diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index b0775413..c1b26e23 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ WORKDIR /app
 
 COPY --chown=node:node start.sh .
 COPY --chown=node:node server .
+COPY --chown=node:node healthcheck.js .
 
 RUN mv .env.sample .env
 
@@ -52,4 +53,7 @@ VOLUME /app/private/attachments
 
 EXPOSE 1337
 
+HEALTHCHECK --interval=10s --timeout=2s --start-period=15s \
+    CMD node ./healthcheck.js
+
 CMD ["./start.sh"]
diff --git a/docker-compose-dev.yml b/docker-compose-dev.yml
index 4f867d6f..48c501ae 100644
--- a/docker-compose-dev.yml
+++ b/docker-compose-dev.yml
@@ -3,15 +3,7 @@ version: '3'
 services:
   planka:
     image: ghcr.io/plankanban/planka:master
-    command: >
-      bash -c
-        "for i in `seq 1 30`; do
-          ./start.sh &&
-          s=$$? && break || s=$$?;
-          echo \"Tried $$i times. Waiting 5 seconds...\";
-          sleep 5;
-        done; (exit $$s)"
-    restart: unless-stopped
+    restart: on-failure
     volumes:
       - user-avatars:/app/public/user-avatars
       - project-background-images:/app/public/project-background-images
@@ -44,19 +36,30 @@ services:
       # - OIDC_CLIENT_SECRET=
       # - OIDC_SCOPES=openid email profile
       # - OIDC_ADMIN_ROLES=admin
+      # - OIDC_EMAIL_ATTRIBUTE=email
+      # - OIDC_NAME_ATTRIBUTE=name
+      # - OIDC_USERNAME_ATTRIBUTE=preferred_username
       # - OIDC_ROLES_ATTRIBUTE=groups
+      # - OIDC_IGNORE_USERNAME=true
       # - OIDC_IGNORE_ROLES=true
+      # - OIDC_ENFORCED=true
     depends_on:
-      - postgres
+      postgres:
+        condition: service_healthy
 
   postgres:
     image: postgres:14-alpine
-    restart: unless-stopped
+    restart: on-failure
     volumes:
       - db-data:/var/lib/postgresql/data
     environment:
       - POSTGRES_DB=planka
       - POSTGRES_HOST_AUTH_METHOD=trust
+    healthcheck:
+      test: ["CMD-SHELL", "pg_isready -U postgres -d planka"]
+      interval: 10s
+      timeout: 5s
+      retries: 5
 
 volumes:
   user-avatars:
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index 24c9cfc9..3d63069a 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -3,15 +3,7 @@ version: '3'
 services:
   planka:
     image: ghcr.io/plankanban/planka:latest
-    command: >
-      bash -c
-        "for i in `seq 1 30`; do
-          ./start.sh &&
-          s=$$? && break || s=$$?;
-          echo \"Tried $$i times. Waiting 5 seconds...\";
-          sleep 5;
-        done; (exit $$s)"
-    restart: unless-stopped
+    restart: on-failure
     volumes:
       - user-avatars:/app/public/user-avatars
       - project-background-images:/app/public/project-background-images
@@ -52,16 +44,22 @@ services:
       # - OIDC_IGNORE_ROLES=true
       # - OIDC_ENFORCED=true
     depends_on:
-      - postgres
+      postgres:
+        condition: service_healthy
 
   postgres:
     image: postgres:14-alpine
-    restart: unless-stopped
+    restart: on-failure
     volumes:
       - db-data:/var/lib/postgresql/data
     environment:
       - POSTGRES_DB=planka
       - POSTGRES_HOST_AUTH_METHOD=trust
+    healthcheck:
+      test: ["CMD-SHELL", "pg_isready -U postgres -d planka"]
+      interval: 10s
+      timeout: 5s
+      retries: 5
 
 volumes:
   user-avatars:
diff --git a/healthcheck.js b/healthcheck.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ed3dbce2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/healthcheck.js
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+const http = require('http');
+const options = {
+    host: 'localhost',
+    port: 1337,
+    timeout: 2000
+};
+
+const healthCheck = http.request(options, (res) => {
+    console.log(`HEALTHCHECK STATUS: ${res.statusCode}`);
+    if (res.statusCode == 200) {
+        process.exit(0);
+    }
+    else {
+        process.exit(1);
+    }
+});
+
+healthCheck.on('error', function (err) {
+    console.error('ERROR');
+    process.exit(1);
+});
+
+healthCheck.end();