diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 0e6c46e..4684d63 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -26,7 +26,8 @@ RUN \
     at \
     jellyfin-server=${JELLYFIN_RELEASE} \
     jellyfin-ffmpeg6 \
-    mesa-va-drivers && \
+    mesa-va-drivers \
+    xmlstarlet && \
   echo "**** cleanup ****" && \
   rm -rf \
     /tmp/* \
@@ -34,7 +35,7 @@ RUN \
     /var/tmp/*
 
 # add local files
-COPY root/ / 
+COPY root/ /
 
 # ports and volumes
 EXPOSE 8096 8920
diff --git a/Dockerfile.aarch64 b/Dockerfile.aarch64
index 6c66d8c..2fa3997 100644
--- a/Dockerfile.aarch64
+++ b/Dockerfile.aarch64
@@ -28,7 +28,8 @@ RUN \
     jellyfin-ffmpeg6 \
     libomxil-bellagio0 \
     libomxil-bellagio-bin \
-    libraspberrypi0 && \
+    libraspberrypi0 \
+    xmlstarlet && \
   echo "**** cleanup ****" && \
   rm -rf \
     /tmp/* \
@@ -36,7 +37,7 @@ RUN \
     /var/tmp/*
 
 # add local files
-COPY root/ / 
+COPY root/ /
 
 # ports and volumes
 EXPOSE 8096 8920
diff --git a/root/etc/s6-overlay/s6-rc.d/svc-jellyfin/data/check b/root/etc/s6-overlay/s6-rc.d/svc-jellyfin/data/check
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..fa4205c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/root/etc/s6-overlay/s6-rc.d/svc-jellyfin/data/check
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+if [[ -f "/config/network.xml" ]]; then
+    PORT=$(xmlstarlet sel -T -t -v /NetworkConfiguration/HttpServerPortNumber /config/network.xml)
+fi
+
+if [[ $(curl -sL "http://localhost:${PORT:-8096}/health" 2>/dev/null) = "Healthy" ]]; then
+    exit 0
+else
+    exit 1
+fi
diff --git a/root/etc/s6-overlay/s6-rc.d/svc-jellyfin/run b/root/etc/s6-overlay/s6-rc.d/svc-jellyfin/run
index 6196b0f..c9838e5 100755
--- a/root/etc/s6-overlay/s6-rc.d/svc-jellyfin/run
+++ b/root/etc/s6-overlay/s6-rc.d/svc-jellyfin/run
@@ -1,4 +1,9 @@
 #!/usr/bin/with-contenv bash
+# shellcheck shell=bash
+
+if [[ -z "${FFMPEG_PATH}" ]] || [[ ! -f "${FFMPEG_PATH}" ]]; then
+    FFMPEG_PATH=/usr/lib/jellyfin-ffmpeg/ffmpeg
+fi
 
 export \
     JELLYFIN_DATA_DIR="/config/data" \
@@ -8,6 +13,6 @@ export \
     JELLYFIN_WEB_DIR="/usr/share/jellyfin/web"
 
 exec \
-    s6-notifyoncheck -d -n 300 -w 1000 -c "nc -z localhost 8096" \
+    s6-notifyoncheck -d -n 300 -w 1000 \
         s6-setuidgid abc /usr/bin/jellyfin \
-        --ffmpeg=/usr/lib/jellyfin-ffmpeg/ffmpeg
+        --ffmpeg="${FFMPEG_PATH}"