diff --git a/wo/cli/plugins/stack.py b/wo/cli/plugins/stack.py
index e29dc29..9c137e3 100644
--- a/wo/cli/plugins/stack.py
+++ b/wo/cli/plugins/stack.py
@@ -1077,29 +1077,28 @@ class WOStackController(CementBaseController):
             # create fail2ban configuration files
             if set(WOVariables.wo_fail2ban).issubset(set(apt_packages)):
                 if not os.path.isfile("/etc/fail2ban/jail.d/custom.conf"):
-                    data = dict()
                     Log.debug(self, "Setting up fail2ban jails configuration")
-                    wo_fail2ban = open('/etc/fail2ban/jail.d/custom.conf',
+                    fail2ban_config = open('/etc/fail2ban/jail.d/custom.conf',
                                        encoding='utf-8', mode='w')
                     self.app.render((data), 'fail2ban.mustache',
                                     out=wo_fail2ban)
-                    wo_fail2ban.close()
+                    fail2ban_config.close()
 
                     Log.debug(self, "Setting up fail2ban wp filter")
-                    wo_fail2ban = open('/etc/fail2ban/filter.d/'
+                    fail2ban_config = open('/etc/fail2ban/filter.d/'
                                        'wo-wordpress.conf',
                                        encoding='utf-8', mode='w')
                     self.app.render((data), 'fail2ban-wp.mustache',
                                     out=wo_fail2ban)
-                    wo_fail2ban.close()
+                    fail2ban_config.close()
 
                     Log.debug(self, "Setting up fail2ban wp filter")
-                    wo_fail2ban = open('/etc/fail2ban/filter.d/'
+                    fail2ban_config = open('/etc/fail2ban/filter.d/'
                                        'nginx-forbidden.conf',
                                        encoding='utf-8', mode='w')
                     self.app.render((data), 'fail2ban-forbidden.mustache',
                                     out=wo_fail2ban)
-                    wo_fail2ban.close()
+                    fail2ban_config.close()
                 WOGit.add(self, ["/etc/fail2ban"],
                           msg="Adding Fail2ban into Git")
                 WOService.reload_service(self, 'fail2ban')
diff --git a/wo/cli/plugins/stack_services.py b/wo/cli/plugins/stack_services.py
index 9b7d604..2def4af 100644
--- a/wo/cli/plugins/stack_services.py
+++ b/wo/cli/plugins/stack_services.py
@@ -85,6 +85,7 @@ class WOStackStatusController(CementBaseController):
         if not (self.app.pargs.nginx or self.app.pargs.php or
                 self.app.pargs.php73 or
                 self.app.pargs.mysql or
+                self.app.pargs.fail2ban or
                 self.app.pargs.redis):
             self.app.pargs.nginx = True
             self.app.pargs.php = True