diff --git a/src/main/java/com/checkmarx/flow/service/AbstractASTScanner.java b/src/main/java/com/checkmarx/flow/service/AbstractASTScanner.java
index d262304f0..7ef916344 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/checkmarx/flow/service/AbstractASTScanner.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/checkmarx/flow/service/AbstractASTScanner.java
@@ -57,7 +57,9 @@ public ScanResults scan(ScanRequest scanRequest) {
             logRequest(scanRequest, internalResults, OperationResult.successful());
             result = toScanResults(internalResults);
         } catch (Exception e) {
+            bugTrackerEventTrigger.triggerOffScanStartedEvent(scanRequest);
             treatError(scanRequest, internalResults, e);
+
         }
         
         return result;
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/checkmarx/flow/service/AbstractVulnerabilityScanner.java b/src/main/java/com/checkmarx/flow/service/AbstractVulnerabilityScanner.java
index cb7ab1596..a8abdaf4a 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/checkmarx/flow/service/AbstractVulnerabilityScanner.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/checkmarx/flow/service/AbstractVulnerabilityScanner.java
@@ -112,6 +112,7 @@ public ScanResults scan(ScanRequest scanRequest) {
             //usually should occur during push event occurring on delete branch
             //therefore need to eliminate the scan process but do not want to create
             //an error stack trace in the log
+            bugTrackers.getBugTrackerEventTrigger().triggerOffScanStartedEvent(scanRequest);
             return getEmptyScanResults();
 
         } catch (Exception e) {
@@ -119,6 +120,7 @@ public ScanResults scan(ScanRequest scanRequest) {
             OperationResult scanCreationFailure = new OperationResult(OperationStatus.FAILURE, e.getMessage());
             ScanReport report = new ScanReport(-1, scanRequest, scanRequest.getRepoUrl(), scanCreationFailure);
             report.log();
+            bugTrackers.getBugTrackerEventTrigger().triggerOffScanStartedEvent(scanRequest);
             return getEmptyScanResults();
         }
     }
@@ -290,6 +292,8 @@ private ScanResults getEmptyScanResults() {
         scanResults.setProjectId(UNKNOWN);
         scanResults.setProject(UNKNOWN);
         scanResults.setScanType(SCAN_TYPE);
+
+
         return scanResults;
     }
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/checkmarx/flow/service/BugTrackerEventTrigger.java b/src/main/java/com/checkmarx/flow/service/BugTrackerEventTrigger.java
index 200c8ae72..b53babc7f 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/checkmarx/flow/service/BugTrackerEventTrigger.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/checkmarx/flow/service/BugTrackerEventTrigger.java
@@ -51,8 +51,8 @@ public BugTracker.Type triggerScanStartedEvent(ScanRequest request) {
             case GITHUBPULL:
                 if (gitService.isScanSubmittedComment() && request.getScanSubmittedComment()) {
                     gitService.sendMergeComment(request, SCAN_MESSAGE,gitService.isCommentUpdate());
+                    gitService.startBlockMerge(request, cxProperties.getUrl());
                 }
-                gitService.startBlockMerge(request, cxProperties.getUrl());
                 break;
 
             case BITBUCKETPULL:
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/checkmarx/flow/service/FlowService.java b/src/main/java/com/checkmarx/flow/service/FlowService.java
index 54c7ecf8d..c48088672 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/checkmarx/flow/service/FlowService.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/checkmarx/flow/service/FlowService.java
@@ -70,6 +70,8 @@ private void runScanRequest(ScanRequest scanRequest, List<VulnerabilityScanner>
         resultsService.publishCombinedResults(scanRequest, combinedResults);
     }
 
+
+
     private List<VulnerabilityScanner> getEnabledScanners(ScanRequest scanRequest) {
         List<VulnerabilityScanner> enabledScanners = new ArrayList<>();
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/checkmarx/flow/service/GitHubService.java b/src/main/java/com/checkmarx/flow/service/GitHubService.java
index 640d8c0d8..f42e14491 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/checkmarx/flow/service/GitHubService.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/checkmarx/flow/service/GitHubService.java
@@ -274,6 +274,7 @@ public void startBlockMerge(ScanRequest request, String url){
                     log.error(URL_INVALID, e);
                 }
             }
+
             HttpEntity<?> httpEntity = new HttpEntity<>(
                     getJSONStatus(PULL_REQUEST_STATUS, url, "Checkmarx Scan Initiated").toString(),
                     createAuthHeaders(request)