diff --git a/curator/Dockerfile b/curator/Dockerfile
index 15ce6baef3675761a2d01e071a1a682790ecfd73..7fdad66db864a532ce1e94eeb49ab0bda94ea892 100644
--- a/curator/Dockerfile
+++ b/curator/Dockerfile
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 FROM python:3.6-alpine
 RUN pip install --no-cache-dir elasticsearch-curator==5.4.1
 CMD /usr/sbin/crond -f
+HEALTHCHECK --timeout=1s CMD pgrep crond || exit 1
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index c95ffaec6d2f3a6c05d79bafe2c3d42c6898ee41..dec56644ad008d64292723856e3941f550fefa19 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -163,11 +163,6 @@ services:
         #    context: ./curator
         links:
             - elasticsearch
-        healthcheck:
-            test: ["CMD", "pgrep", "crond"]
-            interval: 10s
-            timeout: 3s
-            retries: 10
         restart: always
         logging: *logging
         environment: