diff --git a/frontend/src/API.js b/frontend/src/API.js
index dbadbf04..22b231b9 100644
--- a/frontend/src/API.js
+++ b/frontend/src/API.js
@@ -155,6 +155,10 @@ class Api {
         return axios.delete('api/incidents/'+incident.id).then(response => (response.data))
     }
 
+  async checkin(api) {
+    return axios.get('api/checkins/'+api).then(response => (response.data))
+  }
+
     async checkin_create(data) {
         return axios.post('api/checkins', data).then(response => (response.data))
     }
diff --git a/frontend/src/components/Dashboard/Checkins.vue b/frontend/src/components/Dashboard/Checkins.vue
index 310b322d..e534ec5c 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/Dashboard/Checkins.vue
+++ b/frontend/src/components/Dashboard/Checkins.vue
@@ -2,40 +2,81 @@
     <div class="col-12">
         <h2>{{service.name}} Checkins</h2>
         <p class="mb-3">Tell your service to send a routine HTTP request to a Statping Checkin.</p>
-        <div v-for="(checkin, i) in checkins" class="col-12 alert alert-light" role="alert">
-            <span class="badge badge-pill badge-info text-uppercase">{{checkin.name}}</span>
-            <span class="float-right font-2">Last checkin {{ago(checkin.last_hit)}}</span>
-            <span class="float-right font-2 mr-3">Check Every {{checkin.interval}} seconds</span>
-            <span class="float-right font-2 mr-3">Grace Period {{checkin.grace}} seconds</span>
-            <span class="d-block mt-2">
-                <input type="text" class="form-control" :value="`${core.domain}/checkin/${checkin.api_key}`" readonly>
-                <span class="small">Send a GET request to this URL every {{checkin.interval}} seconds
-                    <button @click="deleteCheckin(checkin)" type="button" class="btn btn-danger btn-xs float-right mt-1">Delete</button>
+
+        <div v-for="(checkin, i) in checkins" class="card text-black-50 bg-white mt-3">
+            <div class="card-header text-capitalize">
+                {{checkin.name}}
+                <button @click="deleteCheckin(checkin)" class="btn btn-sm btn-danger float-right text-uppercase">Delete</button>
+            </div>
+            <div class="card-body">
+
+                <div class="input-group">
+                    <input type="text" class="form-control" :value="`${core.domain}/checkin/${checkin.api_key}`" readonly>
+                    <div class="input-group-append copy-btn">
+                        <button @click.prevent="copy(`${core.domain}/checkin/${checkin.api_key}`)" class="btn btn-outline-secondary" type="button">Copy</button>
+                    </div>
+                </div>
+
+                <span class="small">Send a GET request to this URL every {{checkin.interval}} minutes</span>
+                <span class="small float-right mt-1">Requested {{ago(checkin.last_hit)}} ago</span>
+                <span class="small float-right mt-1 mr-3">Request expected every {{checkin.interval}} minutes</span>
+
+                <div class="card text-black-50 bg-white mt-3">
+                    <div class="card-header text-capitalize">
+                        <font-awesome-icon @click="expanded = !expanded" :icon="expanded ? 'minus' : 'plus'" class="mr-2 pointer"/>
+                        {{checkin.name}} Records
+                    </div>
+                    <div class="card-body" :class="{'d-none': !expanded}">
+                        <div class="alert alert-primary small" :class="{'alert-success': hit.success, 'alert-danger': !hit.success}" v-for="(hit, i) in records(checkin)">
+                            Checkin {{hit.success ? "Request" : "Failure"}} at {{hit.created_at}}
+                        </div>
+                    </div>
+                </div>
+
+                <div class="card text-black-50 bg-white mt-3">
+                    <div class="card-header text-capitalize">
+                        <font-awesome-icon @click="curl_expanded = !curl_expanded" :icon="curl_expanded ? 'minus' : 'plus'" class="mr-2 pointer"/>
+                        Cronjob Task
+                    </div>
+                    <div class="card-body" :class="{'d-none': !curl_expanded}">
+                        This cronjob script will request the checkin endpoint every {{checkin.interval}} minutes. Add this cronjob task to the machine running this service.
+                        <div class="input-group mt-2">
+                            <input type="text" class="form-control" :value="`${checkin.interval} * * * * /usr/bin/curl ${core.domain}/checkin/${checkin.api_key} >/dev/null 2>&1`" readonly>
+                            <div class="input-group-append copy-btn">
+                                <button @click.prevent="copy(`${checkin.interval} * * * * /usr/bin/curl ${core.domain}/checkin/${checkin.api_key} >/dev/null 2>&1`)" class="btn btn-outline-secondary" type="button">Copy</button>
+                            </div>
+                        </div>
+                        <span class="small d-block">Using CURL</span>
+                    </div>
+                </div>
+            </div>
+            <div class="card-footer">
+                <span :class="{'text-success': last_record(checkin).success, 'text-danger': !last_record(checkin).success}">
+                    {{last_record(checkin).success ? "Checkin is currently working correctly" : "Checkin is currently failing"}}
                 </span>
-            </span>
+            </div>
         </div>
 
-        <div class="col-12 alert alert-light">
+        <div class="card text-black-50 bg-white mt-4">
+            <div class="card-header text-capitalize">Create Checkin</div>
+            <div class="card-body">
             <form @submit.prevent="saveCheckin">
                 <div class="form-group row">
                     <div class="col-5">
                         <label for="checkin_interval" class="col-form-label">Checkin Name</label>
                         <input v-model="checkin.name" type="text" name="name" class="form-control" id="checkin_name" placeholder="New Checkin">
                     </div>
-                    <div class="col-2">
-                        <label for="checkin_interval" class="col-form-label">Interval</label>
-                        <input v-model="checkin.interval" type="number" name="interval" class="form-control" id="checkin_interval" placeholder="60">
-                    </div>
-                    <div class="col-2">
-                        <label for="grace_period" class="col-form-label">Grace Period</label>
-                        <input v-model="checkin.grace" type="number" name="grace" class="form-control" id="grace_period" placeholder="10">
+                    <div class="col-3">
+                        <label for="checkin_interval" class="col-form-label">Interval (minutes)</label>
+                        <input v-model="checkin.interval" type="number" name="interval" class="form-control" id="checkin_interval" placeholder="1" min="1">
                     </div>
                     <div class="col-3">
                         <label class="col-form-label"></label>
-                        <button @click.prevent="saveCheckin" type="submit" id="submit" class="btn btn-primary d-block mt-2">Save Checkin</button>
+                        <button :disabled="btn_disabled" @click.prevent="saveCheckin" type="submit" id="submit" class="btn btn-primary d-block mt-2">Save Checkin</button>
                     </div>
                 </div>
             </form>
+            </div>
         </div>
     </div>
 </template>
@@ -49,11 +90,12 @@ export default {
         return {
             service: {},
           ready: false,
+          expanded: false,
+          curl_expanded: false,
           checkin: {
             name: "",
-            interval: 60,
-            grace: 60,
-            service_id: 0
+            interval: 1,
+            service_id: 0,
           }
         }
     },
@@ -64,6 +106,12 @@ export default {
         core() {
           return this.$store.getters.core
         },
+        btn_disabled() {
+          if (this.checkin.name === "" || this.checkin.interval <= 0) {
+            return true
+          }
+          return false
+        },
       },
       async created() {
           if (this.$route.params) {
@@ -74,22 +122,37 @@ export default {
           }
       },
     methods: {
+      records(checkin) {
+        let hits = []
+        let failures = []
+        checkin.hits.forEach((hit) => {
+          hits.push({success: true, created_at: this.parseISO(hit.created_at), id: hit.id})
+        })
+        checkin.failures.forEach((failure) => {
+          failures.push({success: false, created_at: this.parseISO(failure.created_at), id: failure.id})
+        })
+        return hits.concat(failures).sort((a, b) => {return a.created_at-b.created_at}).reverse().slice(0,32)
+      },
+      last_record(checkin) {
+        const r = this.records(checkin)
+        return r[0]
+      },
       fixInts() {
         const c = this.checkin
         this.checkin.interval = parseInt(c.interval)
-        this.checkin.grace = parseInt(c.grace)
         return this.checkin
       },
       async saveCheckin() {
         const c = this.fixInts()
         await Api.checkin_create(c)
-        await this.updateCheckins()
+        this.checkin.name = ""
+        await this.load()
       },
       async deleteCheckin(checkin) {
         await Api.checkin_delete(checkin)
-        await this.updateCheckins()
+        await this.load()
       },
-      async updateCheckins() {
+      async load() {
         const checkins = await Api.checkins()
         this.$store.commit('setCheckins', checkins)
       }
diff --git a/frontend/src/components/Service/AdvancedChart.vue b/frontend/src/components/Service/AdvancedChart.vue
index 650ef519..2201b3f9 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/Service/AdvancedChart.vue
+++ b/frontend/src/components/Service/AdvancedChart.vue
@@ -1,7 +1,10 @@
 <template>
-    <div>
-        <div class="service-chart-container">
-            <apexchart width="100%" height="420" type="area" :options="main_chart_options" :series="main_chart"></apexchart>
+    <div class="card text-black-50 bg-white mt-3 mb-3">
+        <div class="card-header text-capitalize">Service Latency</div>
+        <div class="card-body">
+            <div class="service-chart-container">
+                <apexchart width="100%" height="420" type="area" :options="main_chart_options" :series="main_chart"></apexchart>
+            </div>
         </div>
     </div>
 </template>
diff --git a/frontend/src/forms/Checkin.vue b/frontend/src/forms/Checkin.vue
index 906a3722..77567c03 100644
--- a/frontend/src/forms/Checkin.vue
+++ b/frontend/src/forms/Checkin.vue
@@ -21,8 +21,8 @@
                         <input v-model="checkin.name" type="text" name="name" class="form-control" id="checkin_name" placeholder="New Checkin">
                     </div>
                     <div class="col-2">
-                        <label for="checkin_interval" class="col-form-label">Interval</label>
-                        <input v-model="checkin.interval" type="number" name="interval" class="form-control" id="checkin_interval" placeholder="60">
+                        <label for="checkin_interval" class="col-form-label">Interval (minutes)</label>
+                        <input v-model="checkin.interval" type="number" name="interval" class="form-control" id="checkin_interval" placeholder="1" min="1">
                     </div>
                     <div class="col-2">
                         <label for="grace_period" class="col-form-label">Grace Period</label>
diff --git a/frontend/src/mixin.js b/frontend/src/mixin.js
index 6b878ed1..1376c0ba 100644
--- a/frontend/src/mixin.js
+++ b/frontend/src/mixin.js
@@ -85,7 +85,6 @@ export default Vue.mixin({
     copy(txt) {
       this.$copyText(txt).then(function (e) {
         alert('Copied: \n'+txt)
-        console.log(e)
       });
     },
     serviceLink(service) {
diff --git a/frontend/src/pages/Service.vue b/frontend/src/pages/Service.vue
index 3ca4a122..d4f81617 100644
--- a/frontend/src/pages/Service.vue
+++ b/frontend/src/pages/Service.vue
@@ -18,41 +18,51 @@
 
             <MessageBlock v-for="message in messagesInRange" v-bind:key="message.id" :message="message"/>
 
-            <div class="row mt-5 mb-4">
-                <div class="col-12 col-md-5 font-2 mb-3 mb-md-0">
-                    <flatPickr :disabled="loading" @on-change="onnn" v-model="start_time" :config="{ enableTime: true, altInput: true, altFormat: 'Y-m-d h:i K', maxDate: new Date() }" type="text" class="btn btn-white text-left" required />
-                    <small class="d-block">From {{this.format(new Date(start_time))}}</small>
-                </div>
-                <div class="col-12 col-md-5 font-2 mb-3 mb-md-0">
-                    <flatPickr :disabled="loading" @on-change="onnn" v-model="end_time" :config="{ enableTime: true, altInput: true, altFormat: 'Y-m-d h:i K', maxDate: new Date()}" type="text" class="btn btn-white text-left" required />
-                    <small class="d-block">To {{this.format(new Date(end_time))}}</small>
-                </div>
-                <div class="col-12 col-md-2">
-                    <select :disabled="loading" @change="chartHits" v-model="group" class="form-control">
-                        <option value="1m">1 Minute</option>
-                        <option value="5m">5 Minutes</option>
-                        <option value="15m">15 Minute</option>
-                        <option value="30m">30 Minutes</option>
-                        <option value="1h">1 Hour</option>
-                        <option value="3h">3 Hours</option>
-                        <option value="6h">6 Hours</option>
-                        <option value="12h">12 Hours</option>
-                        <option value="24h">1 Day</option>
-                        <option value="168h">7 Days</option>
-                        <option value="360h">15 Days</option>
-                    </select>
-                    <small class="d-block d-md-none d-block">Increment Timeframe</small>
+            <div class="card text-black-50 bg-white mt-3">
+                <div class="card-header text-capitalize">Timeframe</div>
+                <div class="card-body">
+                    <div class="row">
+                        <div class="col-12 col-md-4 font-2">
+                            <flatPickr :disabled="loading" @on-change="onnn" v-model="start_time" :config="{ enableTime: true, altInput: true, altFormat: 'Y-m-d h:i K', maxDate: new Date() }" type="text" class="btn btn-white text-left" required />
+                            <small class="d-block">From {{this.format(new Date(start_time))}}</small>
+                        </div>
+                        <div class="col-12 col-md-4 font-2">
+                            <flatPickr :disabled="loading" @on-change="onnn" v-model="end_time" :config="{ enableTime: true, altInput: true, altFormat: 'Y-m-d h:i K', maxDate: new Date()}" type="text" class="btn btn-white text-left" required />
+                            <small class="d-block">To {{this.format(new Date(end_time))}}</small>
+                        </div>
+                        <div class="col-12 col-md-4">
+                            <select :disabled="loading" @change="chartHits" v-model="group" class="form-control">
+                                <option value="1m">1 Minute</option>
+                                <option value="5m">5 Minutes</option>
+                                <option value="15m">15 Minute</option>
+                                <option value="30m">30 Minutes</option>
+                                <option value="1h">1 Hour</option>
+                                <option value="3h">3 Hours</option>
+                                <option value="6h">6 Hours</option>
+                                <option value="12h">12 Hours</option>
+                                <option value="24h">1 Day</option>
+                                <option value="168h">7 Days</option>
+                                <option value="360h">15 Days</option>
+                            </select>
+                            <small class="d-block d-md-none d-block">Increment Timeframe</small>
+                        </div>
+                    </div>
                 </div>
             </div>
 
             <AdvancedChart :group="group" :updated="updated_chart" :start="start_time.toString()" :end="end_time.toString()" :service="service"/>
 
-            <div v-if="!loading" class="col-12">
+            <div v-if="!loading" class="row">
                 <apexchart width="100%" height="120" type="rangeBar" :options="timeRangeOptions" :series="uptime_data"></apexchart>
             </div>
 
-            <div class="service-chart-heatmap mt-5 mb-4">
-                <ServiceHeatmap :service="service"/>
+            <div class="card text-black-50 bg-white mb-3">
+                <div class="card-header text-capitalize">Service Failures</div>
+                <div class="card-body">
+                    <div class="service-chart-heatmap mt-5 mb-4">
+                        <ServiceHeatmap :service="service"/>
+                    </div>
+                </div>
             </div>
 
         </div>
@@ -378,7 +388,7 @@ export default {
         this.loading = false
       },
       async fetchUptime() {
-         const uptime = await Api.service_uptime(this.id, this.params.start, this.params.end)
+         const uptime = await Api.service_uptime(this.service.id, this.params.start, this.params.end)
         window.console.log(uptime)
         this.uptime_data = this.parse_uptime(uptime)
       },
diff --git a/handlers/cache.go b/handlers/cache.go
index 82de3e60..bc0e7b97 100644
--- a/handlers/cache.go
+++ b/handlers/cache.go
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package handlers
 
 import (
 	"github.com/statping/statping/utils"
+	"net/url"
 	"sync"
 	"time"
 )
@@ -106,6 +107,13 @@ func (s Storage) Delete(key string) {
 func (s Storage) Set(key string, content []byte, duration time.Duration) {
 	s.mu.Lock()
 	defer s.mu.Unlock()
+	u, err := url.Parse(key)
+	if err != nil {
+		return
+	}
+	if u.Query().Get("v") != "" {
+		return
+	}
 	s.items[key] = Item{
 		Content:    content,
 		Expiration: utils.Now().Add(duration).UnixNano(),
diff --git a/handlers/checkin.go b/handlers/checkin.go
index 9783308f..d30a386f 100644
--- a/handlers/checkin.go
+++ b/handlers/checkin.go
@@ -24,8 +24,7 @@ func findCheckin(r *http.Request) (*checkins.Checkin, string, error) {
 }
 
 func apiAllCheckinsHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
-	chks := checkins.All()
-	returnJson(chks, w, r)
+	returnJson(checkins.All(), w, r)
 }
 
 func apiCheckinHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
@@ -39,8 +38,7 @@ func apiCheckinHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 
 func checkinCreateHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 	var checkin *checkins.Checkin
-	err := DecodeJSON(r, &checkin)
-	if err != nil {
+	if err := DecodeJSON(r, &checkin); err != nil {
 		sendErrorJson(err, w, r)
 		return
 	}
@@ -63,22 +61,27 @@ func checkinHitHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 		sendErrorJson(err, w, r)
 		return
 	}
+	log.Infof("Checking %s was requested", checkin.Name)
+
 	ip, _, _ := net.SplitHostPort(r.RemoteAddr)
 
+	if last := checkin.LastHit(); last == nil {
+		checkin.Start()
+	}
+
 	hit := &checkins.CheckinHit{
 		Checkin:   checkin.Id,
 		From:      ip,
 		CreatedAt: utils.Now(),
 	}
-	log.Infof("Checking %s was requested", checkin.Name)
 
-	err = hit.Create()
-	if err != nil {
+	if err := hit.Create(); err != nil {
 		sendErrorJson(err, w, r)
 		return
 	}
 	checkin.Failing = false
 	checkin.LastHitTime = utils.Now()
+
 	sendJsonAction(hit.Id, "update", w, r)
 }
 
diff --git a/handlers/checkins_test.go b/handlers/checkins_test.go
index feb86f19..8cc6df11 100644
--- a/handlers/checkins_test.go
+++ b/handlers/checkins_test.go
@@ -45,8 +45,7 @@ func TestApiCheckinRoutes(t *testing.T) {
 			Body: `{
 						"name": "Example Checkin",
 						"service_id": 1,
-						"checkin_interval": 300,
-						"grace_period": 60,
+						"interval": 300,
 						"api_key": "example"
 					}`,
 		},
diff --git a/types/checkins/checkins_test.go b/types/checkins/checkins_test.go
index a850c9bd..31ccdf6d 100644
--- a/types/checkins/checkins_test.go
+++ b/types/checkins/checkins_test.go
@@ -13,8 +13,7 @@ import (
 var testCheckin = &Checkin{
 	ServiceId:   1,
 	Name:        "Test Checkin",
-	Interval:    60,
-	GracePeriod: 10,
+	Interval:    3,
 	ApiKey:      "tHiSiSaTeStXXX",
 	CreatedAt:   utils.Now(),
 	UpdatedAt:   utils.Now(),
diff --git a/types/checkins/database.go b/types/checkins/database.go
index 0fefd0bf..b7676f6c 100644
--- a/types/checkins/database.go
+++ b/types/checkins/database.go
@@ -15,6 +15,11 @@ func SetDB(database database.Database) {
 }
 
 func (c *Checkin) AfterFind() {
+	c.AllHits = c.Hits()
+	c.AllFailures = c.Failures().LastAmount(64)
+	if last := c.LastHit(); last != nil {
+		c.LastHitTime = last.CreatedAt
+	}
 	metrics.Query("checkin", "find")
 }
 
@@ -41,9 +46,6 @@ func (c *Checkin) Create() error {
 		c.ApiKey = utils.RandomString(32)
 	}
 	q := db.Create(c)
-
-	c.Start()
-	go c.checkinRoutine()
 	return q.Error()
 }
 
diff --git a/types/checkins/database_hits.go b/types/checkins/database_hits.go
index dbbb5713..bcea292c 100644
--- a/types/checkins/database_hits.go
+++ b/types/checkins/database_hits.go
@@ -2,13 +2,13 @@ package checkins
 
 func (c *Checkin) LastHit() *CheckinHit {
 	var hit CheckinHit
-	dbHits.Where("checkin = ?", c.Id).Limit(1).Find(&hit)
+	dbHits.Where("checkin = ?", c.Id).Last(&hit)
 	return &hit
 }
 
 func (c *Checkin) Hits() []*CheckinHit {
 	var hits []*CheckinHit
-	dbHits.Where("checkin = ?", c.Id).Find(&hits)
+	dbHits.Where("checkin = ?", c.Id).Order("DESC").Find(&hits)
 	c.AllHits = hits
 	return hits
 }
diff --git a/types/checkins/failures.go b/types/checkins/failures.go
index c2745abe..78d23970 100644
--- a/types/checkins/failures.go
+++ b/types/checkins/failures.go
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import (
 
 func (c *Checkin) CreateFailure(f *failures.Failure) error {
 	f.Checkin = c.Id
+	c.Failing = true
 	return failures.DB().Create(f).Error()
 }
 
diff --git a/types/checkins/methods.go b/types/checkins/methods.go
index fde9867f..ec28f59e 100644
--- a/types/checkins/methods.go
+++ b/types/checkins/methods.go
@@ -10,22 +10,11 @@ func (c *Checkin) Expected() time.Duration {
 	last := c.LastHit()
 	now := utils.Now()
 	lastDir := now.Sub(last.CreatedAt)
-	sub := time.Duration(c.Period() - lastDir)
-	return sub
+	return c.Period() - lastDir
 }
 
 func (c *Checkin) Period() time.Duration {
-	duration, _ := time.ParseDuration(fmt.Sprintf("%ds", c.Interval))
-	if duration.Seconds() <= 15 {
-		return 15 * time.Second
-	}
-	return duration
-}
-
-// Grace will return the duration of the Checkin Grace Period (after service hasn't responded, wait a bit for a response)
-func (c *Checkin) Grace() time.Duration {
-	duration, _ := time.ParseDuration(fmt.Sprintf("%vs", c.GracePeriod))
-	return duration
+	return time.Duration(c.Interval) * time.Minute
 }
 
 // Start will create a channel for the checkin checking go routine
diff --git a/types/checkins/routine.go b/types/checkins/routine.go
index e9f960df..d3cb422b 100644
--- a/types/checkins/routine.go
+++ b/types/checkins/routine.go
@@ -25,11 +25,8 @@ func (c *Checkin) RecheckCheckinFailure(guard chan struct{}) {
 
 // checkinRoutine for checking if the last Checkin was within its interval
 func (c *Checkin) checkinRoutine() {
-	lastHit := c.LastHit()
-	if lastHit == nil {
-		return
-	}
 	reCheck := c.Period()
+
 CheckinLoop:
 	for {
 		select {
@@ -38,20 +35,25 @@ CheckinLoop:
 			c.Failing = false
 			break CheckinLoop
 		case <-time.After(reCheck):
-			log.Infoln(fmt.Sprintf("Checkin '%s' expects a request every %v", c.Name, utils.FormatDuration(c.Period())))
-			if c.Expected() <= 0 {
-				issue := fmt.Sprintf("Checkin '%s' is failing, no request since %v", c.Name, lastHit.CreatedAt)
-				//log.Errorln(issue)
+			lastHit := c.LastHit()
+			ago := utils.Now().Sub(lastHit.CreatedAt)
+
+			log.Infoln(fmt.Sprintf("Checkin '%s' expects a request every %s last request was %s ago", c.Name, c.Period(), utils.DurationReadable(ago)))
+
+			if ago.Seconds() > c.Period().Seconds() {
+				issue := fmt.Sprintf("Checkin expects a request every %d seconds", c.Interval)
+				log.Warnln(issue)
 
 				fail := &failures.Failure{
 					Issue:    issue,
 					Method:   "checkin",
 					Service:  c.ServiceId,
-					Checkin:  c.Id,
-					PingTime: c.Expected().Milliseconds(),
+					PingTime: ago.Milliseconds(),
 				}
 
-				c.CreateFailure(fail)
+				if err := c.CreateFailure(fail); err != nil {
+					log.Errorln(err)
+				}
 			}
 			reCheck = c.Period()
 		}
diff --git a/types/checkins/samples.go b/types/checkins/samples.go
index f7b48f37..a239804e 100644
--- a/types/checkins/samples.go
+++ b/types/checkins/samples.go
@@ -8,22 +8,20 @@ import (
 func Samples() error {
 	log.Infoln("Inserting Sample Checkins...")
 	checkin1 := &Checkin{
-		Name:        "Demo Checkin 1",
-		ServiceId:   1,
-		Interval:    300,
-		GracePeriod: 300,
-		ApiKey:      "demoCheckin123",
+		Name:      "Demo Checkin 1",
+		ServiceId: 1,
+		Interval:  3,
+		ApiKey:    "demoCheckin123",
 	}
 	if err := checkin1.Create(); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
 
 	checkin2 := &Checkin{
-		Name:        "Example Checkin 2",
-		ServiceId:   2,
-		Interval:    900,
-		GracePeriod: 300,
-		ApiKey:      utils.RandomString(7),
+		Name:      "Example Checkin 2",
+		ServiceId: 2,
+		Interval:  1,
+		ApiKey:    utils.RandomString(7),
 	}
 	if err := checkin2.Create(); err != nil {
 		return err
diff --git a/types/checkins/struct.go b/types/checkins/struct.go
index 82f725c6..44292598 100644
--- a/types/checkins/struct.go
+++ b/types/checkins/struct.go
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ type Checkin struct {
 	ServiceId   int64               `gorm:"index;column:service" json:"service_id"`
 	Name        string              `gorm:"column:name" json:"name"`
 	Interval    int64               `gorm:"column:check_interval" json:"interval"`
-	GracePeriod int64               `gorm:"column:grace_period"  json:"grace"`
 	ApiKey      string              `gorm:"column:api_key"  json:"api_key"`
 	CreatedAt   time.Time           `gorm:"column:created_at" json:"created_at"`
 	UpdatedAt   time.Time           `gorm:"column:updated_at" json:"updated_at"`
diff --git a/types/failures/interface.go b/types/failures/interface.go
index 2954d118..44295f00 100644
--- a/types/failures/interface.go
+++ b/types/failures/interface.go
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ func (f Failurer) List() []*Failure {
 
 func (f Failurer) LastAmount(amount int) []*Failure {
 	var fail []*Failure
-	f.db.Order("id asc").Limit(amount).Find(&fail)
+	f.db.Order("id DESC").Limit(amount).Find(&fail)
 	return fail
 }
 
diff --git a/types/services/checkins.go b/types/services/checkins.go
index 6d023726..00992ca0 100644
--- a/types/services/checkins.go
+++ b/types/services/checkins.go
@@ -7,7 +7,9 @@ import (
 // CheckinProcess runs the checkin routine for each checkin attached to service
 func CheckinProcess(s *Service) {
 	for _, c := range s.Checkins() {
-		c.Start()
+		if last := c.LastHit(); last != nil {
+			c.Start()
+		}
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/types/services/methods.go b/types/services/methods.go
index 54ee3bff..10f2e5a5 100644
--- a/types/services/methods.go
+++ b/types/services/methods.go
@@ -253,10 +253,6 @@ func SelectAllServices(start bool) (map[int64]*Service, error) {
 		return allServices, nil
 	}
 	for _, s := range all() {
-
-		if start {
-			CheckinProcess(s)
-		}
 		s.Failures = s.AllFailures().LastAmount(limitedFailures)
 		for _, c := range s.Checkins() {
 			s.AllCheckins = append(s.AllCheckins, c)
@@ -264,6 +260,9 @@ func SelectAllServices(start bool) (map[int64]*Service, error) {
 		// collect initial service stats
 		s.UpdateStats()
 		allServices[s.Id] = s
+		if start {
+			CheckinProcess(s)
+		}
 	}
 	return allServices, nil
 }
diff --git a/types/services/services_test.go b/types/services/services_test.go
index fd5fcbe2..8cfa989d 100644
--- a/types/services/services_test.go
+++ b/types/services/services_test.go
@@ -61,11 +61,10 @@ var hit3 = &hits.Hit{
 }
 
 var exmapleCheckin = &checkins.Checkin{
-	ServiceId:   1,
-	Name:        "Example Checkin",
-	Interval:    60,
-	GracePeriod: 30,
-	ApiKey:      "wdededede",
+	ServiceId: 1,
+	Name:      "Example Checkin",
+	Interval:  3,
+	ApiKey:    "wdededede",
 }
 
 var fail1 = &failures.Failure{