diff --git a/Vagrantfile b/Vagrantfile
index efe6e7a..3ebbaae 100644
--- a/Vagrantfile
+++ b/Vagrantfile
@@ -5,20 +5,23 @@ test -d /srv/pillar || mkdir /srv/pillar
 test -f /tmp/travis/top.sls && cp /{tmp/travis,srv/salt}/top.sls
 cp {/tmp/travis,/srv/salt}/top.sls
 cp /tmp/travis/top_pillar.sls /srv/pillar/top.sls
-cp /srv/{salt/pillar.example,pillar/monit.sls}
+ln -s /srv/salt/pillar.example /srv/pillar/monit.sls
 SCRIPT
 
 Vagrant.configure(2) do |config|
-  config.vm.define "xenial" do |xenial|
-    xenial.vm.box = "xenial"
+  config.vm.provider 'virtualbox' do |v|
+    v.linked_clone = true if Vagrant::VERSION =~ /^1.8/
+  end
+
+  config.vm.define "monit" do |monit|
+    monit.vm.box = "ubuntu/xenial64"
     
-    xenial.vm.synced_folder ".", "/vagrant", disabled: true
-    xenial.vm.synced_folder ".", "/srv/salt"
-    xenial.vm.synced_folder ".travis", "/tmp/travis"
+    monit.vm.synced_folder ".", "/vagrant", disabled: true
+    monit.vm.synced_folder ".", "/srv/salt"
+    monit.vm.synced_folder ".travis", "/tmp/travis"
 
-    xenial.vm.provision "shell", inline: $script
-    xenial.vm.provision :salt do |salt|
-      salt.bootstrap_script = "../salt-bootstrap/bootstrap-salt.sh"
+    monit.vm.provision "shell", inline: $script
+    monit.vm.provision :salt do |salt|
       salt.masterless = true
       salt.minion_config = ".travis/minion"
       salt.run_highstate = false
diff --git a/monit/config.sls b/monit/config.sls
index 0d6b6d0..1da97c7 100644
--- a/monit/config.sls
+++ b/monit/config.sls
@@ -7,9 +7,10 @@
     - template: jinja
     - makedirs: True
     - mode: '0700'
-    - context:
-        config_includes: {{ monit.config_includes }}
-        http_access: {{ monit.http_access }}
+{%- if monit.service.status == 'running' %}
+    - watch_in:
+      - service: {{ monit.service.name }}
+{%- endif %}
 
 {#- This is the mail alert configuration #}
 {% if monit.mail_alert is defined %}
@@ -18,8 +19,10 @@
     - source: salt://monit/files/mail
     - template: jinja
     - makedirs: True
-    - context:
-      mail_alert: {{ monit.mail_alert }}
+{%- if monit.service.status == 'running' %}
+    - watch_in:
+      - service: {{ monit.service.name }}
+{%- endif %}
 {% endif %}
 
 {#- This is populated by modules configuration
@@ -28,5 +31,8 @@
   file.managed:
     - source: salt://monit/files/modules
     - template: jinja
-    - context:
-      modules: {{ monit.modules }}
+    - makedirs: True
+{%- if monit.service.status == 'running' %}
+    - watch_in:
+      - service: {{ monit.service.name }}
+{%- endif %}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/monit/defaults.yaml b/monit/defaults.yaml
index 85172c5..fb1e0fe 100644
--- a/monit/defaults.yaml
+++ b/monit/defaults.yaml
@@ -6,6 +6,10 @@ monit:
   config_includes: '/etc/monit/conf.d'
   service:
     name: monit
+    enable: True
+    status: running
+  daemon_interval: 10
+  logfile: syslog
   http_access: 
     port: 2812
     bind: 127.0.0.1
diff --git a/monit/files/mail b/monit/files/mail
index ae53046..77ecd02 100644
--- a/monit/files/mail
+++ b/monit/files/mail
@@ -1,15 +1,16 @@
-{%- for email in mail_alert.users -%}
-set alert {{email}} ON { invalid, timeout, resource, size, timestamp }
+{%- from "monit/map.jinja" import monit with context -%}
+{%- for email in monit.mail_alert.users -%}
+set alert {{ email }} ON { invalid, timeout, resource, size, timestamp }
 {% endfor %}
 
-{%- if mail_alert.account.email -%}
-set mail-format { from: {{mail_alert.account.email}} }
+{%- if monit.mail_alert.account.email -%}
+set mail-format { from: {{ monit.mail_alert.account.email }} }
 {%- endif -%}
 
-{%- if mail_alert.account.server and mail_alert.account.port %}
-set mailserver {{mail_alert.account.server}} port {{mail_alert.account.port}} 
-    {%- if mail_alert.account.email and 'password' in mail_alert.account and mail_alert.account.password %}
-    username "{{mail_alert.account.email}}" password "{{mail_alert.account.password}}"
+{%- if monit.mail_alert.account.server and monit.mail_alert.account.port %}
+set mailserver {{ monit.mail_alert.account.server }} port {{ monit.mail_alert.account.port }} 
+    {%- if monit.mail_alert.account.email and 'password' in monit.mail_alert.account and monit.mail_alert.account.password %}
+    username "{{ monit.mail_alert.account.email }}" password "{{ monit.mail_alert.account.password }}"
     using tlsv1
     {%- endif %}
     with timeout 30 seconds
diff --git a/monit/files/modules b/monit/files/modules
index ea0c0cd..c6fefe5 100644
--- a/monit/files/modules
+++ b/monit/files/modules
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+{%- from "monit/map.jinja" import monit with context -%}
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 # vim: ft=jinja
 
@@ -22,7 +23,7 @@
 -#}
 {#- module = nginx_init, 
     module_v = {'process': {'with': {'pidfile':... #}
-{%- for module, module_v in modules.iteritems() -%}
+{%- for module, module_v in monit.modules.iteritems() -%}
 
   {#- mod_name = process 
       mod_name_v = {'custom': {'name': 'nginx'}, 'with': {'pidfile':... #}
@@ -46,10 +47,10 @@
     
         {#- if it has 'pidfile' or 'path' then this is the 'check' line #}
         {%- if 'pidfile' in kind_v or 'path' in kind_v %}
-check {{ mod_name }} {{ name }} with {{ element }} {{ element_v }}
+check {{ mod_name|replace('\\n', '\n') }} {{ name|replace('\\n', '\n') }} with {{ element|replace('\\n', '\n') }} "{{ element_v|replace('\\n', '\n') }}"
         {%- endif -%}
-      {% endfor %}
-    {% endfor %}
+      {%- endfor -%}
+    {%- endfor -%}
     {%- for kind, kind_v in mod_name_v.iteritems() -%}
       {%- for element, element_v in kind_v.iteritems() -%}
 
@@ -58,9 +59,9 @@ check {{ mod_name }} {{ name }} with {{ element }} {{ element_v }}
 
           {#- filter 'start' to add 'program =' into this line #}
           {%- if 'start' in element or 'stop' in element %}
-  {{ element }} program = "{{ element_v }}"
+  {{ element|replace('\\n', '\n') }} program = "{{ element_v|replace('\\n', '\n') }}"
           {%- else %}
-  {{ element }} {{ element_v }}
+  {{ element|replace('\\n', '\n') }} {{ element_v|replace('\\n', '\n') }}
           {%- endif %}
         {%- endif -%}
 
@@ -69,7 +70,11 @@ check {{ mod_name }} {{ name }} with {{ element }} {{ element_v }}
 
           {#- 'action' is appended to the 'if failed' line #}
           {%- if 'action' not in element %}
-  if {{ element }} {{ element_v }} then {{ kind_v.action }}
+  if {{ element|replace('\\n', '\n') }}
+  {%- if element_v is not none %}
+    {{ element_v|replace('\\n', '\n')| indent(4) }}
+  {%- endif %}
+  then {{ kind_v.action|replace('\\n', '\n') }}
           {%- endif %}
         {%- endif %}
       {%- endfor %}
diff --git a/monit/files/monitrc b/monit/files/monitrc
index 0440002..4e07508 100644
--- a/monit/files/monitrc
+++ b/monit/files/monitrc
@@ -1,12 +1,17 @@
-set daemon  10
+{%- from "monit/map.jinja" import monit with context -%}
+set daemon {{ monit.daemon_interval }}
+{%- if monit.daemon_start_delay %}
+  with start delay {{ monit.daemon_start_delay }}
+{%- endif %}
+set logfile {{ monit.logfile }}
 
-set httpd port {{ http_access.port }} and
-  use address {{ http_access.bind }}
-{%- for host in http_access.allowed.hosts %}
+set httpd port {{ monit.http_access.port }} and
+  use address {{ monit.http_access.bind }}
+{%- for host in monit.http_access.allowed.hosts %}
   allow {{ host }}
 {%- endfor %}
-{%- for userdata in http_access.allowed.users %}
+{%- for userdata in monit.http_access.allowed.users %}
   allow {{ userdata[0] }}:{{ userdata[1] }}
 {%- endfor %}
 
-include {{ config_includes }}/*
+include {{ monit.config_includes }}/*
diff --git a/monit/map.jinja b/monit/map.jinja
index 85c18b3..f963887 100644
--- a/monit/map.jinja
+++ b/monit/map.jinja
@@ -11,6 +11,10 @@ that differ from whats in defaults.yaml
 {% set os_family_map = salt['grains.filter_by']({
         'Debian': {},
         'Kali': {},
+        'FreeBSD': {
+            'config': '/usr/local/etc/monitrc',
+            'config_includes': '/usr/local/etc/monit/conf.d'
+        },
         'Gentoo': {
             'pkg': 'app-admin/monit',
             'config': '/etc/monitrc',
diff --git a/monit/service.sls b/monit/service.sls
index 0737955..e8e5cb1 100644
--- a/monit/service.sls
+++ b/monit/service.sls
@@ -4,10 +4,6 @@
 {% from "monit/map.jinja" import monit with context %}
 
 {{ monit.service.name }}:
-  service.running:
-    - enable: True
+  service.{{ monit.service.status }}:
+    - enable: {{ monit.service.enable }}
     - restart: True
-    - watch:
-      - file: {{ monit.config }}
-      - file: {{ monit.config_includes }}/mail
-      - file: {{ monit.config_includes }}/modules
diff --git a/pillar.example b/pillar.example
index 33c51b4..eba9702 100644
--- a/pillar.example
+++ b/pillar.example
@@ -1,4 +1,9 @@
 monit: 
+  service:
+    enable: True
+    status: running
+  daemon_interval: 30
+  daemon_start_delay: 60
   mail_alert:
     account:
       server: smtp.gmail.com