diff --git a/app/jobs/regular/post_alert.rb b/app/jobs/regular/post_alert.rb
index 99b1860c5f2..6d319b75a10 100644
--- a/app/jobs/regular/post_alert.rb
+++ b/app/jobs/regular/post_alert.rb
@@ -2,8 +2,10 @@ module Jobs
   class PostAlert < Jobs::Base
 
     def execute(args)
-      post = Post.find(args[:post_id])
-      PostAlerter.post_created(post)
+      # maybe it was removed by the time we are making the post
+      if post = Post.find_by(id: args[:post_id])
+        PostAlerter.post_created(post)
+      end
     end
 
   end