diff --git a/data/interfaces/default/notification_triggers_modal.html b/data/interfaces/default/notification_triggers_modal.html
index 8b752907..82971ac2 100644
--- a/data/interfaces/default/notification_triggers_modal.html
+++ b/data/interfaces/default/notification_triggers_modal.html
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ from plexpy import helpers
                         <div class="checkbox">
                             <label>
                                 <input type="checkbox" data-size="small" data-id="${data['id']}" data-config-name="${data['config_prefix']}_on_extdown" ${helpers.checked(data['on_extdown'])} class="toggle-switches">
-                                Notify on Plex external port down
+                                Notify on Plex remote access down
                             </label>
                             <p class="help-block">Trigger notification when the Plex Media Server cannot be reached externally.</p>
                         </div>
diff --git a/data/interfaces/default/settings.html b/data/interfaces/default/settings.html
index 47cda611..2a4f45d1 100644
--- a/data/interfaces/default/settings.html
+++ b/data/interfaces/default/settings.html
@@ -403,6 +403,12 @@ available_notification_agents = sorted(notifiers.available_notification_agents()
                             </label>
                             <p class="help-block">Instead of polling the server at regular intervals let the server tell us when something happens. This is currently experimental. Encrypted websocket is not currently supported.</p>
                         </div>
+                        <div class="checkbox">
+                            <label>
+                                <input type="checkbox" id="monitor_remote_access" name="monitor_remote_access" value="1" ${config['monitor_remote_access']}> Monitor Plex Remote Access
+                            </label>
+                            <p class="help-block">Enable to have PlexPy check if remote access to the Plex Media Server goes down. (Must have remote access set up in Plex.)</p>
+                        </div>
 
                         <div class="padded-header">
                             <h3>History Logging</h3>
@@ -659,7 +665,7 @@ available_notification_agents = sorted(notifiers.available_notification_agents()
                                 </ul>
                             </li>
                             <li>
-                                <div class="link"><i class="fa fa-server fa-fw"></i>&nbsp;Plex External Port Down<i class="fa fa-chevron-down"></i></div>
+                                <div class="link"><i class="fa fa-server fa-fw"></i>&nbsp;Plex Remote Access Down<i class="fa fa-chevron-down"></i></div>
                                 <ul class="submenu">
                                     <li>
                                         <div class="form-group">
@@ -1305,7 +1311,7 @@ $(document).ready(function() {
                           'X-Plex-Version': '${common.VERSION_NUMBER}',
                           'X-Plex-Platform': '${common.PLATFORM}',
                           'X-Plex-Platform-Version': '${common.PLATFORM_VERSION}',
-                          'X-Plex-Client-Identifier': '${config['pms_uuid']}',
+                          'X-Plex-Client-Identifier': '${config["pms_uuid"]}',
                           'Authorization': 'Basic ' + btoa($("#pms_username").val() + ':' + $("#pms_password").val())
                 },
                 error: function(jqXHR, textStatus, errorThrown) {
diff --git a/plexpy/activity_pinger.py b/plexpy/activity_pinger.py
index 9f4b6a0e..d2340d4a 100644
--- a/plexpy/activity_pinger.py
+++ b/plexpy/activity_pinger.py
@@ -225,32 +225,9 @@ def check_recently_added():
 def check_server_response():
 
     with monitor_lock:
-        plex_tv = plextv.PlexTV()
-        external_response = plex_tv.get_server_response()
         pms_connect = pmsconnect.PmsConnect()
         internal_response = pms_connect.get_server_response()
-
-        global ext_ping_count
         global int_ping_count
-        
-        if not external_response:
-            ext_ping_count += 1
-            logger.warn(u"PlexPy Monitor :: Plex remote access port mapping failed, ping attempt %s." \
-                        % str(ext_ping_count))
-        else:
-            host = external_response[0]['host']
-            port = external_response[0]['port']
-
-            try:
-                http_response = urllib2.urlopen('http://' + host + ':' + port)
-            except urllib2.HTTPError, e:
-                ext_ping_count = 0
-            except urllib2.URLError, e:
-                ext_ping_count += 1
-                logger.warn(u"PlexPy Monitor :: Unable to get an external response from the server, ping attempt %s." \
-                            % str(ext_ping_count))
-            else:
-                ext_ping_count = 0
 
         if not internal_response:
             int_ping_count += 1
@@ -259,11 +236,36 @@ def check_server_response():
         else:
             int_ping_count = 0
 
-        if ext_ping_count == 3:
-            # Fire off notifications
-            threading.Thread(target=notification_handler.notify_timeline,
-                                kwargs=dict(notify_action='extdown')).start()
+        if plexpy.CONFIG.MONITOR_REMOTE_ACCESS:
+            plex_tv = plextv.PlexTV()
+            external_response = plex_tv.get_server_response()
+            global ext_ping_count
+        
+            if not external_response:
+                ext_ping_count += 1
+                logger.warn(u"PlexPy Monitor :: Plex remote access port mapping failed, ping attempt %s." \
+                            % str(ext_ping_count))
+            else:
+                host = external_response[0]['host']
+                port = external_response[0]['port']
+
+                try:
+                    http_response = urllib2.urlopen('http://' + host + ':' + port)
+                except urllib2.HTTPError, e:
+                    ext_ping_count = 0
+                except urllib2.URLError, e:
+                    ext_ping_count += 1
+                    logger.warn(u"PlexPy Monitor :: Unable to get an external response from the server, ping attempt %s." \
+                                % str(ext_ping_count))
+                else:
+                    ext_ping_count = 0
+
         if int_ping_count == 3:
             # Fire off notifications
             threading.Thread(target=notification_handler.notify_timeline,
-                                kwargs=dict(notify_action='intdown')).start()
\ No newline at end of file
+                                kwargs=dict(notify_action='intdown')).start()
+
+        if ext_ping_count == 3:
+            # Fire off notifications
+            threading.Thread(target=notification_handler.notify_timeline,
+                                kwargs=dict(notify_action='extdown')).start()
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/plexpy/config.py b/plexpy/config.py
index ae233fe1..c0f4b104 100644
--- a/plexpy/config.py
+++ b/plexpy/config.py
@@ -134,6 +134,7 @@ _CONFIG_DEFINITIONS = {
     'MUSIC_NOTIFY_ON_STOP': (int, 'Monitoring', 0),
     'MUSIC_NOTIFY_ON_PAUSE': (int, 'Monitoring', 0),
     'MUSIC_LOGGING_ENABLE': (int, 'Monitoring', 0),
+    'MONITOR_REMOTE_ACCESS': (int, 'Monitoring', 0),
     'MONITORING_INTERVAL': (int, 'Monitoring', 60),
     'MONITORING_USE_WEBSOCKET': (int, 'Monitoring', 0),
     'NMA_APIKEY': (str, 'NMA', ''),
@@ -167,9 +168,9 @@ _CONFIG_DEFINITIONS = {
     'NOTIFY_ON_CREATED_SUBJECT_TEXT': (str, 'Monitoring', 'PlexPy ({server_name})'),
     'NOTIFY_ON_CREATED_BODY_TEXT': (str, 'Monitoring', '{title} was recently added to Plex.'),
     'NOTIFY_ON_EXTDOWN_SUBJECT_TEXT': (str, 'Monitoring', 'PlexPy ({server_name})'),
-    'NOTIFY_ON_EXTDOWN_BODY_TEXT': (str, 'Monitoring', 'The Plex external port is down.'),
+    'NOTIFY_ON_EXTDOWN_BODY_TEXT': (str, 'Monitoring', 'The Plex Media Server remote access is down.'),
     'NOTIFY_ON_INTDOWN_SUBJECT_TEXT': (str, 'Monitoring', 'PlexPy ({server_name})'),
-    'NOTIFY_ON_INTDOWN_BODY_TEXT': (str, 'Monitoring', 'The Plex server is down.'),
+    'NOTIFY_ON_INTDOWN_BODY_TEXT': (str, 'Monitoring', 'The Plex Media Server is down.'),
     'OSX_NOTIFY_APP': (str, 'OSX_Notify', '/Applications/PlexPy'),
     'OSX_NOTIFY_ENABLED': (int, 'OSX_Notify', 0),
     'OSX_NOTIFY_ON_PLAY': (int, 'OSX_Notify', 0),
diff --git a/plexpy/notification_handler.py b/plexpy/notification_handler.py
index 4a9f7b7e..9d943697 100644
--- a/plexpy/notification_handler.py
+++ b/plexpy/notification_handler.py
@@ -638,7 +638,7 @@ def build_server_notify_text(state=None):
 
     if state == 'extdown':
         # Default body text
-        body_text = 'The Plex external port is down.'
+        body_text = 'The Plex Media Server remote access is down.'
 
         if on_extdown_subject and on_extdown_body:
             try:
@@ -660,7 +660,7 @@ def build_server_notify_text(state=None):
             return [subject_text, body_text]
     elif state == 'intdown':
         # Default body text
-        body_text = 'The Plex server is down.'
+        body_text = 'The Plex Media Server is down.'
 
         if on_intdown_subject and on_intdown_body:
             try:
diff --git a/plexpy/webserve.py b/plexpy/webserve.py
index 12a79f42..24233bc1 100644
--- a/plexpy/webserve.py
+++ b/plexpy/webserve.py
@@ -435,6 +435,7 @@ class WebInterface(object):
             "tv_notify_on_pause": checked(plexpy.CONFIG.TV_NOTIFY_ON_PAUSE),
             "movie_notify_on_pause": checked(plexpy.CONFIG.MOVIE_NOTIFY_ON_PAUSE),
             "music_notify_on_pause": checked(plexpy.CONFIG.MUSIC_NOTIFY_ON_PAUSE),
+            "monitor_remote_access": checked(plexpy.CONFIG.MONITOR_REMOTE_ACCESS),
             "monitoring_interval": plexpy.CONFIG.MONITORING_INTERVAL,
             "monitoring_use_websocket": checked(plexpy.CONFIG.MONITORING_USE_WEBSOCKET),
             "refresh_users_interval": plexpy.CONFIG.REFRESH_USERS_INTERVAL,
@@ -490,7 +491,7 @@ class WebInterface(object):
             "tv_notify_on_stop", "movie_notify_on_stop", "music_notify_on_stop",
             "tv_notify_on_pause", "movie_notify_on_pause", "music_notify_on_pause", "refresh_users_on_startup",
             "ip_logging_enable", "video_logging_enable", "music_logging_enable", "pms_is_remote", "home_stats_type",
-            "group_history_tables", "notify_consecutive", "notify_recently_added_grandparent"
+            "group_history_tables", "notify_consecutive", "notify_recently_added_grandparent", "monitor_remote_access"
         ]
         for checked_config in checked_configs:
             if checked_config not in kwargs: