diff --git a/proxy/templates/nginx.tmpl b/proxy/templates/nginx.tmpl
index c156a9f6..733e65ec 100644
--- a/proxy/templates/nginx.tmpl
+++ b/proxy/templates/nginx.tmpl
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ events {
 stream {
   upstream kube_apiserver {
     {{ $servers := split (getenv "SERVERS") "," }}{{range $servers}}
-    server {{.}}:{{getenv "PORT"}};
+    server {{.}}:{{getenv "PORT"}} max_fails=1 fail_timeout=10s slow_start=10s;
     {{end}}
   }