diff --git a/docker/build.dockerfile b/docker/build.dockerfile
index 5e74187..381966c 100644
--- a/docker/build.dockerfile
+++ b/docker/build.dockerfile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-FROM ghcr.io/flibusta-apps/base_docker_images:3.11-postgres-asyncpg-poetry-buildtime as build-image
+FROM ghcr.io/flibusta-apps/base_docker_images:3.11-postgres-asyncpg-poetry-buildtime AS build-image
 
 WORKDIR /root/poetry
 COPY pyproject.toml poetry.lock /root/poetry/
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ RUN poetry export --without-hashes > requirements.txt \
     && pip install -r requirements.txt --no-cache-dir
 
 
-FROM ghcr.io/flibusta-apps/base_docker_images:3.11-postgres-runtime as runtime-image
+FROM ghcr.io/flibusta-apps/base_docker_images:3.11-postgres-runtime AS runtime-image
 
 WORKDIR /app
 
@@ -24,4 +24,6 @@ COPY --from=build-image $VENV_PATH $VENV_PATH
 
 EXPOSE 8080
 
+HEALTHCHECK CMD python3 /root/healthcheck.py
+
 CMD bash /root/start.sh
diff --git a/scripts/healthcheck.py b/scripts/healthcheck.py
index 6f2f501..9938d7c 100644
--- a/scripts/healthcheck.py
+++ b/scripts/healthcheck.py
@@ -1,8 +1,11 @@
+import os
+
 import httpx
 
 
-response = httpx.get(
-    "http://localhost:8080/healthcheck",
-)
-print(f"HEALTHCHECK STATUS: {response.status_code}")
+CHECK_URL = os.environ.get("HEALTHCHECK_URL", "http://localhost:8080/healthcheck")
+
+response = httpx.get(CHECK_URL)
+
+print(f"HEALTHCHECK STATUS: {response.text}")
 exit(0 if response.status_code == 200 else 1)