diff --git a/catalog/dags/common/slack.py b/catalog/dags/common/slack.py
index 4365d003af7..a671b96bb8a 100644
--- a/catalog/dags/common/slack.py
+++ b/catalog/dags/common/slack.py
@@ -295,7 +295,7 @@ def should_send_message(
 
     # Exit early if this DAG is configured to skip Slack messaging
     if should_silence_message(text, username, dag_id, task_id):
-        log.info(f"Skipping Slack notification for {dag_id}::{task_id}.")
+        log.info(f"Skipping silenced Slack notification for {dag_id}::{task_id}.")
         return False
 
     # Exit early if we aren't on production or if force alert is not set
@@ -303,7 +303,15 @@ def should_send_message(
     force_message = Variable.get(
         "SLACK_MESSAGE_OVERRIDE", default_var=False, deserialize_json=True
     )
-    return environment == "prod" or force_message
+    if not (environment == "prod" or force_message):
+        log.info(
+            f"Skipping Slack notification for {dag_id}:{task_id} in"
+            f" `{environment}` environment. To send the notification, enable"
+            " the `SLACK_MESSAGE_OVERRIDE` variable."
+        )
+        return False
+
+    return True
 
 
 def send_message(
diff --git a/catalog/dags/elasticsearch_cluster/shared.py b/catalog/dags/elasticsearch_cluster/shared.py
index ef53d0fade8..02fcb315cc6 100644
--- a/catalog/dags/elasticsearch_cluster/shared.py
+++ b/catalog/dags/elasticsearch_cluster/shared.py
@@ -8,4 +8,4 @@
 @task
 def get_es_host(environment: Environment) -> XComArg:
     conn = Connection.get_connection_from_secrets(f"elasticsearch_http_{environment}")
-    return conn.host
+    return conn.get_uri()
diff --git a/catalog/entrypoint.sh b/catalog/entrypoint.sh
index 24d199d9233..7e7eab937d8 100755
--- a/catalog/entrypoint.sh
+++ b/catalog/entrypoint.sh
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ function header() {
 if [ "$1" == help ] || [ "$1" == --help ]; then help_text && exit 0; fi
 sleep 0.1 # The $COLUMNS variable takes a moment to populate
 
-# Reformat Airflow connections that use https
+# Reformat Slack Airflow connections
 header "MODIFYING ENVIRONMENT"
 # Loop through environment variables, relying on naming conventions.
 # Bash loops with pipes occur in a subprocess, so we need to do some special
@@ -57,7 +57,8 @@ while read -r var_string; do
   echo "    New Value: $new_value"
   # set the environment variable
   export "$var_name"="$new_value"
-  # only include airflow connections with http somewhere in the string
-done < <(env | grep "^AIRFLOW_CONN[A-Z_]\+=http.*$")
+
+  # only include Slack airflow connections
+done < <(env | grep "^AIRFLOW_CONN_SLACK*")
 
 exec /entrypoint "$@"