diff --git a/pillar/kingfisher_main.sls b/pillar/kingfisher_main.sls
index 705fdf5d..b66d2cba 100644
--- a/pillar/kingfisher_main.sls
+++ b/pillar/kingfisher_main.sls
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ apache:
       servername: collect.kingfisher.open-contracting.org
       context:
         documentroot: /home/collect/scrapyd
-        proxypass: http://localhost:6800/
+        proxypass: http://localhost:6800/ disablereuse=On
         authname: Kingfisher Scrapyd
     pelican_frontend:
       configuration: pelican
diff --git a/pillar/registry.sls b/pillar/registry.sls
index 3c981e67..a3b9dbf0 100644
--- a/pillar/registry.sls
+++ b/pillar/registry.sls
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ apache:
       servername: collect.data.open-contracting.org
       context:
         documentroot: /home/collect/scrapyd
-        proxypass: http://localhost:6800/
+        proxypass: http://localhost:6800/ disablereuse=On
         authname: Kingfisher Scrapyd
     registry:
       configuration: registry
diff --git a/salt/core/systemd/files/scrapyd.service b/salt/core/systemd/files/scrapyd.service
index 8082b5c3..dd455905 100644
--- a/salt/core/systemd/files/scrapyd.service
+++ b/salt/core/systemd/files/scrapyd.service
@@ -17,9 +17,10 @@ Environment="https_proxy={{ pillar.tinyproxy.url }}"
 Environment="no_proxy=localhost,sentry.io,open-contracting.org"
 {%- endif %}
 WorkingDirectory={{ entry.appdir }}
-ExecStart={{ entry.appdir }}/.ve/bin/scrapyd --logfile=/var/log/scrapyd/scrapyd.log --pidfile=
+ExecStart={{ entry.appdir }}/.ve/bin/scrapyd --pidfile=
 Restart=on-failure
 RestartSec=30
+LogFilterPatterns="~Pingdom"
 
 [Install]
 WantedBy=multi-user.target