diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 3c62f63c71..7063110093 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -40,5 +40,8 @@ USER nextjs
 # Expose the port the app will run on
 EXPOSE 3000 9464
 
+HEALTHCHECK  --interval=10s --timeout=5s --start-period=30s --retries=6 \
+  CMD wget --no-verbose --tries=1 --spider http://localhost:3000/api/health || exit 1
+
 # Start the application
 CMD ["/app/startup.sh"]