diff --git a/roles/nagios/templates/nagios-ansible.cfg.j2 b/roles/nagios/templates/nagios-ansible.cfg.j2
index 5c78be8..ac5c125 100644
--- a/roles/nagios/templates/nagios-ansible.cfg.j2
+++ b/roles/nagios/templates/nagios-ansible.cfg.j2
@@ -18,9 +18,9 @@ define host {
 define service {
 	use			generic-service
 	name			ansible-generic-service
-	max_check_attempts	5
+	max_check_attempts	10
 	check_interval		10
-	retry_interval		1
+	retry_interval		2
 	register		0
 }