diff --git a/alerting/provider/discord/discord.go b/alerting/provider/discord/discord.go
index bdf46baa..348a5299 100644
--- a/alerting/provider/discord/discord.go
+++ b/alerting/provider/discord/discord.go
@@ -16,27 +16,6 @@ type AlertProvider struct {
 	DefaultAlert *core.Alert `yaml:"default-alert"`
 }
 
-//func (provider *AlertProvider) ParseWithDefaultAlert(alert *core.Alert) {
-//	if provider.DefaultAlert == nil {
-//		return
-//	}
-//	if alert.Enabled == nil {
-//		alert.Enabled = provider.DefaultAlert.Enabled
-//	}
-//	if alert.SendOnResolved == nil {
-//		alert.SendOnResolved = provider.DefaultAlert.SendOnResolved
-//	}
-//	if len(alert.Description) == 0 {
-//		alert.Description = provider.DefaultAlert.Description
-//	}
-//	if alert.FailureThreshold == 0 {
-//		alert.FailureThreshold = provider.DefaultAlert.FailureThreshold
-//	}
-//	if alert.SuccessThreshold == 0 {
-//		alert.SuccessThreshold = provider.DefaultAlert.SuccessThreshold
-//	}
-//}
-
 // IsValid returns whether the provider's configuration is valid
 func (provider *AlertProvider) IsValid() bool {
 	return len(provider.WebhookURL) > 0
diff --git a/alerting/provider/provider_test.go b/alerting/provider/provider_test.go
index 7bda7baf..8b98b1ed 100644
--- a/alerting/provider/provider_test.go
+++ b/alerting/provider/provider_test.go
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ func TestParseWithDefaultAlert(t *testing.T) {
 				SuccessThreshold: 10,
 			},
 			ServiceAlert: &core.Alert{
-				Type:             core.DiscordAlert,
+				Type:             core.TelegramAlert,
 				Enabled:          &enabled,
 				SendOnResolved:   &enabled,
 				Description:      &secondDescription,
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ func TestParseWithDefaultAlert(t *testing.T) {
 				SuccessThreshold: 11,
 			},
 			ExpectedOutputAlert: &core.Alert{
-				Type:             core.DiscordAlert,
+				Type:             core.TelegramAlert,
 				Enabled:          &enabled,
 				SendOnResolved:   &enabled,
 				Description:      &secondDescription,
diff --git a/config/config_test.go b/config/config_test.go
index 279794c8..eb1551a9 100644
--- a/config/config_test.go
+++ b/config/config_test.go
@@ -507,6 +507,8 @@ services:
 
 func TestParseAndValidateConfigBytesWithAlertingAndDefaultAlert(t *testing.T) {
 	config, err := parseAndValidateConfigBytes([]byte(`
+debug: true
+
 alerting:
   slack:
     webhook-url: "http://example.com"
@@ -582,19 +584,36 @@ services:
 	if config.Alerting.Slack == nil || !config.Alerting.Slack.IsValid() {
 		t.Fatal("Slack alerting config should've been valid")
 	}
+	if config.Alerting.Slack.GetDefaultAlert() == nil {
+		t.Fatal("Slack.GetDefaultAlert() shouldn't have returned nil")
+	}
 	if config.Alerting.Slack.WebhookURL != "http://example.com" {
 		t.Errorf("Slack webhook should've been %s, but was %s", "http://example.com", config.Alerting.Slack.WebhookURL)
 	}
+
 	if config.Alerting.PagerDuty == nil || !config.Alerting.PagerDuty.IsValid() {
 		t.Fatal("PagerDuty alerting config should've been valid")
 	}
+	if config.Alerting.PagerDuty.GetDefaultAlert() == nil {
+		t.Fatal("PagerDuty.GetDefaultAlert() shouldn't have returned nil")
+	}
 	if config.Alerting.PagerDuty.IntegrationKey != "00000000000000000000000000000000" {
 		t.Errorf("PagerDuty integration key should've been %s, but was %s", "00000000000000000000000000000000", config.Alerting.PagerDuty.IntegrationKey)
 	}
 
+	if config.Alerting.Mattermost == nil || !config.Alerting.Mattermost.IsValid() {
+		t.Fatal("Mattermost alerting config should've been valid")
+	}
+	if config.Alerting.Mattermost.GetDefaultAlert() == nil {
+		t.Fatal("Mattermost.GetDefaultAlert() shouldn't have returned nil")
+	}
+
 	if config.Alerting.Messagebird == nil || !config.Alerting.Messagebird.IsValid() {
 		t.Fatal("Messagebird alerting config should've been valid")
 	}
+	if config.Alerting.Messagebird.GetDefaultAlert() == nil {
+		t.Fatal("Messagebird.GetDefaultAlert() shouldn't have returned nil")
+	}
 	if config.Alerting.Messagebird.AccessKey != "1" {
 		t.Errorf("Messagebird access key should've been %s, but was %s", "1", config.Alerting.Messagebird.AccessKey)
 	}
@@ -608,18 +627,34 @@ services:
 	if config.Alerting.Discord == nil || !config.Alerting.Discord.IsValid() {
 		t.Fatal("Discord alerting config should've been valid")
 	}
+	if config.Alerting.Discord.GetDefaultAlert() == nil {
+		t.Fatal("Discord.GetDefaultAlert() shouldn't have returned nil")
+	}
 	if config.Alerting.Discord.WebhookURL != "http://example.org" {
 		t.Errorf("Discord webhook should've been %s, but was %s", "http://example.org", config.Alerting.Discord.WebhookURL)
 	}
+	if GetAlertingProviderByAlertType(config, core.DiscordAlert) != config.Alerting.Discord {
+		t.Error("expected discord configuration")
+	}
 
+	if config.Alerting.Telegram == nil || !config.Alerting.Telegram.IsValid() {
+		t.Fatal("Telegram alerting config should've been valid")
+	}
+	if config.Alerting.Telegram.GetDefaultAlert() == nil {
+		t.Fatal("Telegram.GetDefaultAlert() shouldn't have returned nil")
+	}
 	if config.Alerting.Telegram.Token != "123456:ABC-DEF1234ghIkl-zyx57W2v1u123ew11" {
 		t.Errorf("Telegram token should've been %s, but was %s", "123456:ABC-DEF1234ghIkl-zyx57W2v1u123ew11", config.Alerting.Telegram.Token)
 	}
 	if config.Alerting.Telegram.ID != "0123456789" {
 		t.Errorf("Telegram ID should've been %s, but was %s", "012345689", config.Alerting.Telegram.ID)
 	}
-	if GetAlertingProviderByAlertType(config, core.DiscordAlert) != config.Alerting.Discord {
-		t.Error("expected discord configuration")
+
+	if config.Alerting.Twilio == nil || !config.Alerting.Twilio.IsValid() {
+		t.Fatal("Twilio alerting config should've been valid")
+	}
+	if config.Alerting.Twilio.GetDefaultAlert() == nil {
+		t.Fatal("Twilio.GetDefaultAlert() shouldn't have returned nil")
 	}
 	// Services
 	if len(config.Services) != 1 {