diff --git a/chef/cookbooks/haproxy/attributes/default.rb b/chef/cookbooks/haproxy/attributes/default.rb
index 467e7ee..7230e0b 100644
--- a/chef/cookbooks/haproxy/attributes/default.rb
+++ b/chef/cookbooks/haproxy/attributes/default.rb
@@ -59,8 +59,11 @@ default['haproxy']['pid_file'] = "/var/run/haproxy.pid"
 default['haproxy']['defaults_options'] = ["tcpka", "httpchk", "tcplog", "httplog"]
 default['haproxy']['x_forwarded_for'] = false
 default['haproxy']['defaults_timeouts']['connect'] = "10s"
+default['haproxy']['defaults_timeouts']['check'] = "10s"
+default['haproxy']['defaults_timeouts']['queue'] = "100s"
 default['haproxy']['defaults_timeouts']['client'] = "100s"
 default['haproxy']['defaults_timeouts']['server'] = "100s"
+
 default['haproxy']['cookie'] = nil
 
 default['haproxy']['user'] = "haproxy"
diff --git a/chef/cookbooks/haproxy/templates/default/haproxy.cfg.erb b/chef/cookbooks/haproxy/templates/default/haproxy.cfg.erb
index 07d75dc..6b3475b 100644
--- a/chef/cookbooks/haproxy/templates/default/haproxy.cfg.erb
+++ b/chef/cookbooks/haproxy/templates/default/haproxy.cfg.erb
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ global
   maxconn <%= node['haproxy']['global_max_connections'] %>
   #debug
   #quiet
+  spread-checks     5
   user <%= node['haproxy']['user'] %>
   group <%= node['haproxy']['group'] %>
 <% if node['haproxy']['enable_stats_socket'] -%>