diff --git a/qbittorrent/rootfs/etc/openvpn/up-qbittorrent.sh b/qbittorrent/rootfs/etc/openvpn/up-qbittorrent.sh
index 1d1741621..9c258f668 100755
--- a/qbittorrent/rootfs/etc/openvpn/up-qbittorrent.sh
+++ b/qbittorrent/rootfs/etc/openvpn/up-qbittorrent.sh
@@ -3,5 +3,6 @@
 
 WEBUI_PORT=${WEBUI_PORT:-8080}
 
-s6-notifyoncheck -d -n 12 -c "nc -z 127.0.0.1 ${WEBUI_PORT}" \
-    s6-setuidgid abc /usr/bin/qbittorrent-nox --webui-port="${WEBUI_PORT}"
+exec \
+    s6-notifyoncheck -d -n 300 -w 1000 -c "nc -z localhost ${WEBUI_PORT}" \
+        s6-setuidgid abc /usr/bin/qbittorrent-nox --webui-port="${WEBUI_PORT}"