diff --git a/traefik/.flake8 b/traefik/.flake8
deleted file mode 100644
index f8911b3276..0000000000
--- a/traefik/.flake8
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-[flake8]
-ignore = W292,E226,E501,F401,E303
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diff --git a/traefik/README.md b/traefik/README.md
index c9524b3c63..53650608ff 100644
--- a/traefik/README.md
+++ b/traefik/README.md
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ init_config:
 instances:
   - host: 10.1.2.3
     port: "8080"
-    path: health
+    path: "/health"
 ```
 
 Configuration Options:
diff --git a/traefik/conf.yaml.example b/traefik/conf.yaml.example
index d2199ee283..31434176cf 100644
--- a/traefik/conf.yaml.example
+++ b/traefik/conf.yaml.example
@@ -3,4 +3,4 @@ init_config:
 instances:
   - host: 10.1.2.3
     port: "8080"
-    path: health
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+    path: "/health"
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diff --git a/traefik/datadog_checks/traefik/traefik.py b/traefik/datadog_checks/traefik/traefik.py
index 6eb27030db..507c73f7a5 100644
--- a/traefik/datadog_checks/traefik/traefik.py
+++ b/traefik/datadog_checks/traefik/traefik.py
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
 # Licensed under a 3-clause BSD style license (see LICENSE)
 
 import requests
-import json
 
 from datadog_checks.checks import AgentCheck
 from datadog_checks.errors import CheckException
@@ -21,14 +20,14 @@ def check(self, instance):
             raise CheckException("Configuration error, please fix traefik.yaml")
 
         try:
-            url = "http://" + host + ":" + port + path
+            url = 'http://{}:{}{}'.format(host, port, path)
             response = requests.get(url)
             response_status_code = response.status_code
 
             if response_status_code == 200:
-                self.service_check('traefik.health', self.OK, tags=None, message="")
+                self.service_check('traefik.health', self.OK)
 
-                payload = json.loads(response.text)
+                payload = response.json()
 
                 if 'total_status_code_count' in payload:
                     values = payload['total_status_code_count']
@@ -45,10 +44,10 @@ def check(self, instance):
                     self.log.warn('Field total_count not found in response.')
 
             else:
-                self.service_check('traefik.health', self.CRITICAL, tags=None, message="Traefik health check return code is not 200")
+                self.service_check('traefik.health', self.CRITICAL, message="Traefik health check return code is not 200")
 
         except requests.exceptions.ConnectionError:
-            self.service_check('traefik.health', self.CRITICAL, tags=None, message="Traefik endpoint unreachable")
+            self.service_check('traefik.health', self.CRITICAL, message="Traefik endpoint unreachable")
 
         except Exception as e:
-            self.service_check('traefik.health', self.UNKNOW, tags=None, message="Unknow exception" + str(e))
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+            self.service_check('traefik.health', self.UNKNOWN, message="UNKNOWN exception" + str(e))
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diff --git a/traefik/tox.ini b/traefik/tox.ini
index 27c23194e3..d41cb1d770 100644
--- a/traefik/tox.ini
+++ b/traefik/tox.ini
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ basepython = py27
 envlist = unit, flake8
 
 [testenv]
-platform = linux2|darwin
+platform = linux2|darwin|win32
 deps =
     datadog-checks-base
     -rrequirements-dev.txt
@@ -26,4 +26,5 @@ commands = flake8 .
 
 [flake8]
 exclude = .eggs,.tox
+ignore = W292,E226,E501,F401,E303
 max-line-length = 120