diff --git a/ansible/roles/nginx_proxy/templates/proxy.conf.j2 b/ansible/roles/nginx_proxy/templates/proxy.conf.j2
index cdf2c24..4572c22 100644
--- a/ansible/roles/nginx_proxy/templates/proxy.conf.j2
+++ b/ansible/roles/nginx_proxy/templates/proxy.conf.j2
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 upstream backend {
     {% for server in upstream_servers %}
-    server {{ server }} max_fails=1 fail_timeout=10s;
+    server {{ server }} max_fails=1 fail_timeout=1s;
     {% endfor %}
 }