diff --git a/pkg/types/ruletypes/api_params.go b/pkg/types/ruletypes/api_params.go
index 0303ed7a54b9..cf51225c2122 100644
--- a/pkg/types/ruletypes/api_params.go
+++ b/pkg/types/ruletypes/api_params.go
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ func ParseIntoRule(initRule PostableRule, content []byte, kind RuleDataKind) (*P
 
 	//added alerts v2 fields
 	rule.RuleCondition.Thresholds = append(rule.RuleCondition.Thresholds,
-		NewBasicRuleThreshold(rule.AlertName, rule.RuleCondition.Target, 0, rule.RuleCondition.MatchType, rule.RuleCondition.CompareOp, rule.RuleCondition.SelectedQuery, rule.RuleCondition.TargetUnit, rule.RuleCondition.CompositeQuery.Unit))
+		NewBasicRuleThreshold(rule.AlertName, rule.RuleCondition.Target, nil, rule.RuleCondition.MatchType, rule.RuleCondition.CompareOp, rule.RuleCondition.SelectedQuery, rule.RuleCondition.TargetUnit, rule.RuleCondition.CompositeQuery.Unit))
 	rule.Evaluation = NewEvaluation("rolling", RollingWindow{EvalWindow: rule.EvalWindow, Frequency: rule.Frequency, RequiredNumPoints: rule.RuleCondition.RequiredNumPoints, RequireMinPoints: rule.RuleCondition.RequireMinPoints})
 	return rule, nil
 }