diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index ea9396c..35e2102 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -113,19 +113,19 @@ func (rcv *receiver) singleAlertNotifications(p *payload) []*notification {
 		if rcv.cfg.am.SilenceDuration != 0 && alert.Status == "firing" {
 			if rcv.cfg.BaseURL == "" {
 				rcv.logger.Error("Failed to create silence action: No base-url set")
-			}
+			} else {
+				// I could not convince ntfy to accept an Action with a body which contains
+				// a json with more than one key. Instead the json will be base64 encoded
+				// and sent to the ntfy-alertmanager silences endpoint, that operates as
+				// a proxy and will do the Alertmanager API request.
+				s := &silenceBody{AlertManagerURL: p.ExternalURL, Labels: alert.Labels}
+				b, err := json.Marshal(s)
+				if err != nil {
+					rcv.logger.Errorf("Failed to create silence action: %v", err)
+				}
 
-			// I could not convince ntfy to accept an Action with a body which contains
-			// a json with more than one key. Instead the json will be base64 encoded
-			// and sent to the ntfy-alertmanager silences endpoint, that operates as
-			// a proxy and will do the Alertmanager API request.
-			s := &silenceBody{AlertManagerURL: p.ExternalURL, Labels: alert.Labels}
-			b, err := json.Marshal(s)
-			if err != nil {
-				rcv.logger.Errorf("Failed to create silence action: %v", err)
+				n.silenceBody = base64.StdEncoding.EncodeToString(b)
 			}
-
-			n.silenceBody = base64.StdEncoding.EncodeToString(b)
 		}
 
 		notifications = append(notifications, n)
@@ -202,15 +202,16 @@ func (rcv *receiver) multiAlertNotification(p *payload) *notification {
 	if rcv.cfg.am.SilenceDuration != 0 && p.Status == "firing" {
 		if rcv.cfg.BaseURL == "" {
 			rcv.logger.Error("Failed to create silence action: No base-url set")
-		}
+		} else {
 
-		s := &silenceBody{AlertManagerURL: p.ExternalURL, Labels: p.CommonLabels}
-		b, err := json.Marshal(s)
-		if err != nil {
-			rcv.logger.Errorf("Failed to create silence action: %v", err)
-		}
+			s := &silenceBody{AlertManagerURL: p.ExternalURL, Labels: p.CommonLabels}
+			b, err := json.Marshal(s)
+			if err != nil {
+				rcv.logger.Errorf("Failed to create silence action: %v", err)
+			}
 
-		n.silenceBody = base64.StdEncoding.EncodeToString(b)
+			n.silenceBody = base64.StdEncoding.EncodeToString(b)
+		}
 	}
 
 	return n