diff --git a/ansible/install-app.yml b/ansible/install-app.yml
index 981573e..70cac28 100644
--- a/ansible/install-app.yml
+++ b/ansible/install-app.yml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
       mode: 0664
     notify:
       - restart tomcat
- 
+
   # configure tomcat startup properties
   # change restarts tomcat
   # - name: tomcat startup params
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@
     notify: restart apache
 
   # copy the attributes data file
-  # until this is in the database 
+  # until this is in the database
   - name: copy attribute data
     copy: "src=../attribute.xml dest={{ spreg_root }}/attribute.xml group=iam-dev mode=664"
     notify: restart tomcat
@@ -75,9 +75,18 @@
   - name: copy xmlsectool
     synchronize: "src=../xmlsectool  dest={{ spreg_root }} "
 
-  # run any handlers 
+  # run any handlers
   - meta: flush_handlers
 
+    # Do a basic smoke test
+  - name: smoke test (fetch url)
+    uri:
+      url: https://iam-tools-test.u.washington.edu/spreg/
+      method: GET
+      return_content: true
+    register: this
+    failed_when: this is failed or "'Login with your UW NetID' not in this.content"
+
   # handlers mostly standard from iam-ansible
 
   handlers:
diff --git a/ansible/install.sh b/ansible/install.sh
index 5e5bdea..0759c38 100755
--- a/ansible/install.sh
+++ b/ansible/install.sh
@@ -63,6 +63,8 @@ while getopts 'h?l:Hvdp:' opt; do
        ;;
     p) playbook=$OPTARG
        ;;
+    y) force=1
+       ;;
   esac
 done
 
@@ -73,6 +75,21 @@ target="$2"
 [[ "$target" == "eval" || "$target" == "prod" || "$target" == "targets" ]] || usage
 [[ "$target" != "targets" ]] || targets
 [[ -z $playbook ]] && playbook="install-${product}.yml"
+
+if [[ $target =~ "prod" && force -eq 0 ]]
+then
+   target=
+   read -p "Are you sure you want to push prod? [yN] " -r -n1
+   echo
+   if [[ $REPLY =~ ^[Yy]$ ]]
+   then
+      target="prod"
+   else
+      echo "Aborting"
+      exit 1
+   fi
+fi
+
 echo "Installing $playbook to $target"
 [[ -r $playbook ]] || {
   echo "Playbook $playbook not found!"
@@ -114,7 +131,7 @@ END
 }
 
 
-# run the installer 
+# run the installer
 
 vars=
 (( verb>0 )) && vars="$vars -v "
@@ -124,4 +141,3 @@ vars=
   vars="$vars -l $limit "
 }
 ansible-playbook ${playbook} $vars -i ./hosts  --extra-vars "target=${target}"
-