diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index cf72610..092f28e 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -23,4 +23,7 @@ ENV DOTENV_PATH=/home/chaim/.env
 
 EXPOSE 8080
 
+HEALTHCHECK --interval=5s --timeout=5s --start-period=10s --retries=10 \
+  CMD python3 -c "import urllib.request; urllib.request.urlopen('http://localhost:8080/')" || exit 1
+
 CMD ["uvicorn", "web.app:app", "--host", "0.0.0.0", "--port", "8080"]