diff --git a/src/bin/main/args.rs b/src/bin/main/args.rs
index 75d8743..a062a1e 100644
--- a/src/bin/main/args.rs
+++ b/src/bin/main/args.rs
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@
 #![warn(clippy::pedantic)]
 
 //// IMPORTS ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+use libpt;
+
 use clap::{Args, Parser, Subcommand};
 
 use clap_num::number_range;
@@ -85,14 +87,20 @@ pub enum Commands {
 pub enum NetCommands {
     /// monitor your network
     Monitor {
-        #[clap(short, long)]
-        repeat: bool,
+        /// repeat every N milliseconds, 0 means no repeat
+        #[clap(short, long, default_value_t = 0, name = "N")]
+        repeat: u64,
 
+        /// At what percentage should the try be considered successful
         #[clap(short, long, default_value_t = 100, value_parser=max100)]
-        percentage_for_success: u8,
+        success_ratio: u8,
 
-        #[arg(default_values_t = ["https://cloudflare.com".to_string()])]
-        additional_domains: Vec<String>,
+        /// extra URLs to check with
+        extra_urls: Vec<String>,
+
+        /// Don't check for default URLs
+        #[clap(short, long)]
+        no_default: bool
 
     },
     /// discover hosts in your network
diff --git a/src/bin/main/mod.rs b/src/bin/main/mod.rs
index 6d3f84c..1e67d12 100644
--- a/src/bin/main/mod.rs
+++ b/src/bin/main/mod.rs
@@ -12,8 +12,8 @@
 #![warn(clippy::pedantic)]
 
 //// IMPORTS ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
-use libpt::networking::monitoring::uptime;
 use libpt::logger;
+use libpt::networking::monitoring::uptime;
 
 // we want the log macros in any case
 #[allow(unused_imports)]
@@ -66,16 +66,33 @@ fn net(cli: &Cli, command: NetCommands) {
     match command {
         NetCommands::Monitor {
             repeat,
-            percentage_for_success,
-            additional_domains,
+            success_ratio,
+            extra_urls,
+            no_default
         } => {
-            let status: uptime::UptimeStatus = uptime::check_status(
-                additional_domains,
-                percentage_for_success,
-            );
+            let urls: Vec<String>;
+            if no_default {
+                urls = extra_urls;
+            }
+            else {
+                let mut combined: Vec<String> = Vec::new();
+                for i in uptime::DEFAULT_CHECK_URLS {
+                    combined.push(i.to_string());
+                }
+                combined.extend(extra_urls);
+                urls = combined;
+            }
             let _verbose = cli.verbose.log_level().is_some();
-            println!("{}", uptime::display_uptime_status(status));
-
+            if repeat > 0 {
+                loop {
+                    let status: uptime::UptimeStatus = uptime::check_status(&urls, success_ratio);
+                    println!("{}", uptime::display_uptime_status(&status));
+                    std::thread::sleep(std::time::Duration::from_millis(repeat))
+                }
+            } else {
+                let status: uptime::UptimeStatus = uptime::check_status(&urls, success_ratio);
+                println!("{}", uptime::display_uptime_status(&status));
+            }
         }
         NetCommands::Discover {} => {}
     }
diff --git a/src/networking/monitoring/uptime.rs b/src/networking/monitoring/uptime.rs
index e1fd56d..857ef4c 100644
--- a/src/networking/monitoring/uptime.rs
+++ b/src/networking/monitoring/uptime.rs
@@ -27,6 +27,11 @@ use reqwest;
 pub type UptimeStatus = (bool, usize, usize);
 
 //// CONSTANTS /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+/// urls used for checking by default
+pub const DEFAULT_CHECK_URLS: &'static [&'static str] = &[
+    "https://www.cscherr.de", 
+    "https://www.cloudflare.com"
+];
 
 //// STATICS ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 
@@ -53,7 +58,7 @@ pub type UptimeStatus = (bool, usize, usize);
 ///
 /// #### `status`
 /// Will be `true` if the check is considered a success.
-pub fn check_status(urls_strs: Vec<String>, percentage_for_success: u8) -> UptimeStatus {
+pub fn check_status(urls_strs: &Vec<String>, percentage_for_success: u8) -> UptimeStatus {
     if percentage_for_success > 100 {
         panic!("percentage_for_success is over 100: {percentage_for_success}")
     }
@@ -99,7 +104,7 @@ pub fn check_status(urls_strs: Vec<String>, percentage_for_success: u8) -> Uptim
 /// ## display UptimeStatus
 ///
 /// returns a fancy string that shows the UptimeStatus, so you can print it to the user.
-pub fn display_uptime_status(status: UptimeStatus) -> String {
+pub fn display_uptime_status(status: &UptimeStatus) -> String {
     format!(
         r"{{
     success:    {},