diff --git a/check_home_assistant_state.py b/check_home_assistant_state.py
index 9ea0105..7ee1002 100755
--- a/check_home_assistant_state.py
+++ b/check_home_assistant_state.py
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 
 import argparse
 import dataclasses
+import json
 import logging
 import re
 import sys
@@ -60,9 +61,6 @@ class AttributeFilter:
         else:
             return cls(k, v, False)
 
-    def check(self, attributes: dict[str, str]) -> bool:
-        return self.negated ^ (attributes.get(self.attribute) == self.value)
-
 
 @dataclasses.dataclass
 class Entities(nagiosplugin.Resource):
@@ -91,6 +89,18 @@ class Entities(nagiosplugin.Resource):
 
         return r.json()
 
+    def hass_post(self, endpoint: str, data: Any) -> Any:
+        headers = {
+            "Authorization": "Bearer " + self.token,
+            "Content-Type": "application/json",
+        }
+
+        r = requests.post(urljoin(self.url, endpoint), headers=headers, json=data)
+        if not r.ok:
+            raise Exception("Failed to query Home Assistant API: " + r.text)
+
+        return r.json()
+
     def check_api(self):
         message = self.hass_get("/api/").get("message")
         if message != "API running.":
@@ -136,15 +146,38 @@ class Entities(nagiosplugin.Resource):
         )
 
     def probe(self):
-        response = self.hass_get("/api/states")
+        template_filter = f"states|selectattr('attributes.device_class', 'eq', '{ self.device_class }')"
+        for f in self.filters:
+            op = "ne" if f.negated else "eq"
+            template_filter += (
+                f"|selectattr('attributes.{ f.attribute }', '{ op }', '{ f.value }')"
+            )
+        if self.exclude:
+            template_filter += (
+                f"|rejectattr('entity_id', 'in', { json.dumps(self.exclude) })"
+            )
+        if self.include:
+            template_filter = (
+                f"({template_filter}|list + "
+                f" states|selectattr('entity_id', 'in', { json.dumps(self.include) })|list"
+                ")|unique(attribute='entity_id')"
+            )
+        template = (
+            "{% set ns = namespace(out=[]) %}\n"
+            f"{{% for s in { template_filter } %}}\n"
+            "  {% set ns.out = ns.out + [{\n"
+            '    "entity_id": s.entity_id,\n'
+            '    "state": s.state,\n'
+            '    "attributes": s.attributes,\n'
+            "  }]\n"
+            "  %}\n"
+            "{% endfor %}\n"
+            "{{ ns.out|tojson }}"
+        )
+
+        response = self.hass_post("/api/template", {"template": template})
         for state in response:
-            if (
-                state["attributes"].get("device_class") == self.device_class
-                and all(filter.check(state["attributes"]) for filter in self.filters)
-                and (len(self.include) == 0 or state["entity_id"] in self.include)
-                and state["entity_id"] not in self.exclude
-            ):
-                yield from self._state_to_metric(state)
+            yield from self._state_to_metric(state)
 
 
 class RegexContext(nagiosplugin.Context):