diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index bec8f4be..92f80973 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@ services:
   - name: twinnation  # Name of your service, can be anything
     url: https://twinnation.org/actuator/health
     interval: 15s # Duration to wait between every status check (opt. default: 10s)
-    failure-threshold: 3 # TODO
     conditions:
       - "$STATUS == 200"
   - name: github
diff --git a/config.yaml b/config.yaml
index a6d7b30a..8fe126dc 100644
--- a/config.yaml
+++ b/config.yaml
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ services:
   - name: twinnation
     url: https://twinnation.org/actuator/health
     interval: 15s
-    failure-threshold: 3
     conditions:
       - "$STATUS == 200"
   - name: github
diff --git a/config/config.go b/config/config.go
index b2756787..96bd5f51 100644
--- a/config/config.go
+++ b/config/config.go
@@ -34,9 +34,6 @@ func ParseConfigBytes(yamlBytes []byte) *Config {
 	config = &Config{}
 	yaml.Unmarshal(yamlBytes, config)
 	for _, service := range config.Services {
-		if service.FailureThreshold == 0 {
-			service.FailureThreshold = 1
-		}
 		if service.Interval == 0 {
 			service.Interval = 10 * time.Second
 		}
diff --git a/config/config_test.go b/config/config_test.go
index fbe9e9e9..2b534521 100644
--- a/config/config_test.go
+++ b/config/config_test.go
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ services:
   - name: twinnation
     url: https://twinnation.org/actuator/health
     interval: 15s
-    failure-threshold: 3
     conditions:
       - "$STATUS == 200"
   - name: github
@@ -37,12 +36,6 @@ services:
 	if config.Services[1].Interval != 10*time.Second {
 		t.Errorf("Interval should have been %s, because it is the default value", 10*time.Second)
 	}
-	if config.Services[0].FailureThreshold != 3 {
-		t.Errorf("FailureThreshold should have been %d", 3)
-	}
-	if config.Services[1].FailureThreshold != 1 {
-		t.Errorf("FailureThreshold should have been %d, because it is the default value", 1)
-	}
 	if len(config.Services[0].Conditions) != 1 {
 		t.Errorf("There should have been %d conditions", 1)
 	}
@@ -65,7 +58,4 @@ services:
 	if config.Services[0].Interval != 10*time.Second {
 		t.Errorf("Interval should have been %s, because it is the default value", 10*time.Second)
 	}
-	if config.Services[0].FailureThreshold != 1 {
-		t.Errorf("FailureThreshold should have been %d, because it is the default value", 1)
-	}
 }
diff --git a/core/types.go b/core/types.go
index 3133688e..c471127d 100644
--- a/core/types.go
+++ b/core/types.go
@@ -33,11 +33,10 @@ type Result struct {
 }
 
 type Service struct {
-	Name             string        `yaml:"name"`
-	Url              string        `yaml:"url"`
-	Interval         time.Duration `yaml:"interval,omitempty"`
-	FailureThreshold int           `yaml:"failure-threshold,omitempty"` // TODO: Implement
-	Conditions       []*Condition  `yaml:"conditions"`
+	Name       string        `yaml:"name"`
+	Url        string        `yaml:"url"`
+	Interval   time.Duration `yaml:"interval,omitempty"`
+	Conditions []*Condition  `yaml:"conditions"`
 }
 
 func (service *Service) getIp(result *Result) {