diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index 65e4333..ce6e0ac 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ services:
     ports:
       - "${APP_PORT:-8000}:8000"
     healthcheck:
-      test: ["CMD", "curl", "-f", "-H", "X-Internal-Check: ${HEALTHCHECK_TOKEN}", "http://localhost:8000/healthcheck"]
+      test: ["CMD", "python", "-c", "import urllib.request; import sys; req = urllib.request.Request('http://localhost:8000/healthcheck', headers={'X-Internal-Check': '${HEALTHCHECK_TOKEN}'}); sys.exit(0) if urllib.request.urlopen(req).read() == b'OK' else sys.exit(1)"]
       interval: 30s
       timeout: 10s
       retries: 3