diff --git a/roles/kea/templates/kea/kea-dhcp4.conf.j2 b/roles/kea/templates/kea/kea-dhcp4.conf.j2
index 03a5a90..fb31412 100644
--- a/roles/kea/templates/kea/kea-dhcp4.conf.j2
+++ b/roles/kea/templates/kea/kea-dhcp4.conf.j2
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
             "parameters": {
                 "high-availability": [ {
                     "this-server-name": "{{ inventory_hostname.split('.')[0] }}",
-                    "mode": "hot-standby",
+                    "mode": "load-balancing",
                     "heartbeat-delay": 10000,
                     "max-response-delay": 60000,
                     "max-ack-delay": 5000,
@@ -42,12 +42,15 @@
                         {
                             "name": "{{ lookup('dig', dhcpd_primary+'/PTR', '@'+dns_primary).split('.')[0] }}",
                             "url": "http://{{ dhcpd_primary }}:8000/",
-                            "role": "primary"
+                            "role": "primary",
+                            "auto-failover": true
+
                         },
                         {
                             "name": "{{ lookup('dig', dhcpd_secondary+'/PTR', '@'+dns_primary).split('.')[0] }}",
                             "url": "http://{{ dhcpd_secondary }}:8000/",
-                            "role": "standby"
+                            "role": "secondary",
+                            "auto-failover": true
                         }
                     ]
                 } ]