diff --git a/nagios/files/commands.cfg b/nagios/files/commands.cfg
index 29eda2a..ed1656b 100644
--- a/nagios/files/commands.cfg
+++ b/nagios/files/commands.cfg
@@ -48,14 +48,14 @@ define command{
 
 
 # This command checks to see if a host is "alive" by pinging it
-# The check must result in a 100% packet loss or 5 second (5000ms) round trip 
+# The check must result in a 100% packet loss or 2 second (2000ms) round trip 
 # average time to produce a critical error.
 # Note: Four ICMP echo packets are sent (determined by the '-p 4' argument)
 
 # 'check-host-alive' command definition
 define command{
         command_name    check-host-alive
-        command_line    $USER1$/check_ping -4 -H $HOSTADDRESS$ -w 2000.0,75% -c 4000.0,100% -p 4
+        command_line    $USER1$/check_ping -4 -H $HOSTADDRESS$ -w 1000.0,50% -c 2000.0,100% -p 4
         }