diff --git a/monitoring/icinga2/conf.d/commands-new.conf b/monitoring/icinga2/conf.d/commands-new.conf
index 847f2dc..d5c5f23 100644
--- a/monitoring/icinga2/conf.d/commands-new.conf
+++ b/monitoring/icinga2/conf.d/commands-new.conf
@@ -36,6 +36,12 @@ object CheckCommand "check_bandwidth" {
 	vars.by_ssh_command = PluginDir + "/check_bandwidth.sh -i $interface$"
 	vars.by_ssh_timeout = "420"
 	timeout = "420"
+	vars.by_ssh_options = [ 
+				"StrictHostKeyChecking=no",
+				"ControlMaster=auto",
+				"ControlPath=/var/run/icinga2/$host.name$",
+				"ControlPersist=20m"
+	]
 }
 
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