diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index ca1a53e..0808d71 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -10,5 +10,6 @@ WORKDIR /opt/api
 COPY sentry.properties .
 COPY sentry-opentelemetry-agent.jar .
 COPY target/scala-2.13/dpla-api.jar .
+HEALTHCHECK --interval=30s --timeout=10s --start-period=5s --retries=3 CMD ["curl", "-f", "http://localhost:8080/health-check"]
 EXPOSE 8080
 CMD ["java", "-javaagent:sentry-opentelemetry-agent.jar", "-jar", "/opt/api/dpla-api.jar"]
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