diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index c390b9f33..d647abc7a 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 - Geth Traces depth reduced ([#562](https://github.com/iamdefinitelyahuman/brownie/pull/562))
 - Ganache gasCost in traces (ganache bug) ([#562](https://github.com/iamdefinitelyahuman/brownie/pull/562))
 - Decoding error when contracts use the same event signature with different argument indexing ([#575](https://github.com/iamdefinitelyahuman/brownie/pull/575))
+- Repeated alerts will now run indefinitely, instead of twice
 
 ## [1.8.9](https://github.com/iamdefinitelyahuman/brownie/tree/v1.8.9) - 2020-05-26
 ### Changed
diff --git a/brownie/network/alert.py b/brownie/network/alert.py
index da44a2f74..5efeb1355 100644
--- a/brownie/network/alert.py
+++ b/brownie/network/alert.py
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ def _loop(
                 start_value = value
                 if not repeat:
                     repeat = None
-                elif isinstance(repeat, int):
+                elif isinstance(repeat, int) and not isinstance(repeat, bool):
                     repeat -= 1
         finally:
             _instances.discard(self)