diff --git a/Other/auto-acknowledge-apt.sh b/Other/auto-acknowledge-apt.sh
index e68e3c4..4f94f1f 100755
--- a/Other/auto-acknowledge-apt.sh
+++ b/Other/auto-acknowledge-apt.sh
@@ -2,10 +2,12 @@
 
 # Check OPNsense network traffic for a host.
 usage() {
-  echo "Usage: $0 --api <api_url> --user <username> --password <password>"
+  echo "Usage: $0 --api <api_url> --user <username> --password <password> [--fail]"
   exit 1
 }
 
+EXIT_ON_FAILURE=false
+
 while [ "$1" != "" ]; do
   case $1 in
     --api ) shift
@@ -17,6 +19,9 @@ while [ "$1" != "" ]; do
     --password ) shift
                  password=$1
                  ;;
+    --fail ) shift
+             EXIT_ON_FAILURE=true
+             ;;
     * ) usage
   esac
   shift
@@ -43,6 +48,9 @@ while true; do
     echo "All pending alerts have been acknowledged."
   else
     echo "Failed to acknowledge the alerts. Status code: $response"
+    if $EXIT_ON_FAILURE; then
+      exit 1
+    fi
   fi
   sleep 60
 done
diff --git a/Other/fail-overdue.py b/Other/fail-overdue.py
index 07aea9c..ba4c8e7 100755
--- a/Other/fail-overdue.py
+++ b/Other/fail-overdue.py
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ def main(args):
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     parser = argparse.ArgumentParser()
-    parser.add_argument('--api', default='http://localhost:5665', help='Base Icinga2 API.')
+    parser.add_argument('--api', default='https://localhost:5665', help='Base Icinga2 API.')
     parser.add_argument('--insecure', action='store_true', help='Disable SSL verification.')
     parser.add_argument('--username', default='icingaweb2', help='API username.')
     parser.add_argument('--password', required=True, help='API password.')
diff --git a/services/auto-acknowledge-apt.service b/services/auto-acknowledge-apt.service
index 4ba2a2d..4c438c5 100644
--- a/services/auto-acknowledge-apt.service
+++ b/services/auto-acknowledge-apt.service
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ Description=Auto Acknowledge all Icinga2 apt alerts
 
 [Service]
 User=flask
-ExecStart=/opt/icinga2-checks/Other/auto-acknowledge-apt.sh --api https://localhost:5665 --user icingaweb2 --password XXXXX
+ExecStart=/opt/icinga2-checks/Other/auto-acknowledge-apt.sh --api https://localhost:5665 --fail --user icingaweb2 --password XXXXX
 SyslogIdentifier=auto-acknowledge-apt
 Restart=always