diff --git a/docker/Dockerfile b/docker/Dockerfile
index 1c87e5b..fd7ff03 100644
--- a/docker/Dockerfile
+++ b/docker/Dockerfile
@@ -86,4 +86,4 @@ CMD ["server"]
 # USER appuser
 
 HEALTHCHECK --interval=1m --timeout=12s --start-period=30s \
-    CMD aprsd healthcheck --config /config/aprsd.conf --loglevel DEBUG
+    CMD uv run aprsd healthcheck --config /config/aprsd.conf --loglevel DEBUG
diff --git a/docker/bin/healthcheck.sh b/docker/bin/healthcheck.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..fd4eed2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docker/bin/healthcheck.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+#
+# This is the docker container healthcheck script
+# It's assumed to be running in a working aprsd container.
+set -x
+
+source /app/.venv/bin/activate
+
+if [ -z "${LOG_LEVEL}" ] || [[ ! "${LOG_LEVEL}" =~ ^(CRITICAL|ERROR|WARNING|INFO)$ ]]; then
+    LOG_LEVEL="DEBUG"
+fi
+
+echo "Log level is set to ${LOG_LEVEL}";
+
+# check to see if there is a config file
+APRSD_CONFIG="/config/aprsd.conf"
+if [ ! -e "$APRSD_CONFIG" ]; then
+    echo "'$APRSD_CONFIG' File does not exist. Creating."
+    aprsd sample-config > $APRSD_CONFIG
+fi
+
+uv run aprsd healthcheck --config $APRSD_CONFIG --loglevel ${LOG_LEVEL}