diff --git a/uchiwa/daemon/daemon.go b/uchiwa/daemon/daemon.go
index 09feb42..da6343c 100644
--- a/uchiwa/daemon/daemon.go
+++ b/uchiwa/daemon/daemon.go
@@ -166,6 +166,7 @@ func (f *DatacenterFetcher) Fetch() {
 	// goroutines have properly returned.
 	go func() {
 		wg.Wait()
+		d.checkAPIHealth()
 		cancel()
 	}()
 
@@ -242,6 +243,36 @@ func (d *DatacenterSnapshotFetcher) determineHealth() structs.SensuHealth {
 	return structs.SensuHealth{Output: "ok", Status: 0}
 }
 
+// checkAPIHealth will find unhealthy APIs and spawn a goroutine to check their
+// health if not already checking
+func (d *DatacenterSnapshotFetcher) checkAPIHealth() {
+	for i, api := range d.datacenter.APIs {
+		if !api.Healthy && !api.CheckingHealth {
+			go d.startAPIHealthChecker(i)
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+func (d *DatacenterSnapshotFetcher) startAPIHealthChecker(i int) {
+	d.datacenter.APIs[i].CheckingHealth = true
+	api := d.datacenter.APIs[i]
+	logger.Warningf("sensu api is unhealthy: %s (datacenter: %s)", api.URL, d.datacenter.Name)
+	for {
+		timer := time.NewTimer(time.Second * 10)
+		select {
+		case <-timer.C:
+			logger.Warningf("checking health of sensu api %s (datacenter: %s)", api.URL, d.datacenter.Name)
+			_, err := d.datacenter.GetInfoFromAPI(i)
+			if err == nil {
+				logger.Warningf("sensu api is healthy again: %s (datacenter: %s)", api.URL, d.datacenter.Name)
+				d.datacenter.APIs[i].CheckingHealth = false
+				return
+			}
+			logger.Warningf("sensu api is still unhealthy: %s (datacenter: %s)", api.URL, d.datacenter.Name)
+		}
+	}
+}
+
 func (d *DatacenterSnapshotFetcher) fetchStashes(ctx context.Context, errCh chan error) {
 	defer d.wg.Done()
 
diff --git a/uchiwa/sensu/info.go b/uchiwa/sensu/info.go
index 7ba0b36..a9dcfc0 100644
--- a/uchiwa/sensu/info.go
+++ b/uchiwa/sensu/info.go
@@ -22,3 +22,20 @@ func (s *Sensu) GetInfo() (*structs.Info, error) {
 
 	return &info, nil
 }
+
+// GetInfo returns a pointer to a structs.Info struct containing the
+// Sensu version and the transport and Redis connection information
+func (s *Sensu) GetInfoFromAPI(i int) (*structs.Info, error) {
+	api := &s.APIs[i]
+	body, _, err := s.getBytesFromAPI(api, "info")
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	var info structs.Info
+	if err := json.Unmarshal(body, &info); err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("Parsing JSON-encoded response body: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	return &info, nil
+}
diff --git a/uchiwa/sensu/loadbalancing.go b/uchiwa/sensu/loadbalancing.go
index fd7956a..97d0d8e 100644
--- a/uchiwa/sensu/loadbalancing.go
+++ b/uchiwa/sensu/loadbalancing.go
@@ -45,18 +45,27 @@ func (s *Sensu) getBytes(endpoint string) ([]byte, *http.Response, error) {
 	shuffledRange := shuffle(makeRange(len(apis)))
 
 	for _, i := range shuffledRange {
-		logger.Debugf("GET %s/%s (%s)", s.APIs[i].URL, endpoint, s.Name)
-		bytes, res, err = apis[i].getBytes(endpoint)
+		bytes, res, err = s.getBytesFromAPI(apis[i], endpoint)
 		if err == nil {
-			return bytes, res, err
+			return bytes, res, nil
 		}
-		s.APIs[i].Healthy = false
-		logger.Debugf("GET %s/%s (%s) returned: %v", s.APIs[i].URL, endpoint, s.Name, err)
 	}
 
 	return nil, nil, err
 }
 
+func (s *Sensu) getBytesFromAPI(api *API, endpoint string) ([]byte, *http.Response, error) {
+	logger.Debugf("GET %s/%s (%s)", api.URL, endpoint, s.Name)
+	bytes, res, err := api.getBytes(endpoint)
+	if err != nil {
+		api.Healthy = false
+		return bytes, res, err
+	}
+	api.Healthy = true
+	logger.Debugf("GET %s/%s (%s) returned: %v", api.URL, endpoint, s.Name, err)
+	return bytes, res, err
+}
+
 func (s *Sensu) getSlice(ctx context.Context, endpoint string, limit int) ([]interface{}, error) {
 	var err error
 	var slice []interface{}
@@ -89,18 +98,28 @@ func (s *Sensu) getMap(endpoint string) (map[string]interface{}, error) {
 	shuffledRange := shuffle(makeRange(len(apis)))
 
 	for _, i := range shuffledRange {
-		logger.Debugf("GET %s/%s (%s)", s.APIs[i].URL, endpoint, s.Name)
+		logger.Debugf("GET %s/%s (%s)", apis[i].URL, endpoint, s.Name)
 		m, err = apis[i].getMap(endpoint)
 		if err == nil {
 			return m, err
 		}
-		s.APIs[i].Healthy = false
-		logger.Debugf("GET %s/%s (%s) returned: %v", s.APIs[i].URL, endpoint, s.Name, err)
+		apis[i].Healthy = false
+		logger.Debugf("GET %s/%s (%s) returned: %v", apis[i].URL, endpoint, s.Name, err)
 	}
 
 	return nil, err
 }
 
+func (s *Sensu) getMapFromAPI(api *API, endpoint string) (map[string]interface{}, error) {
+
+	m, err := api.getMap(endpoint)
+	if err != nil {
+		api.Healthy = false
+
+	}
+	return m, err
+}
+
 func (s *Sensu) postPayload(endpoint string, payload string) (map[string]interface{}, error) {
 	var err error
 	var m map[string]interface{}
@@ -125,10 +144,10 @@ func (s *Sensu) postPayload(endpoint string, payload string) (map[string]interfa
 
 // healthyAPIs returns a list of APIs with Healthy set to true or returns an error when there are
 // no healthy APIs
-func (s *Sensu) healthyAPIs() ([]API, error) {
-	var healthyAPIs []API
-	for _, api := range s.APIs {
-		logger.Debugf("API %s is healthy? %t", api.URL, api.Healthy)
+func (s *Sensu) healthyAPIs() ([]*API, error) {
+	var healthyAPIs []*API
+	for i := range s.APIs {
+		api := &s.APIs[i]
 		if api.Healthy {
 			healthyAPIs = append(healthyAPIs, api)
 		}
diff --git a/uchiwa/sensu/sensu.go b/uchiwa/sensu/sensu.go
index bcc9cff..f72ce84 100644
--- a/uchiwa/sensu/sensu.go
+++ b/uchiwa/sensu/sensu.go
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ type API struct {
 	URL               string
 	User              string
 	Healthy           bool
+	CheckingHealth    bool
 
 	Client http.Client
 }