diff --git a/config/monit_original.conf b/config/monit_original.conf
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..bf0595737
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config/monit_original.conf
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+set daemon  120
+ 
+set logfile /var/log/monit.log
+
+set eventqueue
+     basedir /var/monit  # set the base directory where events will be stored
+     slots 100           # optionally limit the queue size
+
+# If no feeds have been fetched in the last 10 minutes, something is wrong
+check file task-newsblur.log with path /srv/newsblur/logs/original_page.log
+  if timestamp > 10 minutes then exec "/srv/newsblur/utils/kill_node.sh"
+    # as uid sclay and gid sclay
diff --git a/fabfile.py b/fabfile.py
index d40ef4288..720b3318a 100644
--- a/fabfile.py
+++ b/fabfile.py
@@ -491,6 +491,11 @@ def config_monit_node():
     sudo('echo "START=yes" > /etc/default/monit')
     sudo('/etc/init.d/monit restart')
 
+def config_monit_original():
+    put('config/monit_original.conf', '/etc/monit/conf.d/node_original.conf', use_sudo=True)
+    sudo('echo "START=yes" > /etc/default/monit')
+    sudo('/etc/init.d/monit restart')
+
 def config_monit_app():
     put('config/monit_app.conf', '/etc/monit/conf.d/gunicorn.conf', use_sudo=True)
     sudo('echo "START=yes" > /etc/default/monit')
@@ -1005,6 +1010,7 @@ def setup_original_page_server():
     setup_node_app()
     sudo('mkdir -p /srv/originals')
     sudo('chown %s.%s -R /srv/originals' % (env.user, env.user))        # We assume that the group is the same name as the user. It's common on linux
+    config_monit_original()
     put('config/supervisor_node_original.conf',
         '/etc/supervisor/conf.d/node_original.conf', use_sudo=True)
     sudo('supervisorctl reread')