diff --git a/backend/logger/logger.controller.ts b/backend/logger/logger.controller.ts
index d104e55..efce7b0 100644
--- a/backend/logger/logger.controller.ts
+++ b/backend/logger/logger.controller.ts
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import { db } from "../db/db.controller.js";
 import { logs } from "../db/schema/logs.schema.js";
 import { emitToRoom } from "../socket.io/roomEmitter.socket.js";
 import { tryCatch } from "../utils/trycatch.utils.js";
+import { notifySystemIssue } from "./logger.notify.js";
 //import build from "pino-abstract-transport";
 
 export const logLevel = process.env.LOG_LEVEL || "info";
@@ -45,6 +46,10 @@ const dbStream = new Writable({
 				console.error(res.error);
 			}
 
+			if (obj.notify) {
+				notifySystemIssue(obj);
+			}
+
 			if (obj.room) {
 				emitToRoom(obj.room, res.data ? res.data[0] : obj);
 			}
diff --git a/backend/logger/logger.notify.ts b/backend/logger/logger.notify.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..646b1ad
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/logger/logger.notify.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+/**
+ * For all logging that has notify set to true well send an email to the system admins, if we have a discord webhook set well send it there as well
+ */
+
+import { eq } from "drizzle-orm";
+import { db } from "../db/db.controller.js";
+import { user } from "../db/schema/auth.schema.js";
+import { sendEmail } from "../utils/sendEmail.utils.js";
+
+type NotifyData = {
+	module: string;
+	submodule: string;
+	hostname: string;
+	msg: string;
+	stack: unknown[];
+};
+
+export const notifySystemIssue = async (data: NotifyData) => {
+	// build the email out
+
+	const formattedError = Array.isArray(data.stack)
+		? data.stack.map((e: any) => e.error || e)
+		: data.stack;
+
+	const sysAdmin = await db
+		.select()
+		.from(user)
+		.where(eq(user.role, "systemAdmin"));
+
+	await sendEmail({
+		email: sysAdmin.map((r) => r.email).join("; ") ?? "cowchmonkey@gmail.com", // change to pull in system admin emails
+		subject: `${data.hostname} has encountered a critical issue.`,
+		template: "serverCritialIssue",
+		context: {
+			plant: data.hostname,
+			module: data.module,
+			subModule: data.submodule,
+			message: data.msg,
+			error: JSON.stringify(formattedError, null, 2),
+		},
+	});
+
+	// TODO: add discord
+};
diff --git a/backend/notification/notification.reprintLabels.ts b/backend/notification/notification.reprintLabels.ts
index 4e82dd7..2b5508b 100644
--- a/backend/notification/notification.reprintLabels.ts
+++ b/backend/notification/notification.reprintLabels.ts
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ const reprint = async (data: any, emails: string) => {
 			module: "notification",
 			subModule: "query",
 			message: `${data.name} encountered an error while trying to get initial info`,
-			data: [le],
+			data: le as any,
 			notify: true,
 		});
 	}
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ const reprint = async (data: any, emails: string) => {
 			module: "notification",
 			subModule: "query",
 			message: `Data for: ${l[0].name} encountered an error while trying to get it`,
-			data: [error],
+			data: error as any,
 			notify: true,
 		});
 	}
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ const reprint = async (data: any, emails: string) => {
 				module: "notification",
 				subModule: "query",
 				message: `Data for: ${l[0].name} encountered an error while trying to get it`,
-				data: [dbe],
+				data: dbe as any,
 				notify: true,
 			});
 		}
@@ -90,22 +90,13 @@ const reprint = async (data: any, emails: string) => {
 		});
 
 		if (!sentEmail?.success) {
-			// sendEmail({
-			// 	email: "Blake.matths@alpla.com",
-			// 	subject: `${os.hostname()} failed to run ${data[0]?.name}.`,
-			// 	template: "serverCrash",
-			// 	context: {
-			// 		error: sentEmail?.data,
-			// 		plant: `${os.hostname()}`,
-			// 	},
-			// });
 			return returnFunc({
 				success: false,
 				level: "error",
 				module: "notification",
 				subModule: "email",
 				message: `${l[0].name} failed to send the email`,
-				data: [sentEmail?.data],
+				data: sentEmail?.data as any,
 				notify: true,
 			});
 		}