diff --git a/Containers/talk/Dockerfile b/Containers/talk/Dockerfile
index efa44ce08a6..77d1d51d74a 100644
--- a/Containers/talk/Dockerfile
+++ b/Containers/talk/Dockerfile
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ COPY --from=nats      /nats-server                        /usr/local/bin/nats-se
 COPY --from=signaling /usr/bin/nextcloud-spreed-signaling /usr/local/bin/nextcloud-spreed-signaling
 
 COPY --chmod=775 start.sh /start.sh
+COPY --chmod=775 healthcheck.sh /healthcheck.sh
 COPY --chmod=664 supervisord.conf /supervisord.conf
 
 RUN set -ex; \
@@ -102,5 +103,5 @@ USER eturnal
 ENTRYPOINT ["/start.sh"]
 CMD ["supervisord", "-c", "/supervisord.conf"]
 
-HEALTHCHECK CMD (nc -z localhost 8081 && nc -z localhost 8188 && nc -z localhost 4222 && nc -z localhost "$TALK_PORT" && nc -z "$NC_DOMAIN" "$TALK_PORT" && eturnalctl status) || exit 1
+HEALTHCHECK CMD /healthcheck.sh
 LABEL com.centurylinklabs.watchtower.enable="false"
diff --git a/Containers/talk/healthcheck.sh b/Containers/talk/healthcheck.sh
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..82e660ea9fa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Containers/talk/healthcheck.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+nc -z localhost 8081 || exit 1
+nc -z localhost 8188 || exit 1
+nc -z localhost 4222 || exit 1
+nc -z localhost "$TALK_PORT" || exit 1
+eturnalctl status || exit 1
+if ! nc -z "$NC_DOMAIN" "$TALK_PORT"; then
+    echo "Could not reach $NC_DOMAIN on port $TALK_PORT."
+    exit 1
+fi