diff --git a/server.js b/server.js
index a80e3f5..0ef5aa0 100644
--- a/server.js
+++ b/server.js
@@ -485,9 +485,11 @@ async function boot() {
   videosweep.init({ dataDir: DATA_DIR, fs, path, db, videoCheck,
     alert: async text => {
       const sc = siteConfig();
+      // Admin channels ONLY. This names a member's campaign and their email, so it must never
+      // fall back to the shared payments topic where the whole team would read it.
       if (sc.telegramBotToken && sc.telegramAdminChatId) return telegramSend(sc.telegramAdminChatId, text);
-      if (sc.telegramBotToken && sc.telegramEchoChatId) return telegramSend(sc.telegramEchoChatId, text, sc.telegramEchoTopicId);
       if (ADMIN_EMAIL && mailer.hasKey()) return mailer.send(ADMIN_EMAIL, 'InstantAdPay: broken video sources', text.replace(/<[^>]+>/g, ''));
+      console.log('videosweep: no admin channel configured, alert not sent');
     } });
   videosweep.start();
   toolkit.init({ dataDir: DATA_DIR, ads, accounts, siteConfig, coach, messages, promos, videomaker, chain });