diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index b993c08..6e84c3b 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -184,9 +184,8 @@ EXPOSE 3000
 
 # Liveness probe hooked into our `/api/health` route (no DB dependency,
 # so a transient DB outage does NOT cycle the container).
-#HEALTHCHECK --interval=30s --timeout=10s --start-period=60s --retries=3 \
-#  CMD wget -qO- "http://127.0.0.1:${PORT:-3000}/api/health" >/dev/null 2>&1 || exit 1
-# NOTE: HEALTHCHECK IS DISABLED HERE - COOLIFY HEALTHCHECK IS EASIER TO MANAGE
+HEALTHCHECK --interval=30s --timeout=10s --start-period=15s --retries=3 \
+  CMD wget -qO- "http://127.0.0.1:${PORT:-3000}/api/health" >/dev/null 2>&1 || exit 1
 
 COPY --chmod=755 docker-entrypoint.sh /docker-entrypoint.sh
 
@@ -196,4 +195,4 @@ USER node
 # installed for the `docker exec` one-shot bins, not for the web runtime
 # (Next is shipped and tested on Node).
 ENTRYPOINT ["/bin/sh", "/docker-entrypoint.sh"]
-CMD ["node", "server.js"]
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+CMD ["node", "server.js"]