diff --git a/etc/fail2ban/jail.d/wp-auth.conf b/etc/fail2ban/jail.d/wp-auth.conf
index 73e41dc..1fb05e0 100644
--- a/etc/fail2ban/jail.d/wp-auth.conf
+++ b/etc/fail2ban/jail.d/wp-auth.conf
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 enabled  = true
 port     = http,https
 filter   = wp-auth
+backend  = auto
 logpath  = /var/log/apache2/access.log tail
 bantime  = 900
 findtime = 300
diff --git a/etc/fail2ban/jail.d/xmlrpc.conf b/etc/fail2ban/jail.d/xmlrpc.conf
index a22150e..4ec1b72 100644
--- a/etc/fail2ban/jail.d/xmlrpc.conf
+++ b/etc/fail2ban/jail.d/xmlrpc.conf
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 enabled  = true
 port     = http,https
 filter   = xmlrpc
+backend  = auto
 logpath  = /var/log/apache2/access.log tail
 bantime  = 86400
 findtime = 60