diff --git a/changelog/items/other/min-free-param.md b/changelog/items/other/min-free-param.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..0a6239f3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog/items/other/min-free-param.md
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+- Set `min_free` parameter on the `proxy_cache_path` directive to `100g`
diff --git a/docker/nginx/nginx.conf b/docker/nginx/nginx.conf
index a6883cb8..c8da6b0f 100644
--- a/docker/nginx/nginx.conf
+++ b/docker/nginx/nginx.conf
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ http {
     proxy_http_version 1.1;
 
     # proxy cache definition
-    proxy_cache_path /data/nginx/cache levels=1:2 keys_zone=skynet:10m max_size=50g inactive=48h use_temp_path=off;
+    proxy_cache_path /data/nginx/cache levels=1:2 keys_zone=skynet:10m max_size=50g min_free=100g inactive=48h use_temp_path=off;
 
     # this runs before forking out nginx worker processes
     init_by_lua_block { 
diff --git a/setup-scripts/health-checker.py b/setup-scripts/health-checker.py
index c5023bf8..b66459a8 100755
--- a/setup-scripts/health-checker.py
+++ b/setup-scripts/health-checker.py
@@ -72,7 +72,9 @@ async def check_load_average():
     load_av = re.match(pattern, uptime_string).group(1)
     if float(load_av) > 10:
         message = "High system load detected in uptime output: {}".format(uptime_string)
-        await send_msg(message, force_notify=True)
+        # Disabling pings until we have metrics solution and process to better
+        # address
+        await send_msg(message, force_notify=False)
 
 
 # check_disk checks the amount of free space on the /home partition and issues
@@ -109,7 +111,9 @@ async def check_disk():
 
         # dump disk usage
         script_dir = os.path.dirname(os.path.realpath(sys.argv[0]))
-        os.popen(script_dir + "/disk-usage-dump.sh " + script_dir + "/" + DISK_USAGE_DUMP_LOG)
+        os.popen(
+            script_dir + "/disk-usage-dump.sh " + script_dir + "/" + DISK_USAGE_DUMP_LOG
+        )
 
         inspect = os.popen("docker inspect sia").read().strip()
         inspect_json = json.loads(inspect)