diff --git a/roles/ssh_proxy/templates/sshpiperd.service.j2 b/roles/ssh_proxy/templates/sshpiperd.service.j2
index 4fa057e2..14553e86 100644
--- a/roles/ssh_proxy/templates/sshpiperd.service.j2
+++ b/roles/ssh_proxy/templates/sshpiperd.service.j2
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ After=network.target
 
 [Service]
 Type=simple
-ExecStart= {{ sshpiper_bin_dir }}/sshpiperd -p 22 --log-level=trace {{ sshpiper_bin_dir }}/yaml --config {{ sshpiper_dest_dir }}/sshpiperd.yaml --no-check-perm
+ExecStart= {{ sshpiper_bin_dir }}/sshpiperd -p 22 --log-level=trace {{ sshpiper_bin_dir }}/yaml --config {{ sshpiper_dest_dir }}/sshpiperd.yaml --no-check-perm -- {{ sshpiper_bin_dir }}/failtoban
 Restart=on-failure
 User=root