diff --git a/docker/Dockerfile b/docker/Dockerfile
index f9f610a..8079f23 100644
--- a/docker/Dockerfile
+++ b/docker/Dockerfile
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@
 ENV DATABASE sqlite:///mon_sqlite.db
 ENV OS_NOTIFIER_URI localhost:8662
 ENV OS_DEFAULT_GRANULARITY 300
-ENV REQUEST_TIMEOUT 10
+ENV OSMMON_REQUEST_TIMEOUT 10
 ENV OSMMON_LOG_LEVEL INFO
 ENV OSMMON_KAFKA_LOG_LEVEL INFO
 ENV OSMMON_VCA_HOST localhost
@@ -54,4 +54,7 @@
 
 EXPOSE 8000
 
+HEALTHCHECK --interval=5s --timeout=2s --retries=12 \
+  CMD osm-mon-healthcheck || exit 1
+
 CMD /bin/bash mon/docker/scripts/runInstall.sh