diff --git a/pkg/alerting/rules/alertrules.go b/pkg/alerting/rules/alertrules.go
index 22cd0f1..18ed3ce 100644
--- a/pkg/alerting/rules/alertrules.go
+++ b/pkg/alerting/rules/alertrules.go
@@ -8,10 +8,14 @@ import (
 
 type AlertRules []AlertRule
 
-func (ars *AlertRules) Apply(t time.Time, coversOpts ...ruletime.CoversOption) float64 {
+func (ars AlertRules) Apply(t time.Time, coversOpts ...ruletime.CoversOption) float64 {
+	if ars == nil || len(ars) < 1 {
+		return 1.0
+	}
+
 	final := 1.0
 
-	for _, ar := range *ars {
+	for _, ar := range ars {
 		if ar.MatchTime(t, coversOpts...) {
 			final *= float64(ar.ScoreMultiplier)
 		}
diff --git a/pkg/alerting/rules/alertrules_test.go b/pkg/alerting/rules/alertrules_test.go
index 22c1564..8f4e5f7 100644
--- a/pkg/alerting/rules/alertrules_test.go
+++ b/pkg/alerting/rules/alertrules_test.go
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@ import (
 )
 
 func TestAlertConfig(t *testing.T) {
-	ac := talkgroups.NewAlertConfig()
 	parseTests := []struct {
 		name      string
 		tg        talkgroups.ID
@@ -57,6 +56,8 @@ func TestAlertConfig(t *testing.T) {
 		},
 	}
 
+	tgc := make(map[talkgroups.ID]rules.AlertRules)
+
 	for _, tc := range parseTests {
 		t.Run(tc.name, func(t *testing.T) {
 			var ar rules.AlertRules
@@ -65,8 +66,8 @@ func TestAlertConfig(t *testing.T) {
 				require.Error(t, err)
 				assert.Contains(t, err.Error(), tc.expectErr.Error())
 			} else {
-				ac.Add(tc.tg, ar)
-				assert.Equal(t, tc.compare, ac.GetRules(tc.tg))
+				tgc[tc.tg] = ar
+				assert.Equal(t, tc.compare, ar)
 			}
 		})
 	}
@@ -130,7 +131,7 @@ func TestAlertConfig(t *testing.T) {
 				ID:    tc.tg,
 				Score: tc.origScore,
 			}
-			assert.Equal(t, tc.expectScore, toFixed(cs.Score*ac.ApplyAlertRules(cs.ID, tc.t), 5))
+			assert.Equal(t, tc.expectScore, toFixed(cs.Score*tgc[cs.ID].Apply(tc.t), 5))
 		})
 	}
 }
diff --git a/pkg/talkgroups/alertconfig.go b/pkg/talkgroups/alertconfig.go
deleted file mode 100644
index eaa7294..0000000
--- a/pkg/talkgroups/alertconfig.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,53 +0,0 @@
-package talkgroups
-
-import (
-	"sync"
-	"time"
-
-	"dynatron.me/x/stillbox/internal/ruletime"
-	"dynatron.me/x/stillbox/pkg/alerting/rules"
-)
-
-type AlertConfig struct {
-	sync.RWMutex
-	m map[ID]rules.AlertRules
-}
-
-func NewAlertConfig() AlertConfig {
-	return AlertConfig{
-		m: make(map[ID]rules.AlertRules),
-	}
-}
-
-func (ac *AlertConfig) Add(tg ID, r rules.AlertRules) error {
-	ac.Lock()
-	defer ac.Unlock()
-
-	ac.m[tg] = r
-	return nil
-}
-
-func (ac *AlertConfig) GetRules(tg ID) rules.AlertRules {
-	ac.RLock()
-	defer ac.RUnlock()
-
-	return ac.m[tg]
-}
-
-func (ac *AlertConfig) ApplyAlertRules(id ID, t time.Time, coversOpts ...ruletime.CoversOption) float64 {
-	ac.RLock()
-	s, has := ac.m[id]
-	ac.RUnlock()
-	if !has {
-		return 1.0
-	}
-
-	return s.Apply(t, coversOpts...)
-}
-
-func (ac *AlertConfig) Invalidate() {
-	ac.Lock()
-	defer ac.Unlock()
-
-	clear(ac.m)
-}
diff --git a/pkg/talkgroups/cache.go b/pkg/talkgroups/cache.go
index 9e14588..e5463c7 100644
--- a/pkg/talkgroups/cache.go
+++ b/pkg/talkgroups/cache.go
@@ -6,8 +6,6 @@ import (
 	"sync"
 	"time"
 
-	"dynatron.me/x/stillbox/internal/ruletime"
-
 	"dynatron.me/x/stillbox/pkg/config"
 	"dynatron.me/x/stillbox/pkg/database"
 
@@ -38,9 +36,6 @@ type Store interface {
 	// SystemName retrieves a system name from the store. It returns the record and whether one was found.
 	SystemName(ctx context.Context, id int) (string, bool)
 
-	// ApplyAlertRules applies the score's talkgroup alert rules to the call occurring at t and returns the weighted score.
-	ApplyAlertRules(id ID, t time.Time, coversOpts ...ruletime.CoversOption) float64
-
 	// Hint hints the Store that the provided talkgroups will be asked for.
 	Hint(ctx context.Context, tgs []ID) error
 
@@ -83,12 +78,10 @@ func (t *cache) Invalidate() {
 	defer t.Unlock()
 	clear(t.tgs)
 	clear(t.systems)
-	t.AlertConfig.Invalidate()
 }
 
 type cache struct {
 	sync.RWMutex
-	AlertConfig
 	tgs     tgMap
 	systems map[int32]string
 }
@@ -96,9 +89,8 @@ type cache struct {
 // NewCache returns a new cache Store.
 func NewCache() Store {
 	tgc := &cache{
-		tgs:         make(tgMap),
-		systems:     make(map[int32]string),
-		AlertConfig: NewAlertConfig(),
+		tgs:     make(tgMap),
+		systems: make(map[int32]string),
 	}
 
 	return tgc
@@ -139,8 +131,6 @@ func (t *cache) add(rec *Talkgroup) error {
 	t.tgs[tg] = rec
 	t.systems[int32(rec.System.ID)] = rec.System.Name
 
-	t.AlertConfig.Add(tg, rec.AlertConfig)
-
 	return nil
 }
 
@@ -231,7 +221,7 @@ func (t *cache) Weight(ctx context.Context, id ID, tm time.Time) float64 {
 
 	m := float64(tg.Weight)
 
-	m *= t.AlertConfig.ApplyAlertRules(id, tm)
+	m *= tg.AlertConfig.Apply(tm)
 
 	return float64(m)
 }