diff --git a/MeshCentralServer.njsproj b/MeshCentralServer.njsproj
index 0403d4b8..a698582c 100644
--- a/MeshCentralServer.njsproj
+++ b/MeshCentralServer.njsproj
@@ -100,6 +100,7 @@
     <Compile Include="amt\amt-xml.js" />
     <Compile Include="amt\amt.js" />
     <Compile Include="authenticode.js" />
+    <Compile Include="crowdsec.js" />
     <Compile Include="exeHandler.js" />
     <Compile Include="amtprovisioningserver.js" />
     <Compile Include="firebase.js" />
diff --git a/crowdsec.js b/crowdsec.js
index e9ca6ea2..8dbd9b11 100644
--- a/crowdsec.js
+++ b/crowdsec.js
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ module.exports.CreateCrowdSecBouncer = function (parent, config) {
     const { getLogger } = require('@crowdsec/express-bouncer/src/nodejs-bouncer/lib/logger');
     const { configure, renderBanWall, testConnectionToCrowdSec, getRemediationForIp } = require('@crowdsec/express-bouncer/src/nodejs-bouncer');
     const applyCaptcha = require('@crowdsec/express-bouncer/src/express-crowdsec-middleware/lib/captcha');
-    const { BYPASS_REMEDIATION, CAPTCHA_REMEDIATION, BAN_REMEDIATION } = require('@crowdsec/express-bouncer/src/nodejs-bouncer/lib/constants');
+    const { BYPASS_REMEDIATION, CAPTCHA_REMEDIATION, BAN_REMEDIATION } = require('@crowdsec/express-bouncer/src/nodejs-bouncer/lib/constants'); // "bypass", "captcha", "ban";
     const svgCaptcha = require('svg-captcha');
     const { renderCaptchaWall } = require('@crowdsec/express-bouncer/src/nodejs-bouncer');
 
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ module.exports.CreateCrowdSecBouncer = function (parent, config) {
     // Set the default values
     if (typeof config.userAgent != 'string') { config.userAgent = "CrowdSec Express-NodeJS bouncer/v0.0.1"; }
     if (typeof config.timeout != 'number') { config.timeout = 2000; }
-    if (typeof config.fallbackRemediation != 'number') { config.fallbackRemediation = BAN_REMEDIATION; }
+    if ((typeof config.fallbackRemediation != 'string') || (["bypass", "captcha", "ban"].indexOf(config.fallbackRemediation) == -1)) { config.fallbackRemediation = BAN_REMEDIATION; }
     if (typeof config.maxRemediation != 'number') { config.maxRemediation = BAN_REMEDIATION; }
     if (typeof config.captchaGenerationCacheDuration != 'number') { config.captchaGenerationCacheDuration = 60 * 1000; }
     if (typeof config.captchaResolutionCacheDuration != 'number') { config.captchaResolutionCacheDuration = 30 * 60 * 1000; }
@@ -53,7 +53,8 @@ module.exports.CreateCrowdSecBouncer = function (parent, config) {
     // Process a web request
     obj.process = async function (domain, req, res, next) {
         try {
-            const remediation = await getRemediationForIp(req.clientIp);
+            var remediation = config.fallbackRemediation;
+            try { remediation = await getRemediationForIp(req.clientIp); } catch (ex) { }
             //console.log('CrowdSec', req.clientIp, remediation, req.url);
             switch (remediation) {
                 case BAN_REMEDIATION:
diff --git a/meshcentral-config-schema.json b/meshcentral-config-schema.json
index a8ce4280..3a1df702 100644
--- a/meshcentral-config-schema.json
+++ b/meshcentral-config-schema.json
@@ -201,7 +201,8 @@
           "description": "Enabled the MeshCentral built-in Crowdsec bouncer. This section is passed directly to the bouncer, all of the settings are documented at https://www.npmjs.com/package/@crowdsec/express-bouncer",
           "properties": {
             "url": { "type": "string", "description": "The URL of your LAPI instance. Ex: http://localhost:8080" },
-            "apiKey": { "type": "string", "description": "The bouncer key (generated via cscli)" }
+            "apiKey": { "type": "string", "description": "The bouncer key (generated via cscli)." },
+            "fallbackRemediation": { "type": "string", "default": "ban", "enum": ["bypass", "captcha", "ban"], "description": "Action to perform if the CrowdSec agent can't be contacted." }
           },
           "required": [ "url", "apiKey" ]
         },