diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 8353adb..37cc8a5 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ EXPOSE 79
 
 # Add health check
 HEALTHCHECK --interval=30s --timeout=3s --start-period=5s --retries=3 \
-    CMD nc -z localhost 79 || exit 1
+    CMD nc -w 1 127.0.0.1 79 < /dev/null || exit 1
 
 # Set metadata labels
 LABEL org.opencontainers.image.title="finger"
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index 7bade87..2e6ba5d 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ services:
       - ./users:/var/finger/users
     restart: unless-stopped
     healthcheck:
-      test: ["CMD", "nc", "-z", "localhost", "79"]
+      test: ["CMD-SHELL", "nc -w 1 127.0.0.1 79 < /dev/null || exit 1"]
       interval: 30s
       timeout: 10s
       retries: 3