	Adder(AddTaskFunc)
 }
 
+// AddTaskFunc is responsible for adding a task's details "extra info" to the DB.
+// It should return true if the task should be added, false if it was already there.
+// This is typically accomplished with a "unique" index on your detals table that
+// would cause the insert to fail.
+// The error indicates that instead of a conflict (which we should ignore) that we
+// actually have a serious problem that needs to be logged with context.
 type AddTaskFunc func(extraInfo func(TaskID, *harmonydb.Tx) (bool, error))
 
 type TaskEngine struct {