diff --git a/CHANGELOG b/CHANGELOG
index 22812ed..51d1a0a 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG
+++ b/CHANGELOG
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 * bgp, collectd, logsentry, ospf: update scripts
 * collectd: improve dns_stats.sh script for more metrics
 * ospf: do not repeat use of command, use variable instead with output of command
+* nagios-nrpe: changed check_load to make it more relevant
 
 ### Fixed
 
diff --git a/roles/nagios-nrpe/templates/evolix_bsd.cfg.j2 b/roles/nagios-nrpe/templates/evolix_bsd.cfg.j2
index 8de8aa0..5ab5e6b 100644
--- a/roles/nagios-nrpe/templates/evolix_bsd.cfg.j2
+++ b/roles/nagios-nrpe/templates/evolix_bsd.cfg.j2
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # System checks
 command[check_users]=/usr/local/libexec/nagios/check_users -w 5 -c 10
-command[check_load]=/usr/local/libexec/nagios/check_load -w 15,10,5 -c 30,25,20
+command[check_load]=/usr/local/libexec/nagios/check_load --percpu --warning=0.7,0.6,0.5 --critical=0.9,0.8,0.7
 command[check_disk1]=/usr/local/libexec/nagios/check_disk -e -w 10% -c 3% -W 10% -K  3% -C -w 5% -c 2% -W 5% -K 2% -p /home -x dev
 command[check_zombie_procs]=/usr/local/libexec/nagios/check_procs -w 5 -c 10 -s Z
 command[check_total_procs]=/usr/local/libexec/nagios/check_procs -w 150 -c 200