diff --git a/services/app-messages.js b/services/app-messages.js
index 8482d7e..2654ec1 100644
--- a/services/app-messages.js
+++ b/services/app-messages.js
@@ -12,8 +12,7 @@
             },
             ping: {
                 tooRecent: 'Can\'t accept the request because the minimum seconds between pings is %s and you pinged us %s seconds ago.',
-                readResource: 'The ping was cancelled because there was an error reading the resource at URL %s.',
-                noSubscriptions: 'No subscriptions found for <a href="%s">resource</a>.'
+                readResource: 'The ping was cancelled because there was an error reading the resource at URL %s.'
             }
         },
         log: {
diff --git a/services/notify-subscribers.js b/services/notify-subscribers.js
index 6e1713b..fd72b0b 100644
--- a/services/notify-subscribers.js
+++ b/services/notify-subscribers.js
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
         var apiurl, subscriptions;
 
         if (undefined === data.subscriptions[resourceUrl]) {
-            return callback(sprintf(appMessage.error.ping.noSubscriptions, resourceUrl));
+            return callback(null);
         }
 
         subscriptions = data.subscriptions[resourceUrl];
diff --git a/services/ping.js b/services/ping.js
index 167f4ef..11f69a4 100644
--- a/services/ping.js
+++ b/services/ping.js
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
     var appMessage = require('./app-messages'),
         async = require('async'),
         crypto = require('crypto'),
+        initData = require('./init-data'),
         initResource = require('./init-resource'),
         logEvent = require('./log-event'),
         moment = require('moment'),
@@ -74,6 +75,7 @@
 
         async.waterfall([
             function (callback) {
+                initData(data);
                 resource = initResource(data, resourceUrl);
                 callback(null);
             },
diff --git a/services/please-notify.js b/services/please-notify.js
index 3ae3a6e..128a635 100644
--- a/services/please-notify.js
+++ b/services/please-notify.js
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 
     var appMessage = require('./app-messages'),
         async = require('async'),
+        initData = require('./init-data'),
         initSubscription = require('./init-subscription'),
         logEvent = require('./log-event'),
         moment = require('moment'),
@@ -56,6 +57,10 @@
         parts = url.parse(apiurl);
 
         async.waterfall([
+            function (callback) {
+                initData(data);
+                callback(null);
+            },
             function (callback) {
                 checkresourceUrlStatusCodes(urlList, callback);
             },