diff --git a/server/model/monitor.js b/server/model/monitor.js
index f81f6e00e2..1319988f05 100644
--- a/server/model/monitor.js
+++ b/server/model/monitor.js
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ var timezone = require('dayjs/plugin/timezone')
 dayjs.extend(utc)
 dayjs.extend(timezone)
 const axios = require("axios");
-const {tcping, ping} = require("../util-server");
+const {tcping, ping, dnsLookup, isIpAddress} = require("../util-server");
 const {R} = require("redbean-node");
 const {BeanModel} = require("redbean-node/dist/bean-model");
 const {Notification} = require("../notification")
@@ -68,34 +68,68 @@ class Monitor extends BeanModel {
 
             try {
                 if (this.type === "http" || this.type === "keyword") {
-                    let startTime = dayjs().valueOf();
-                    let res = await axios.get(this.url, {
-                        headers: { 'User-Agent':'Uptime-Kuma' }
-                    })
-                    bean.msg = `${res.status} - ${res.statusText}`
-                    bean.ping = dayjs().valueOf() - startTime;
-
-                    if (this.type === "http") {
-                        bean.status = 1;
+                    // Parse URL
+                    const targetUrl = new URL(this.url);
+                    const serversToCheck = [];
+                    if (!isIpAddress(targetUrl.hostname)) {
+                        // Get DNS Result
+                        const dnsResults = await dnsLookup(targetUrl.hostname);
+                        serversToCheck.push(...dnsResults);
                     } else {
-
-                        let data = res.data;
-
-                        // Convert to string for object/array
-                        if (typeof data !== "string") {
-                            data = JSON.stringify(data)
-                        }
-
-                        if (data.includes(this.keyword)) {
-                            bean.msg += ", keyword is found"
-                            bean.status = 1;
-                        } else {
-                            throw new Error(bean.msg + ", but keyword is not found")
-                        }
-
+                        serversToCheck.push({ address: targetUrl.hostname });
                     }
-
-
+                    // Check each server in parallel
+                    await Promise.all(
+                        serversToCheck.map(async (server) => {
+                            let startTime = dayjs().valueOf();
+                            let res;
+
+                            // Catch connection errors inside
+                            try {
+                                res = await axios.get(
+                                    `${targetUrl.protocol}//${server.address}`,
+                                    {
+                                        headers: {
+                                            "User-Agent": "Uptime-Kuma",
+                                            host: targetUrl.hostname,
+                                        },
+                                        timeout: 3000,
+                                    }
+                                );
+                            } catch (error) {
+                                bean.msg = `server [${server.address}]: ${error.message}`;
+                                return;
+                            }
+
+                            // Stop if we found a server that's up
+                            if (bean.status == 1) {
+                                return;
+                            }
+
+                            bean.msg = `${res.status} - ${res.statusText}`;
+                            bean.ping = dayjs().valueOf() - startTime;
+
+                            if (this.type === "http") {
+                                bean.status = 1;
+                            } else {
+                                let data = res.data;
+
+                                // Convert to string for object/array
+                                if (typeof data !== "string") {
+                                    data = JSON.stringify(data);
+                                }
+
+                                if (data.includes(this.keyword)) {
+                                    bean.msg += ", keyword is found";
+                                    bean.status = 1;
+                                } else {
+                                    throw new Error(
+                                        bean.msg + ", but keyword is not found"
+                                    );
+                                }
+                            }
+                        })
+                    );
                 } else if (this.type === "port") {
                     bean.ping = await tcping(this.hostname, this.port);
                     bean.msg = ""
diff --git a/server/util-server.js b/server/util-server.js
index b387f4c7cc..f0bec6651b 100644
--- a/server/util-server.js
+++ b/server/util-server.js
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 const tcpp = require('tcp-ping');
 const Ping = require("./ping-lite");
 const {R} = require("redbean-node");
+const dns = require('dns');
 
 exports.tcping = function (hostname, port) {
     return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
@@ -70,3 +71,39 @@ exports.getSettings = async function (type) {
 
     return result;
 }
+
+// Async function wrapper for dns.lookup()
+// Returns list of resolved IP Addresses
+exports.dnsLookup = async function (name) {
+    return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
+        dns.lookup(name, { all: true, family: 0 }, (err, ips) => {
+            if (err) {
+                reject(err);
+            } else {
+                resolve(ips);
+            }
+        });
+    });
+};
+
+// check if string is a valid IP address
+// is-ipv6-node by @anatoliygatt
+exports.isIpAddress = function (ipAddress) {
+    // IPv4
+    if (
+        /^(25[0-5]|2[0-4][0-9]|[01]?[0-9][0-9]?)\.(25[0-5]|2[0-4][0-9]|[01]?[0-9][0-9]?)\.(25[0-5]|2[0-4][0-9]|[01]?[0-9][0-9]?)\.(25[0-5]|2[0-4][0-9]|[01]?[0-9][0-9]?)$/.test(
+            ipAddress
+        )
+    ) {
+        return true;
+    }
+    // IPv6
+    if (
+        /(([0-9a-fA-F]{1,4}:){7,7}[0-9a-fA-F]{1,4}|([0-9a-fA-F]{1,4}:){1,7}:|([0-9a-fA-F]{1,4}:){1,6}:[0-9a-fA-F]{1,4}|([0-9a-fA-F]{1,4}:){1,5}(:[0-9a-fA-F]{1,4}){1,2}|([0-9a-fA-F]{1,4}:){1,4}(:[0-9a-fA-F]{1,4}){1,3}|([0-9a-fA-F]{1,4}:){1,3}(:[0-9a-fA-F]{1,4}){1,4}|([0-9a-fA-F]{1,4}:){1,2}(:[0-9a-fA-F]{1,4}){1,5}|[0-9a-fA-F]{1,4}:((:[0-9a-fA-F]{1,4}){1,6})|:((:[0-9a-fA-F]{1,4}){1,7}|:)|fe80:(:[0-9a-fA-F]{0,4}){0,4}%[0-9a-zA-Z]{1,}|::(ffff(:0{1,4}){0,1}:){0,1}((25[0-5]|(2[0-4]|1{0,1}[0-9]){0,1}[0-9])\.){3,3}(25[0-5]|(2[0-4]|1{0,1}[0-9]){0,1}[0-9])|([0-9a-fA-F]{1,4}:){1,4}:((25[0-5]|(2[0-4]|1{0,1}[0-9]){0,1}[0-9])\.){3,3}(25[0-5]|(2[0-4]|1{0,1}[0-9]){0,1}[0-9]))/.test(
+            ipAddress
+        )
+    ) {
+        return true;
+    }
+    return false;
+};