diff --git a/docker/Dockerfile b/docker/Dockerfile
index 449eb8724..792b1979b 100644
--- a/docker/Dockerfile
+++ b/docker/Dockerfile
@@ -119,6 +119,7 @@ ENV GIT_COMMIT_HASH=$COMMIT
 
 RUN apt-get update \
     && apt-get install --no-install-recommends -y \
+    curl \
     gosu \
     iproute2 \
     libldap-common \
@@ -141,7 +142,9 @@ ENV APP_PORT=9000
 
 EXPOSE ${APP_PORT}
 
-HEALTHCHECK CMD python -m mealie.scripts.healthcheck || exit 1
+COPY ./docker/healthcheck.sh $MEALIE_HOME/healthcheck.sh
+RUN chmod +x $MEALIE_HOME/healthcheck.sh
+HEALTHCHECK CMD $MEALIE_HOME/healthcheck.sh
 
 ENV HOST 0.0.0.0
 
diff --git a/docker/healthcheck.sh b/docker/healthcheck.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..18d0b24c6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docker/healthcheck.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+PORT="${API_PORT:-9000}"
+
+if [ -n "$TLS_CERTIFICATE_PATH" ] && [ -n "$TLS_PRIVATE_KEY_PATH" ]; then
+  PROTO="https"
+else
+  PROTO="http"
+fi
+
+# -k: TLS certificate is likely not issued for 127.0.0.1, so don't verify
+curl -fsk "${PROTO}://127.0.0.1:${PORT}/api/app/about" > /dev/null
diff --git a/mealie/scripts/healthcheck.py b/mealie/scripts/healthcheck.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 40b04c5ca..000000000
--- a/mealie/scripts/healthcheck.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,30 +0,0 @@
-import os
-import sys
-
-import requests
-
-
-def main():
-    port = os.getenv("API_PORT")
-
-    if port is None:
-        port = 9000
-
-    if all(os.getenv(x) for x in ["TLS_CERTIFICATE_PATH", "TLS_PRIVATE_KEY_PATH"]):
-        proto = "https"
-    else:
-        proto = "http"
-
-    url = f"{proto}://127.0.0.1:{port}/api/app/about"
-
-    # TLS certificate is likely not issued for 127.0.0.1 so don't verify
-    r = requests.get(url, verify=False)
-
-    if r.status_code == 200:
-        sys.exit(0)
-    else:
-        sys.exit(1)
-
-
-if __name__ == "__main__":
-    main()