diff --git a/docker/Dockerfile b/docker/Dockerfile
index 2f78dd0ac..606d0c12a 100644
--- a/docker/Dockerfile
+++ b/docker/Dockerfile
@@ -1,14 +1,13 @@
 FROM node:11.1.0-alpine
 
-RUN apk add nss git openjdk8-jre openjdk8 maven python alpine-sdk libxml2-dev yarn g++ gcc bash raptor2 jq
+RUN apk add nss git openjdk8-jre openjdk8 maven python alpine-sdk libxml2-dev yarn g++ gcc bash raptor2 jq curl
 
 WORKDIR /synbiohub
 COPY . . 
 
-# RUN rm -rf .git
+RUN git config --global url."https://".insteadOf git://
 
 RUN cd java && mvn package
-RUN git config --global url."https://".insteadOf git://
 RUN yarn install
 
 COPY docker/config.local.json config.initial.local.json
@@ -18,6 +17,7 @@ COPY docker/first_run.sh first_run.sh
 
 EXPOSE 7777
 
-HEALTHCHECK --start-period=60s CMD ["node", "healthcheck.js"] 
-ENTRYPOINT ["./entry.sh"]
+HEALTHCHECK --interval=10s --timeout=10s --start-period=20s --retries=5 \
+  CMD ["node", "healthcheck.js"]
 
+ENTRYPOINT ["./docker/entry.sh"]
diff --git a/docker/healthcheck.js b/docker/healthcheck.js
deleted file mode 100644
index b193f8135..000000000
--- a/docker/healthcheck.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
-const axios = require('axios')
-const config = require('./lib/config')
-
-const url = 'http://localhost:' + config.get('port') + '/'
-
-axios.get(url).then(response => {
-  return process.exit(0)
-}).catch(error => {
-  return process.exit(1)
-})
diff --git a/gitrevupdate.js b/gitrevupdate.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..eb2aed785
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gitrevupdate.js
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env node
+
+const config = require('./lib/config')
+const gitRev = require('./lib/gitRevision')
+
+console.log('Updating git revision in configuration...')
+
+// Get the current git revision
+const revision = gitRev()
+
+if (revision) {
+  // Set the revision in the config
+  config.set('revision', revision)
+  console.log(`Git revision updated to: ${revision}`)
+} else {
+  console.error('Failed to get git revision')
+  process.exit(1)
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/lib/config.js b/lib/config.js
index 1f7652c09..3953c4a3a 100644
--- a/lib/config.js
+++ b/lib/config.js
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-
 var fs = require('fs')
 var extend = require('xtend')
 var deepmerge = require('deepmerge')
diff --git a/synbiohub.js b/synbiohub.js
index 0096eac47..e0e8b15d3 100644
--- a/synbiohub.js
+++ b/synbiohub.js
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ const db = require('./lib/db')
 const fs = require('fs')
 const jobUtils = require('./lib/jobs/job-utils')
 const java = require('./lib/java')
+const logger = require('./lib/logger')
 const gitRev = require('./lib/gitRevision')
 const theme = require('./lib/theme')
 const loggerOverride = require('./lib/loggerOverride')
@@ -19,8 +20,6 @@ if (!fs.existsSync('synbiohub.sqlite') || fs.statSync('synbiohub.sqlite').size =
   db.umzug.up().then(startServer)
 }
 
-config.set('revision', gitRev())
-
 async function startServer () {
   await java.init()
   await theme.setCurrentThemeFromConfig()