diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index d0a2eca..269f060 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ deps:
 info-file :
 	echo PACKAGE_NAME=\"$(PROGRAM_NAME)\" "\n"\
 	PACKAGE_DESCRIPTION=\"HAproxy healthcheck program for EOSIO API.\" "\n"\
-	PACKAGE_VERSION=\"0.3.4\" "\n"\
+	PACKAGE_VERSION=\"0.3.5\" "\n"\
 	PACKAGE_PREFIX=\"$(PREFIX:/%=%)\" "\n"\
 	PACKAGE_PROGRAM=\"build/$(PROGRAM_NAME)\" > scripts/info
 
diff --git a/src/eosapi/functions.go b/src/eosapi/functions.go
index 910b23f..02558dc 100644
--- a/src/eosapi/functions.go
+++ b/src/eosapi/functions.go
@@ -56,6 +56,9 @@ func GetInfo(params ReqParams) (Info, error) {
 		resp := r.Response()
 		body, _ := ioutil.ReadAll(resp.Body)
 
+		// Set HTTPStatusCode
+		info.HTTPStatusCode = resp.StatusCode
+
 		// Parse json
 		err = json.Unmarshal(body, &info)
 	}
@@ -71,6 +74,9 @@ func GetHealth(params ReqParams) (Health, error) {
 		resp := r.Response()
 		body, _ := ioutil.ReadAll(resp.Body)
 
+        // Set HTTPStatusCode
+        health.HTTPStatusCode = resp.StatusCode
+
 		// Parse json
 		err = json.Unmarshal(body, &health)
 	}
diff --git a/src/eosapi/types.go b/src/eosapi/types.go
index 5b538f7..393cb48 100644
--- a/src/eosapi/types.go
+++ b/src/eosapi/types.go
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ type Info struct {
 	ServerVersion 	string 		`json:"server_version"`
 	HeadBlockNum 	int64 		`json:"head_block_num"`
 	HeadBlockTime 	time.Time 	`json:"head_block_time"`
+	HTTPStatusCode	int
 }
 
 // Service struct from /v2/health
@@ -22,4 +23,5 @@ type Service struct {
 type Health struct {
 	VersionHash 	string 		`json:"version_hash"`
 	Health          []Service 	`json:"health"`
+	HTTPStatusCode	int
 }
diff --git a/src/server.go b/src/server.go
index d560350..5878296 100644
--- a/src/server.go
+++ b/src/server.go
@@ -22,6 +22,12 @@ func check_api(p eosapi.ReqParams, block_time float64) (haproxy.HealthCheckStatu
 		return haproxy.HealthCheckFailed, msg
 	}
 
+	// Check HTTP Status Code
+	if info.HTTPStatusCode > 299 {
+		return haproxy.HealthCheckDown,
+			fmt.Sprintf("Taking offline because %v was received from backend", info.HTTPStatusCode)
+	}
+
 	// Validate head block.
 	now  := time.Now().In(time.UTC)
 	diff := now.Sub(info.HeadBlockTime).Seconds()
@@ -48,6 +54,12 @@ func check_api_v2(p eosapi.ReqParams, offset int64) (haproxy.HealthCheckStatus,
 		return haproxy.HealthCheckFailed, msg
 	}
 
+    // Check HTTP Status Code
+    if health.HTTPStatusCode > 299 {
+		return haproxy.HealthCheckDown,
+			fmt.Sprintf("Taking offline because %v was received from backend", health.HTTPStatusCode)
+    }
+
 	// Fetch elasticsearch and nodeos block numbers from json.
 	var es_block int64 = 0
 	var node_block int64 = 0