diff --git a/Deployment/host.conf.template b/Deployment/host.conf.template
index 69c3f20..de1c2de 100644
--- a/Deployment/host.conf.template
+++ b/Deployment/host.conf.template
@@ -331,14 +331,20 @@
 # HTTP health check URLs — checked every cycle.
     declare -A HOSTN_WATCHDOG_CONTAINER_URLS=(
         # ["Emby"]="http://localhost:8096"
+        # ["Jellyfin"]="http://localhost:8095"
         # ["NginxProxyManager"]="http://localhost:7818"
         # ["Authelia"]="http://localhost:9091/api/health"
         # ["Authelia-Secondary"]="http://localhost:9092/api/health"
         # ["Lldap"]="http://localhost:17170"
     )
 
-# API-level health checks. Format: ["ContainerName"]="url|expected_json_key|expected_value"
+# API-level health checks — catches HTTP-200-but-internally-frozen containers (DB lock,
+# deadlocked thread, etc.) that a basic HTTP check above would miss. Pick an endpoint that
+# forces a real DB round-trip — a lightweight status endpoint may stay 200 even while the
+# rest of the app is locked up. Format: ["ContainerName"]="url|APIKey"
     declare -A HOSTN_WATCHDOG_CONTAINER_API_CHECKS=(
+        # ["Emby"]="${HOSTN_EMBY_URL}/Users|${HOSTN_EMBY_API_KEY}"
+        # ["Jellyfin"]="${HOSTN_JELLYFIN_URL}/Users|${HOSTN_JELLYFIN_API_KEY}"
     )
 
 # Required containers — must always be running.
diff --git a/Watchdogs/docker_watchdog.sh b/Watchdogs/docker_watchdog.sh
index c70b0af..12cb930 100755
--- a/Watchdogs/docker_watchdog.sh
+++ b/Watchdogs/docker_watchdog.sh
@@ -899,7 +899,10 @@ CYCLE_START=$(date +%s)
                 continue
             fi
 
-            if echo "$_resp" | jq -e '.ServerName // .Id // .Version' >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+            # Object-shaped responses (e.g. /System/Info) pass via ServerName/Id/Version.
+            # Array-shaped responses (e.g. /Users) pass on any valid array — indexing an
+            # array with a string key would itself error in jq, so branch on type first.
+            if echo "$_resp" | jq -e 'if type == "array" then true else (.ServerName // .Id // .Version) != null end' >/dev/null 2>&1; then
                 set_strikes "${container}_api" 0 "$WATCHDOG_STATE_FILE"
             else
                 API_STRIKES=$(get_strikes "${container}_api" "$WATCHDOG_STATE_FILE")