diff --git a/api/context.go b/api/context.go
index ebad20cd..b97f52e9 100644
--- a/api/context.go
+++ b/api/context.go
@@ -115,6 +115,13 @@ func (ctx ScrapeContext) ScrapeConfig() *v1.ScrapeConfig {
 	return ctx.scrapeConfig
 }
 
+func (ctx ScrapeContext) ScraperID() string {
+	if ctx.scrapeConfig == nil || ctx.scrapeConfig.GetPersistedID() == nil {
+		return ""
+	}
+	return ctx.scrapeConfig.GetPersistedID().String()
+}
+
 func (ctx ScrapeContext) Namespace() string {
 	if ctx.namespace != "" {
 		return ctx.namespace
diff --git a/db/update.go b/db/update.go
index 298038b7..3c22b9d3 100644
--- a/db/update.go
+++ b/db/update.go
@@ -693,11 +693,9 @@ func generateConfigChange(ctx api.ScrapeContext, newConf, prev models.ConfigItem
 
 	duration := time.Since(start)
 
-	if ctx.ScrapeConfig() != nil {
-		ctx.Histogram("scraper_diff_duration",
-			[]float64{1, 10, 100, 1000, 10000}, "scraper", ctx.ScrapeConfig().GetPersistedID().String()).
-			Record(time.Duration(duration.Milliseconds()))
-	}
+	ctx.Histogram("scraper_diff_duration",
+		[]float64{1, 10, 100, 1000, 10000}, "scraper", ctx.ScraperID()).
+		Record(time.Duration(duration.Milliseconds()))
 
 	msg := fmt.Sprintf("generated in %dms for %s size=%s diff=%s",
 		duration.Milliseconds(),
diff --git a/scrapers/cron.go b/scrapers/cron.go
index e2db3410..ece58161 100644
--- a/scrapers/cron.go
+++ b/scrapers/cron.go
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ func watchKubernetesEventsWithRetry(ctx api.ScrapeContext, config v1.Kubernetes)
 }
 
 func SyncScrapeJob(sc api.ScrapeContext) error {
-	id := sc.ScrapeConfig().GetPersistedID().String()
+	id := sc.ScraperID()
 
 	var existingJob *job.Job
 	if j, ok := scrapeJobs.Load(id); ok {
@@ -201,7 +201,7 @@ func newScraperJob(sc api.ScrapeContext) *job.Job {
 		Semaphores:   semaphores,
 		RunNow:       sc.PropertyOn(false, "runNow"),
 		Retention:    job.RetentionBalanced,
-		ResourceID:   sc.ScrapeConfig().GetPersistedID().String(),
+		ResourceID:   sc.ScraperID(),
 		ResourceType: job.ResourceTypeScraper,
 		ID:           fmt.Sprintf("%s/%s", sc.ScrapeConfig().Namespace, sc.ScrapeConfig().Name),
 		Fn: func(jr job.JobRuntime) error {
@@ -220,7 +220,7 @@ func newScraperJob(sc api.ScrapeContext) *job.Job {
 func scheduleScraperJob(sc api.ScrapeContext) error {
 	j := newScraperJob(sc)
 
-	scrapeJobs.Store(sc.ScrapeConfig().GetPersistedID().String(), j)
+	scrapeJobs.Store(sc.ScraperID(), j)
 	if err := j.AddToScheduler(scrapeJobScheduler); err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("[%s] failed to schedule %v", j.Name, err)
 	}
@@ -244,13 +244,13 @@ func scheduleScraperJob(sc api.ScrapeContext) error {
 		if err := eventsWatchJob.AddToScheduler(scrapeJobScheduler); err != nil {
 			return fmt.Errorf("failed to schedule kubernetes watch event consumer job: %v", err)
 		}
-		scrapeJobs.Store(consumeKubernetesWatchEventsJobKey(sc.ScrapeConfig().GetPersistedID().String()), eventsWatchJob)
+		scrapeJobs.Store(consumeKubernetesWatchEventsJobKey(sc.ScraperID()), eventsWatchJob)
 
 		resourcesWatchJob := ConsumeKubernetesWatchResourcesJobFunc(sc, config)
 		if err := resourcesWatchJob.AddToScheduler(scrapeJobScheduler); err != nil {
 			return fmt.Errorf("failed to schedule kubernetes watch resources consumer job: %v", err)
 		}
-		scrapeJobs.Store(consumeKubernetesWatchResourcesJobKey(sc.ScrapeConfig().GetPersistedID().String()), resourcesWatchJob)
+		scrapeJobs.Store(consumeKubernetesWatchResourcesJobKey(sc.ScraperID()), resourcesWatchJob)
 	}
 
 	return nil
diff --git a/scrapers/kubernetes/events_watch.go b/scrapers/kubernetes/events_watch.go
index 31127fbd..fba6c8bd 100644
--- a/scrapers/kubernetes/events_watch.go
+++ b/scrapers/kubernetes/events_watch.go
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ func WatchResources(ctx api.ScrapeContext, config v1.Kubernetes) error {
 	}
 	globalSharedInformerManager.stop(ctx, kubeconfig, existingWatches...)
 
-	ctx.Counter("kubernetes_scraper_resource_watcher", "scraper_id", lo.FromPtr(ctx.ScrapeConfig().GetPersistedID()).String()).Add(1)
+	ctx.Counter("kubernetes_scraper_resource_watcher", "scraper_id", ctx.ScraperID()).Add(1)
 	return nil
 }
 
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ func WatchEvents(ctx api.ScrapeContext, config v1.Kubernetes) error {
 	}
 	defer watcher.Stop()
 
-	ctx.Counter("kubernetes_scraper_event_watcher", "scraper_id", lo.FromPtr(ctx.ScrapeConfig().GetPersistedID()).String()).Add(1)
+	ctx.Counter("kubernetes_scraper_event_watcher", "scraper_id", ctx.ScraperID()).Add(1)
 	for watchEvent := range watcher.ResultChan() {
 		var event v1.KubernetesEvent
 		if err := event.FromObj(watchEvent.Object); err != nil {
diff --git a/scrapers/slack/slack.go b/scrapers/slack/slack.go
index d8b3db18..b2d9711d 100644
--- a/scrapers/slack/slack.go
+++ b/scrapers/slack/slack.go
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ func (s Scraper) scrapeChannel(ctx api.ScrapeContext, config v1.Slack, client *S
 		opt.Oldest = strconv.FormatInt(time.Now().Add(-time.Hour*24*7).Unix(), 10)
 	}
 
-	lastMessagekey := fmt.Sprintf("%s:%s", lo.FromPtr(ctx.ScrapeConfig().GetPersistedID()), channel.ID)
+	lastMessagekey := fmt.Sprintf("%s:%s", ctx.ScraperID(), channel.ID)
 	if last, ok := lastScrapeTime.Load(lastMessagekey); ok {
 		if last.(string) > opt.Oldest {
 			opt.Oldest = last.(string)