diff --git a/roles/common/templates/etc/fail2ban/jail.d/nginx.local.j2 b/roles/common/templates/etc/fail2ban/jail.d/nginx.local.j2
index 8051798..ed934b9 100644
--- a/roles/common/templates/etc/fail2ban/jail.d/nginx.local.j2
+++ b/roles/common/templates/etc/fail2ban/jail.d/nginx.local.j2
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ banaction=nftables[type=allports]
 # Integrate with firewalld and ipsets
 banaction = firewallcmd-ipset
 {% endif %}
+backend   = pyinotify
 logpath   = /var/log/nginx/*-access.log
 # Try to find a non-existent wp-login.php once and get banned. Tough luck.
 maxretry  = 1