diff --git a/classes/form/override_form.php b/classes/form/override_form.php
index e9dbf1e..02c8876 100644
--- a/classes/form/override_form.php
+++ b/classes/form/override_form.php
@@ -24,8 +24,8 @@
 
 namespace tool_heartbeat\form;
 
-use core\check\result;
 use core\form\persistent;
+use tool_heartbeat\object\override;
 
 /**
  * Override form
@@ -50,15 +50,7 @@ public function definition() {
         $mform->setConstant('ref', $this->_customdata['ref']);
 
         // Override.
-        $mform->addElement('select', 'override', get_string('override', 'tool_heartbeat'), [
-            result::NA => get_string('statusna'),
-            result::OK => get_string('statusok'),
-            result::INFO => get_string('statusinfo'),
-            result::UNKNOWN => get_string('statusunknown'),
-            result::WARNING => get_string('statuswarning'),
-            result::CRITICAL => get_string('statuscritical'),
-            result::ERROR => get_string('statuserror'),
-        ]);
+        $mform->addElement('select', 'override', get_string('override', 'tool_heartbeat'), override::get_status_list());
 
         // Note.
         $mform->addElement('textarea', 'note', get_string('notes', 'core_notes'), ['rows' => 3]);
@@ -67,6 +59,13 @@ public function definition() {
         // URL.
         $mform->addElement('text', 'url', get_string('url'), ['size' => 80]);
         $mform->setType('url', PARAM_URL);
+        $urlregex = get_config('tool_heartbeat', 'muteurlregex');
+        if (!empty($urlregex)) {
+            $urlregex = stripslashes($urlregex);
+            $mform->addRule('url', get_string('required'), 'required', null, 'client');
+            $mform->addRule('url', get_string('muteurlregex', 'tool_heartbeat', $urlregex), 'regex', $urlregex, 'client');
+            $mform->addElement('static', 'url_help', '', get_string('muteurlregex', 'tool_heartbeat', $urlregex));
+        }
 
         // Override until.
         $mform->addElement('date_selector', 'expires_at', get_string('expiresat', 'tool_heartbeat'));
diff --git a/classes/object/override.php b/classes/object/override.php
index 10ce115..44d3dbf 100644
--- a/classes/object/override.php
+++ b/classes/object/override.php
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
 
 namespace tool_heartbeat\object;
 
+use core\check\result;
 use core\persistent;
 
 /**
@@ -45,6 +46,7 @@ class override extends Persistent {
      */
 
     public function __construct(int $id = 0, \stdClass $record = null) {
+        $this->set_default_status();
         $this->set_default_expiry();
         parent::__construct($id, $record);
     }
@@ -99,6 +101,18 @@ private function set_default_expiry() {
         $this->set('expires_at', strtotime($expiredate));
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Sets the default override status
+     *
+     * @return void
+     */
+    private function set_default_status() {
+        $defaultstatus = get_config('tool_heartbeat', 'mutedefaultstatus');
+        if (!empty($defaultstatus)) {
+            $this->set('override', $defaultstatus);
+        }
+    }
+
     /**
      * Resolves and unmutes a check.
      *
@@ -204,4 +218,24 @@ public function get_time_until_mute_ends(): string {
         $remainingtime = format_time($this->get('expires_at') - time());
         return "$enddate ($remainingtime)";
     }
+
+    /**
+     * Returns an array of statuses that can be used as an override
+     *
+     * @return array of status
+     */
+    public static function get_status_list(): array {
+        // Moodle 3.9-3.11 sites that haven't backported MDL-71627 will be missing 'statusunknown'.
+        $unknown = (moodle_major_version() < '4.0') ? get_string('statusunknown', 'tool_heartbeat') : get_string('statusunknown');
+
+        return [
+            result::NA => get_string('statusna'),
+            result::OK => get_string('statusok'),
+            result::INFO => get_string('statusinfo'),
+            result::UNKNOWN => $unknown,
+            result::WARNING => get_string('statuswarning'),
+            result::CRITICAL => get_string('statuscritical'),
+            result::ERROR => get_string('statuserror'),
+        ];
+    }
 }
diff --git a/lang/en/tool_heartbeat.php b/lang/en/tool_heartbeat.php
index 9b8b2bd..5ab9179 100644
--- a/lang/en/tool_heartbeat.php
+++ b/lang/en/tool_heartbeat.php
@@ -97,8 +97,14 @@
 $string['editmute'] = 'Edit mute';
 $string['overriderestore'] = 'Fields have been pre-filled with information from a previous override.';
 $string['noterequired'] = 'Please add some notes';
+$string['muteurlregex'] = 'The URL must match the regex defined in settings: {$a}';
+$string['statusunknown'] = 'Unknown';
 $string['settings:mutedefault'] = 'Default mute duration';
 $string['settings:mutedefault:desc'] = 'Adjust the default duration of a check mute.';
+$string['settings:mutedefaultstatus'] = 'Default mute status';
+$string['settings:mutedefaultstatus:desc'] = 'Adjust the default status of a check mute.';
+$string['settings:muteurlregex'] = 'Mute URL regex rule';
+$string['settings:muteurlregex:desc'] = 'Adds a regex matching rule for check mute URLs and makes it a required field. The provided regex should include delimiters.';
 
 $string['settings:cachecheckheading'] = 'Cache consistency check';
 $string['settings:shouldlogcacheping:heading'] = 'Log cache ping';
diff --git a/settings.php b/settings.php
index 4375c40..4567a27 100644
--- a/settings.php
+++ b/settings.php
@@ -105,6 +105,16 @@
             get_string('settings:mutedefault', 'tool_heartbeat'),
             get_string('settings:mutedefault:desc', 'tool_heartbeat'), 12 * WEEKSECS, WEEKSECS));
 
+        $statuslist = tool_heartbeat\object\override::get_status_list();
+        reset($statuslist);
+        $settings->add(new admin_setting_configselect('tool_heartbeat/mutedefaultstatus',
+            get_string('settings:mutedefaultstatus', 'tool_heartbeat'),
+            get_string('settings:mutedefaultstatus:desc', 'tool_heartbeat'), key($statuslist), $statuslist));
+
+        $settings->add(new admin_setting_configtext('tool_heartbeat/muteurlregex',
+            get_string('settings:muteurlregex', 'tool_heartbeat'),
+            get_string('settings:muteurlregex:desc', 'tool_heartbeat'), '', PARAM_TEXT));
+
         $example = '\logstore_standard\task\cleanup_task, 5, 5, 5';
         $settings->add(new admin_setting_configtextarea('tool_heartbeat/tasklatencymonitoring',
                 get_string('tasklatencymonitoring', 'tool_heartbeat'),
diff --git a/version.php b/version.php
index e9f27d5..1a5ae2c 100644
--- a/version.php
+++ b/version.php
@@ -24,8 +24,8 @@
 
 defined('MOODLE_INTERNAL') || die();
 
-$plugin->version   = 2024073000;
-$plugin->release   = 2024073000; // Match release exactly to version.
+$plugin->version   = 2024080200;
+$plugin->release   = 2024080200; // Match release exactly to version.
 $plugin->requires  = 2020061500; // Support for 3.9 and above, due to the Check API.
 $plugin->supported = [39, 404];
 $plugin->component = 'tool_heartbeat';