diff --git a/helm/ip-whitelister/Chart.yaml b/helm/ip-whitelister/Chart.yaml
index b1cca94..0fa149e 100644
--- a/helm/ip-whitelister/Chart.yaml
+++ b/helm/ip-whitelister/Chart.yaml
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ type: application
 # This is the chart version. This version number should be incremented each time you make changes
 # to the chart and its templates, including the app version.
 # Versions are expected to follow Semantic Versioning (https://semver.org/)
-version: 0.4.0
+version: 0.5.0
 
 # This is the version number of the application being deployed. This version number should be
 # incremented each time you make changes to the application. Versions are not expected to
diff --git a/helm/ip-whitelister/README.md b/helm/ip-whitelister/README.md
index 09b1b99..75c09e6 100644
--- a/helm/ip-whitelister/README.md
+++ b/helm/ip-whitelister/README.md
@@ -130,6 +130,6 @@ resource_configs:
 
 4. Deploy to your Kubernetes cluster
 ```
-helm upgrade ip-whitelister https://github.com/alec-pinson/ip-whitelister/releases/download/v1.0.8/helm-chart-ip-whitelister-0.4.0.tgz --install --wait -f values.yaml
+helm upgrade ip-whitelister https://github.com/alec-pinson/ip-whitelister/releases/download/v1.1.0/helm-chart-ip-whitelister-0.5.0.tgz --install --wait -f values.yaml
 ```
 
diff --git a/helm/ip-whitelister/templates/deployment.yaml b/helm/ip-whitelister/templates/deployment.yaml
index 57238a5..33c9c7b 100644
--- a/helm/ip-whitelister/templates/deployment.yaml
+++ b/helm/ip-whitelister/templates/deployment.yaml
@@ -52,12 +52,12 @@ spec:
               mountPath: /app/config/resources
           livenessProbe:
             httpGet:
-              path: /
-              port: http
+              path: /live
+              port: 8090
           readinessProbe:
             httpGet:
-              path: /
-              port: http
+              path: /ready
+              port: 8090
           resources:
             {{- toYaml .Values.resources | nindent 12 }}
       volumes:
diff --git a/http.go b/http.go
index 2ec7579..7a3a0d6 100644
--- a/http.go
+++ b/http.go
@@ -19,6 +19,9 @@ import (
 
 type handle func(w http.ResponseWriter, req *http.Request) error
 
+var httpLive bool = true
+var httpReady bool = false
+
 type Error struct {
 	Code    int
 	Message string
@@ -150,8 +153,15 @@ func (a *Authentication) initAzure() {
 		Scopes: []string{"profile"},
 	}
 
+	http.Handle("/live", handle(livenessHandler))
+	http.Handle("/ready", handle(readinessHandler))
 	http.Handle("/callback", handle(callbackHandler))
 	http.Handle("/", handle(IndexHandler))
+	log.Fatal(http.ListenAndServe(":8090", nil))
+}
+
+func (a *Authentication) start() {
+	httpReady = true
 	log.Print("http.initAzure(): ip whitelister started")
 	log.Fatal(http.ListenAndServe(":8080", nil))
 }
@@ -221,3 +231,27 @@ func IndexHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, req *http.Request) error {
 
 	return indexTempl.Execute(w, &data)
 }
+
+func livenessHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, req *http.Request) error {
+	var err error
+	if httpLive {
+		w.WriteHeader(200)
+		_, err = w.Write([]byte("ok"))
+	} else {
+		w.WriteHeader(500)
+		_, err = w.Write([]byte("not ok"))
+	}
+	return err
+}
+
+func readinessHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, req *http.Request) error {
+	var err error
+	if httpReady {
+		w.WriteHeader(200)
+		_, err = w.Write([]byte("ok"))
+	} else {
+		w.WriteHeader(500)
+		_, err = w.Write([]byte("not ok"))
+	}
+	return err
+}
diff --git a/whitelist.go b/whitelist.go
index 6c8aed7..b8c5e79 100644
--- a/whitelist.go
+++ b/whitelist.go
@@ -24,11 +24,14 @@ func (*Whitelist) init() {
 	// enable ttl check on whitelisted ips
 	go w.ttl()
 
+	// initialize authentication
+	go h.init(c.Auth)
+
 	// update resources on startup
 	w.updateResources()
 
-	// initialize http/authentication
-	h.init(c.Auth)
+	// initialize http
+	h.start()
 }
 
 func (w *Whitelist) add(u *User) bool {