diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 807fb5b..0df578d 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -16,6 +16,6 @@ COPY config/exclude.conf /exclude.conf
 
 # Add healthcheck to verify backup completed within allowed time
 ENV MAX_BACKUP_AGE_SECONDS=86400
-HEALTHCHECK --interval=10s --timeout=10s --start-period=1h CMD /src/healthcheck.sh
+HEALTHCHECK --interval=10s --timeout=10s CMD /src/healthcheck.sh
 
 ENTRYPOINT ["sh", "-c", "/src/schedule.sh"]
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index 01e0090..d617467 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -31,6 +31,8 @@ services:
       - /volumes/backup/logs:/backup-logs # we will store the output of the backup commands in this folder
       - borg-cache:/root/.cache/borg # speed up subsequent backups
 
+      - health-flag:/backup_completion_time.log # this is used to determine if the backup was successful and when it was last run
+
       - /bulk/backup:/local-backup # this is an example target backup path for BORG_REPO_1 from above
       - /volumes/backup/config/id_rsa:/root/.ssh/id_rsa # this is an example for mounting an ssh key for a remote repo (BORG_REPO_0 above)
 
@@ -40,3 +42,4 @@ services:
 
 volumes:
   borg-cache:
+  health-flag: