diff --git a/hosts/alo-cloud-1/reverse-proxy.nix b/hosts/alo-cloud-1/reverse-proxy.nix
index 49c2b27..6d55d59 100644
--- a/hosts/alo-cloud-1/reverse-proxy.nix
+++ b/hosts/alo-cloud-1/reverse-proxy.nix
@@ -140,7 +140,23 @@
       backend default {
         .host = "100.64.229.126";
         .port = "10080";
-      }
+		.probe = {
+			.url = "/";
+			.timeout = 1s;
+			.interval = 5s;
+			.window = 5;
+			.threshold = 3;
+		}
+	}
+
+	sub vcl_backend_response {
+        # default TTL if backend didn't specify one
+        if (beresp.ttl <= 0s) {
+          set beresp.ttl = 1h;
+        }
+        # serve stale content in case home link is down
+		set beresp.grace = 240h;
+	}
     '';
   };
 }