diff --git a/config/monit_work.conf b/config/monit_work.conf
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..eda9a4e79
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config/monit_work.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 queued in the last minute, something is wrong
+check file newsblur.log with path /srv/newsblur/logs/newsblur.log
+    if timestamp > 2 minutes then exec "/usr/bin/supervisorctl reload"
+        as uid root and gid root
diff --git a/fabfile.py b/fabfile.py
index 3da9aa9b0..e4ae0c9a5 100644
--- a/fabfile.py
+++ b/fabfile.py
@@ -476,6 +476,11 @@ def config_monit_app():
     sudo('echo "START=yes" > /etc/default/monit')
     sudo('/etc/init.d/monit restart')
 
+def config_monit_work():
+    put('config/monit_work.conf', '/etc/monit/conf.d/work.conf', use_sudo=True)
+    sudo('echo "START=yes" > /etc/default/monit')
+    sudo('/etc/init.d/monit restart')
+
 def config_monit_redis():
     sudo('chown root.root /etc/init.d/redis')
     sudo('chmod a+x /etc/init.d/redis')