diff --git a/tests/end2end_tests/tests/alternate_port_test/docker-compose.yaml b/tests/end2end_tests/tests/alternate_port_test/docker-compose.yaml
index 30008e3c4..3230ed750 100644
--- a/tests/end2end_tests/tests/alternate_port_test/docker-compose.yaml
+++ b/tests/end2end_tests/tests/alternate_port_test/docker-compose.yaml
@@ -35,3 +35,9 @@ services:
     image: atsigncompany/sshnp-e2e-runtime:local
     depends_on:
       - image-runtime-local
+    healthcheck:
+      test: ["CMD", "grep", "-Eq", "monitor started for @", "/atsign/err.txt"]
+      start_period: 10s # Wait 10 seconds before checking
+      interval: 5s # Check every 5 seconds
+      timeout: 1s # If a check takes longer than a second, consider it a failed check
+      retries: 180 # Retry the check 180 times (180 * 5s = 15 mins)