diff --git a/Ntfy/.env.example b/Ntfy/.env.example
index f2d4082..44cb6f3 100644
--- a/Ntfy/.env.example
+++ b/Ntfy/.env.example
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+# User ID the container process runs as
+PUID=1000
+
+# Group ID the container process runs as
+PGID=1000
+
 # Port to expose ntfy on the host
 NTFY_PORT=80
 
diff --git a/Ntfy/docker-compose-bind.yaml b/Ntfy/docker-compose-bind.yaml
index d00f959..1f04eb3 100644
--- a/Ntfy/docker-compose-bind.yaml
+++ b/Ntfy/docker-compose-bind.yaml
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ services:
   ntfy:
     image: binwiederhier/ntfy:latest
     container_name: ntfy
+    user: "${PUID}:${PGID}"
     ports:
       - "${NTFY_PORT}:80"
     volumes:
@@ -10,6 +11,12 @@ services:
     environment:
       - TZ=${TZ}
     command: serve
+    healthcheck:
+      test: ["CMD-SHELL", "wget -q --tries=1 http://localhost:80/v1/health -O - | grep -o '\"healthy\":true' || exit 1"]
+      interval: 30s
+      timeout: 10s
+      retries: 3
+      start_period: 10s
     deploy:
       resources:
         limits: