diff --git a/root/etc/s6-overlay/s6-rc.d/svc-prowlarr/data/check b/root/etc/s6-overlay/s6-rc.d/svc-prowlarr/data/check
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..fd8b9a9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/root/etc/s6-overlay/s6-rc.d/svc-prowlarr/data/check
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+if [[ $(curl -sL "http://localhost:9696/ping" | jq -r '.status' 2>/dev/null) = "OK" ]]; then
+    exit 0
+else
+    exit 1
+fi
diff --git a/root/etc/s6-overlay/s6-rc.d/svc-prowlarr/run b/root/etc/s6-overlay/s6-rc.d/svc-prowlarr/run
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
index 7f2b091..d81f672
--- a/root/etc/s6-overlay/s6-rc.d/svc-prowlarr/run
+++ b/root/etc/s6-overlay/s6-rc.d/svc-prowlarr/run
@@ -2,6 +2,6 @@
 # shellcheck shell=bash
 
 exec \
-    s6-notifyoncheck -d -n 300 -w 1000 -c "nc -z localhost 9696" \
+    s6-notifyoncheck -d -n 300 -w 1000 \
         cd /app/prowlarr/bin s6-setuidgid abc /app/prowlarr/bin/Prowlarr \
         -nobrowser -data=/config