diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index 2ff77d9..b44a05c 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -124,6 +124,12 @@ services:
       QDRANT_URL: http://chrysopedia-qdrant:6333
       EMBEDDING_API_URL: http://chrysopedia-ollama:11434/v1
     command: ["celery", "-A", "worker", "worker", "--loglevel=info", "--concurrency=2"]
+    healthcheck:
+      test: ["CMD-SHELL", "celery -A worker inspect ping --timeout=5 2>/dev/null | grep -q pong || exit 1"]
+      interval: 30s
+      timeout: 10s
+      retries: 3
+      start_period: 30s
     volumes:
       - /vmPool/r/services/chrysopedia_data:/data
       - ./prompts:/prompts:ro