diff --git a/poetry.lock b/poetry.lock
index 2d2423f..bbc443e 100644
--- a/poetry.lock
+++ b/poetry.lock
@@ -913,7 +913,7 @@ ds9 = ["pyds9 (>=1.8.1,<2.0.0)"]
 type = "git"
 url = "https://github.com/sdss/lvmopstools.git"
 reference = "main"
-resolved_reference = "1d3ced52c1b133f76bd50bde6d5cd0fa9a014ccb"
+resolved_reference = "9a62a226fdbf73ba91f4b572d2783ddf2b1fa663"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "makefun"
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 348f49f..42b01e1 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ section-order = ["future", "standard-library", "typing", "third-party", "sdss",
 
 [tool.ruff.isort.sections]
 typing = ["typing"]
-sdss = ["sdsstools", "clu"]
+sdss = ["sdsstools", "clu", "lvmopstools"]
 
 [tool.pytest.ini_options]
 addopts = "--cov lvmnps --cov-report xml --cov-report html --cov-report term"
diff --git a/src/lvmnps/actor/actor.py b/src/lvmnps/actor/actor.py
index 17d90da..15b43de 100644
--- a/src/lvmnps/actor/actor.py
+++ b/src/lvmnps/actor/actor.py
@@ -13,14 +13,14 @@
 
 from typing import TYPE_CHECKING
 
-from lvmopstools.actor import ErrorCodes, LVMActor
-
 from clu import Command
+from lvmopstools.actor import CheckError, ErrorData, LVMActor, create_error_codes
 from sdsstools.configuration import Configuration
 
 from lvmnps import __version__
 from lvmnps import log as nps_log
 from lvmnps.actor.commands import lvmnps_command_parser
+from lvmnps.exceptions import VerificationError
 from lvmnps.nps.core import NPSClient
 from lvmnps.nps.implementations import VALID_NPS_TYPES
 
@@ -35,6 +35,18 @@
 AnyPath = str | PathLike[str]
 
 
+NPSErrorCodes = create_error_codes(
+    {
+        "VERIFICATION_FAILED": ErrorData(
+            1,
+            critical=True,
+            description="NPS verification failed.",
+        )
+    },
+    name="NPSErrorCodes",
+)
+
+
 def get_nps_from_config(config: Configuration) -> NPSClient:
     """Returns an `.NPSClient` instance from the configuration parameters."""
 
@@ -105,14 +117,26 @@ async def stop(self):
         return await super().stop()
 
     async def _check_internal(self):
-        return await super()._check_internal()
+        """Checks the NPS status."""
+
+        try:
+            result = await self.nps.verify()
+            if result is False:
+                raise VerificationError("NPS verification failed.")
+        except Exception as err:
+            raise CheckError(str(err), error_code=NPSErrorCodes.VERIFICATION_FAILED)
+
+        return True
 
     async def _troubleshoot_internal(
         self,
-        error_code: ErrorCodes,
+        error_code,
         exception: Exception | None = None,
     ):
-        return await super()._troubleshoot_internal(error_code, exception)
+        """Handles internal troubleshooting."""
+
+        if error_code.value == NPSErrorCodes.VERIFICATION_FAILED:
+            await self.restart(mode="exit")
 
 
 NPSCommand = Command[NPSActor]