diff --git a/packages/portal-api/lib/data/index.js b/packages/portal-api/lib/data/index.js
index 92833942..3fda23f4 100644
--- a/packages/portal-api/lib/data/index.js
+++ b/packages/portal-api/lib/data/index.js
@@ -1218,8 +1218,16 @@ module.exports = class Data extends EventEmitter {
     });
   }
 
-  updateInstance ({ id, status }, cb) {
-    this._db.instances.update([{ id, status }], (err, instances) => {
+  updateInstance ({ id, status, healthy }, cb) {
+    const changes = { id };
+    if (typeof healthy === 'boolean') {
+      changes.healthy = healthy;
+    }
+    if (status) {
+      changes.status = status;
+    }
+
+    this._db.instances.update([changes], (err, instances) => {
       if (err) {
         return cb(err);
       }
diff --git a/packages/portal-api/lib/data/transform.js b/packages/portal-api/lib/data/transform.js
index 418f67bb..78b9b3fc 100644
--- a/packages/portal-api/lib/data/transform.js
+++ b/packages/portal-api/lib/data/transform.js
@@ -171,7 +171,8 @@ exports.fromInstance = function (instance) {
     name: instance.name,
     machineId: instance.machine_id,
     status: instance.status || '',
-    ips: instance.ips || []
+    ips: instance.ips || [],
+    healthy: instance.healthy
   };
 };
 
@@ -181,7 +182,8 @@ exports.toInstance = function (clientInstance) {
     name: clientInstance.name,
     machine_id: clientInstance.machineId,
     status: clientInstance.status || '',
-    ips: clientInstance.ips || []
+    ips: clientInstance.ips || [],
+    healthy: clientInstance.healthy
   };
 };
 
diff --git a/packages/portal-api/lib/watch/health.js b/packages/portal-api/lib/watch/health.js
index 1ef7ef16..f125e4a0 100644
--- a/packages/portal-api/lib/watch/health.js
+++ b/packages/portal-api/lib/watch/health.js
@@ -14,11 +14,6 @@ module.exports = class Health extends Events {
     // todo assert options
     this._data = options.data;
     this._frequency = options.frequency || 2000;
-
-    // consul is the base url to the consul cluster
-    if (options.consul) {
-      Consulite.config({ consul: options.consul });
-    }
   }
 
   poll () {
@@ -38,8 +33,80 @@ module.exports = class Health extends Events {
     }, this._frequency);
   }
 
+  // check() follows these steps:
+  // 1. grab all services from the db
+  // 2. filter to only the unique consul hosts
+  // 3. grab all instances from the db
+  // 4. query each consul host for service names
+  // 5. query the respective consul host for service health
+  // 6. match node to instance using the address and update `healthy` if the status changes
   check (cb) {
-    Consulite.getServiceNames((err, consulServices) => {
+    // 1. grab all services from the db
+    this._data.services.all((err, services) => {
+      if (err) {
+        return cb(err);
+      }
+
+      if (!services) {
+        return cb();
+      }
+
+      // 2. filter to only the unique consul hosts
+      const consulHosts = [];
+      services.forEach((service) => {
+        if (!service.consul) {
+          return;
+        }
+
+        if (consulHosts.indexOf(service.consul) === -1) {
+          consulHosts.push(service.consul);
+        }
+      });
+
+      // 3. grab all instances from the db
+      this._data.instances.all((err, instances) => {
+        if (err) {
+          return cb(err);
+        }
+
+        // we match consul nodes using the IP address, remove those that won't match
+        instances = instances.filter((instance) => {
+          return instance.ips && instance.ips.length;
+        });
+
+        // include consul host on each instance
+        // helps to identify the correct instance when comparing addresses
+        instances.forEach((instance) => {
+          const service = services.find((service) => {
+            return (service.instance_ids.indexOf(instance.id) !== -1);
+          });
+
+          if (service) {
+            instance.consul = service.consul;
+          }
+        });
+
+        VAsync.forEachParallel({
+          inputs: consulHosts,
+          // 4. query each consul host for service names
+          // 5. query the respective consul host for service health
+          func: this._checkServicesHealth
+        }, (err, results) => {
+          if (err) {
+            return cb(err);
+          }
+
+          // 6. match node to instance using the address and update `healthy` if the status changes
+          this._findAndUpdateInstances(instances, results.successes, cb);
+        });
+      });
+    });
+  }
+
+  _checkServicesHealth (consul, cb) {
+    const consulite = new Consulite({ consul });
+
+    consulite.getServiceNames((err, consulServices) => {
       if (err) {
         return cb(err);
       }
@@ -49,45 +116,43 @@ module.exports = class Health extends Events {
         return consulService !== 'containerpilot';
       });
 
-      this._data.instances.all((err, instances) => {
-        if (err) {
-          return cb(err);
-        }
+      VAsync.forEachParallel({
+        inputs: consulServices,
+        func: (consulService, next) => {
+          consulite.getServiceStatus(consulService, (err, nodes) => {
+            if (err) {
+              return next(err);
+            }
 
-        // we match consul nodes using the IP address
-        instances = instances.filter((instance) => {
-          return instance.ips && instance.ips.length;
-        });
-
-        VAsync.forEachParallel({
-          inputs: consulServices,
-          func: (consulService, next) => {
-            Consulite.getServiceStatus(consulService, (err, nodes) => {
-              if (err) {
-                return next(err);
-              }
-
-              this.findAndUpdateInstances(instances, nodes, next);
+            nodes = nodes.map((node) => {
+              node.consul = consul;
+              return node;
             });
-          }
-        }, cb);
-      });
+
+            next(null, nodes);
+          });
+        }
+      }, cb);
     });
   }
 
-  findAndUpdateInstances (instances, nodes, cb) {
+  _findAndUpdateInstances (instances, nodes, cb) {
     VAsync.forEachPipeline({
       inputs: nodes,
       func: (node, next) => {
+        const healthy = (node.status === 'passing');
+
         const instance = instances.find((instance) => {
-          return (instance.ips.indexOf(nodes.address) !== -1);
+          return (instance.ips.indexOf(node.address) !== -1) &&
+              (instance.consul === node.consul) &&
+              (instance.healthy !== healthy);
         });
 
         if (!instance) {
           return next();
         }
 
-        this._data.updateInstance({ id: instance.id, status: node.status }, next);
+        this._data.updateInstance({ id: instance.id, healthy }, next);
       }
     }, cb);
   }
diff --git a/packages/portal-api/package.json b/packages/portal-api/package.json
index 05a42185..334cb11f 100644
--- a/packages/portal-api/package.json
+++ b/packages/portal-api/package.json
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
   },
   "dependencies": {
     "boom": "^5.1.0",
-    "consulite": "^1.8.0",
+    "consulite": "^2.0.0",
     "docker-compose-client": "^1.0.8",
     "dockerode": "^2.5.0",
     "graphi": "^2.2.1",
diff --git a/packages/portal-api/yarn.lock b/packages/portal-api/yarn.lock
index cca63422..e5171bbd 100644
--- a/packages/portal-api/yarn.lock
+++ b/packages/portal-api/yarn.lock
@@ -372,9 +372,9 @@ consulite@1.6.x:
     or-promise "1.x.x"
     wreck "10.x.x"
 
-consulite@^1.8.0:
-  version "1.8.0"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/consulite/-/consulite-1.8.0.tgz#71ca77d7dc19c252e9e6df6752b90e992eee9113"
+consulite@^2.0.0:
+  version "2.0.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/consulite/-/consulite-2.0.0.tgz#4d35228d24f70a8fb01fdb8ed921d4e54d8bbb16"
   dependencies:
     or-promise "1.x.x"
     wreck "12.x.x"