diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index c5c77c37da..da03250edc 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ services:
       - "traefik.http.services.bety.loadbalancer.server.port=8000"
       - "traefik.http.routers.bety.rule=Host(`${TRAEFIK_HOST:-pecan.localhost}`) && PathPrefix(`/bety/`)"
     healthcheck:
-      test: "curl --silent --fail http://localhost:8000/${RAILS_RELATIVE_URL_ROOT} > /dev/null || exit 1"
+      test: "curl --silent --fail http://localhost:8000/$${RAILS_RELATIVE_URL_ROOT} > /dev/null || exit 1"
       interval: 10s
       timeout: 5s
       retries: 5
@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@ services:
       - pecan:/data
       - pecan:/var/www/html/pecan/data
     healthcheck:
-      test: "curl --silent --fail http://localhost/pecan/ > /dev/null || exit 1"
+      test: "curl --silent --fail http://localhost:8080/pecan > /dev/null || exit 1"
       interval: 10s
       timeout: 5s
       retries: 5
@@ -218,7 +218,7 @@ services:
     volumes:
       - pecan:/data
     healthcheck:
-      test: "curl --silent --fail http://localhost:9999/monitor/ > /dev/null || exit 1"
+      test: "curl --silent --fail http://localhost:9999 > /dev/null || exit 1"
       interval: 10s
       timeout: 5s
       retries: 5
@@ -354,7 +354,7 @@ services:
       - "traefik.http.routers.dbsync.middlewares=dbsync-stripprefix"
       - "traefik.http.middlewares.dbsync-stripprefix.stripprefix.prefixes=/monitor"
     healthcheck:
-      test: "curl --silent --fail http://localhost/dbsync/ > /dev/null || exit 1"
+      test: "curl --silent --fail http://localhost:3838 > /dev/null || exit 1"
       interval: 10s
       timeout: 5s
       retries: 5
@@ -386,7 +386,7 @@ services:
     volumes:
       - pecan:/data/
     healthcheck:
-      test: "curl --silent --fail http://localhost/api/ping > /dev/null || exit 1"
+      test: "curl --silent --fail http://localhost:8000/api/ping > /dev/null || exit 1"
       interval: 10s
       timeout: 5s
       retries: 5
diff --git a/docker/docs/Dockerfile b/docker/docs/Dockerfile
index dcc7955b18..315769eed5 100644
--- a/docker/docs/Dockerfile
+++ b/docker/docs/Dockerfile
@@ -28,6 +28,11 @@ RUN make build
 # ----------------------------------------------------------------------
 FROM httpd
 
+# need curl for health checks
+RUN apt-get update \
+    && apt-get install -y curl \
+    && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
+
 COPY docker/docs/index.html /usr/local/apache2/htdocs/
 COPY --from=pecandocs /src/book_source/_book/ /usr/local/apache2/htdocs/docs/pecan/
 
diff --git a/shiny/dbsync/Dockerfile b/shiny/dbsync/Dockerfile
index a133290de8..ccc93a5697 100644
--- a/shiny/dbsync/Dockerfile
+++ b/shiny/dbsync/Dockerfile
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ ENV PGHOST=postgres \
     GEOCACHE=/srv/shiny-server/geoip.json
 
 RUN apt-get update \
-    && apt-get -y install libpq-dev libssl-dev \
+    && apt-get -y install curl libpq-dev libssl-dev \
     && install2.r -e -s -n -1 curl dbplyr DT leaflet RPostgreSQL \
     && rm -rf /srv/shiny-server/* \
     && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*