diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 84eecc9..1f9f723 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -25,8 +25,8 @@ RUN CGO_ENABLED=0 GOOS=linux go build -a -installsuffix cgo -o cli cmd/cli/main.
 # Runtime stage
 FROM alpine:latest
 
-# Install ca-certificates for HTTPS requests
-RUN apk --no-cache add ca-certificates tzdata
+# Install ca-certificates for HTTPS requests and wget for healthcheck
+RUN apk --no-cache add ca-certificates tzdata wget
 
 WORKDIR /root/
 
@@ -40,8 +40,8 @@ COPY --from=builder /app/internal/templates ./internal/templates
 # Expose port (adjust if needed)
 EXPOSE 8080
 
-# Health check
-HEALTHCHECK --interval=30s --timeout=3s --start-period=5s --retries=3 \
+# Health check - give more time for startup
+HEALTHCHECK --interval=30s --timeout=3s --start-period=40s --retries=3 \
   CMD wget --no-verbose --tries=1 --spider http://localhost:8080/health || exit 1
 
 # Run the server