diff --git a/api/build.sh b/api/build.sh
index ba160e6ee..2b7f06e5e 100644
--- a/api/build.sh
+++ b/api/build.sh
@@ -39,8 +39,9 @@ function build_api(){
 check_prereq
 build_api $1
 echo buil_complete
-IMAGE_TAG=$IMAGE_TAG PUSH_IMAGE=$PUSH_IMAGE DOCKER_REPO=$DOCKER_REPO bash build_alerts.sh $1
+source build_alerts.sh $1
 
 [[ $1 == "ee" ]] && {
   IMAGE_TAG=$IMAGE_TAG PUSH_IMAGE=$PUSH_IMAGE DOCKER_REPO=$DOCKER_REPO bash build_crons.sh $1
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
+echo "api done"
diff --git a/api/build_alerts.sh b/api/build_alerts.sh
index 88dc24b5e..5a098b70c 100644
--- a/api/build_alerts.sh
+++ b/api/build_alerts.sh
@@ -41,9 +41,8 @@ envarg="default-foss"
 check_prereq() {
     which docker || {
         echo "Docker not installed, please install docker."
-        exit=1
+        exit 1
     }
-    [[ exit -eq 1 ]] && exit 1
 }
 
 function build_api(){