diff --git a/compose/docker-compose-dev.yml b/compose/docker-compose-dev.yml
index b8aa745..129b98a 100644
--- a/compose/docker-compose-dev.yml
+++ b/compose/docker-compose-dev.yml
@@ -10,12 +10,17 @@ services:
       - TIME_ZONE=Europe/Berlin
       - HTTPS=false
       - SEAFILE_URL=localhost
-    depends_on:
-      - db
-      - memcached
-      - seafile-caddy
     networks:
       - seafile-net
+    depends_on:
+      db:
+        condition: service_healthy
+    healthcheck:
+      test: ["CMD", "nc", "-z", "localhost", "8082"]
+      interval: 10s
+      timeout: 10s
+      retries: 3
+    restart: unless-stopped
 
   seahub:
     build: ../seahub/.
@@ -26,22 +31,23 @@ services:
     environment:
       - SEAFILE_ADMIN_EMAIL=me@example.com
       - SEAFILE_ADMIN_PASSWORD=asecret
-    depends_on:
-      - seafile-server
-      - seafile-caddy
-      - seahub-media
     networks:
       - seafile-net
+    depends_on:
+      db:
+        condition: service_healthy
+      seafile-server:
+        condition: service_healthy
+    restart: unless-stopped
 
   seahub-media:
     build: ../seahub-media/.
     volumes:
       - seahub-avatars:/usr/share/caddy/media/avatars
       - seahub-custom:/usr/share/caddy/media/custom
-    depends_on:
-      - seafile-caddy
     networks:
       - seafile-net
+    restart: unless-stopped
 
   db:
     image: mariadb:10.11.7
@@ -53,20 +59,28 @@ services:
       - seafile-mariadb:/var/lib/mysql
     networks:
       - seafile-net
+    healthcheck:
+      test: ["CMD", "healthcheck.sh", "--su-mysql", "--connect", "--innodb_initialized"]
+      interval: 10s
+      timeout: 10s
+      retries: 3
+    restart: unless-stopped
 
   memcached:
     image: memcached:1.6.23
     entrypoint: memcached -m 1024
     networks:
       - seafile-net
+    restart: unless-stopped
 
   seafile-caddy:
     build: ../seafile-caddy/.
     ports:
-      - "80:80"
+      - "8080:80"
     networks:
       - seafile-net
       - default
+    restart: unless-stopped
 
 networks:
   seafile-net:
diff --git a/compose/docker-compose-kompose.yml b/compose/docker-compose-kompose.yml
index c45571d..380260d 100644
--- a/compose/docker-compose-kompose.yml
+++ b/compose/docker-compose-kompose.yml
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+# This is a compose file with additional fields for the tool kompose.
+# Generate Kubernetes manifests with the following command:
+# kompose convert --with-kompose-annotation=false -o k8s -f compose/docker-compose-kompose.yml
 version: '3.8'
 services:
   seafile-server:
@@ -10,10 +13,6 @@ services:
       - TIME_ZONE=Europe/Berlin
       - HTTPS=true
       - SEAFILE_URL=seafile.mydomain.com # Mandatory on first deployment!
-    depends_on:
-      - db
-      - memcached
-      - seafile-caddy
     networks:
       - seafile-net
     expose:
@@ -24,6 +23,10 @@ services:
     labels:
       kompose.volume.size: 1Gi
       kompose.service.expose.storage-class-name: default
+      kompose.service.healthcheck.readiness.tcp_port: 8082
+      kompose.service.healthcheck.readiness.interval: 10s
+      kompose.service.healthcheck.readiness.timeout: 10s
+    restart: always
 
   seahub:
     image: ggogel/seahub:11.0.4
@@ -34,22 +37,17 @@ services:
     environment:
       - SEAFILE_ADMIN_EMAIL=me@example.com
       - SEAFILE_ADMIN_PASSWORD=asecret
-    depends_on:
-      - seafile-server
-      - seafile-caddy
-      - seahub-media
     networks:
       - seafile-net
     expose:
       - 8000
+    restart: always
   
   seahub-media:
     image: ggogel/seahub-media:11.0.4
     volumes:
      - seahub-avatars:/usr/share/caddy/media/avatars
      - seahub-custom:/usr/share/caddy/media/custom
-    depends_on:
-      - seafile-caddy
     networks:
       - seafile-net
     expose:
@@ -57,6 +55,7 @@ services:
     labels:
       kompose.volume.size: 100Mi
       kompose.service.expose.storage-class-name: default
+    restart: always
 
   db:
     image: mariadb:10.11.7
@@ -73,6 +72,11 @@ services:
     labels:
       kompose.volume.size: 1Gi
       kompose.service.expose.storage-class-name: default
+      kompose.service.healthcheck.readiness.test: "healthcheck.sh --su-mysql --connect --innodb_initialized"
+      kompose.service.healthcheck.readiness.interval: 10s
+      kompose.service.healthcheck.readiness.timeout: 10s
+      kompose.service.healthcheck.readiness.retries: 3
+    restart: always
 
   memcached:
     image: memcached:1.6.23
@@ -81,22 +85,7 @@ services:
       - seafile-net
     expose:
       - 11211
-
-  seafile-caddy:
-    image: ggogel/seafile-caddy:2.7.6
-    networks:
-      - seafile-net
-      - default
-    labels:
-      kompose.service.expose: localhost
-      kompose.service.expose.ingress-class-name: nginx
-      nginx.ingress.kubernetes.io/proxy-body-size: 0
-      nginx.ingress.kubernetes.io/proxy-connect-timeout: 36000
-      nginx.ingress.kubernetes.io/proxy-read-timeout: 36000
-      nginx.ingress.kubernetes.io/proxy-send-timeout: 36000
-      nginx.ingress.kubernetes.io/send-timeout: 36000
-    expose:
-      - 80
+    restart: always
 
 networks:
   seafile-net:
diff --git a/compose/docker-compose.yml b/compose/docker-compose.yml
index b5f931f..c6e6f70 100644
--- a/compose/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/compose/docker-compose.yml
@@ -3,45 +3,51 @@ services:
   seafile-server:
     image: ggogel/seafile-server:11.0.4
     volumes:
-      - seafile-data:/shared 
+      - seafile-data:/shared
     environment:
       - DB_HOST=db
       - DB_ROOT_PASSWD=db_dev
       - TIME_ZONE=Europe/Berlin
       - HTTPS=true
       - SEAFILE_URL=seafile.mydomain.com # Mandatory on first deployment!
-    depends_on:
-      - db
-      - memcached
-      - seafile-caddy
     networks:
       - seafile-net
+    depends_on:
+      db:
+        condition: service_healthy
+    healthcheck:
+      test: ["CMD", "nc", "-z", "localhost", "8082"]
+      interval: 10s
+      timeout: 10s
+      retries: 3
+    restart: unless-stopped
 
   seahub:
     image: ggogel/seahub:11.0.4
     volumes:
       - seafile-data:/shared
       - seahub-avatars:/shared/seafile/seahub-data/avatars
-      - seahub-custom:/shared/seafile/seahub-data/custom 
+      - seahub-custom:/shared/seafile/seahub-data/custom
     environment:
       - SEAFILE_ADMIN_EMAIL=me@example.com
       - SEAFILE_ADMIN_PASSWORD=asecret
-    depends_on:
-      - seafile-server
-      - seafile-caddy
-      - seahub-media
     networks:
       - seafile-net
-  
+    depends_on:
+      db:
+        condition: service_healthy
+      seafile-server:
+        condition: service_healthy
+    restart: unless-stopped
+
   seahub-media:
     image: ggogel/seahub-media:11.0.4
     volumes:
-     - seahub-avatars:/usr/share/caddy/media/avatars
-     - seahub-custom:/usr/share/caddy/media/custom
-    depends_on:
-      - seafile-caddy
+      - seahub-avatars:/usr/share/caddy/media/avatars
+      - seahub-custom:/usr/share/caddy/media/custom
     networks:
       - seafile-net
+    restart: unless-stopped
 
   db:
     image: mariadb:10.11.7
@@ -53,12 +59,19 @@ services:
       - seafile-mariadb:/var/lib/mysql
     networks:
       - seafile-net
+    healthcheck:
+      test: ["CMD", "healthcheck.sh", "--su-mysql", "--connect", "--innodb_initialized"]
+      interval: 10s
+      timeout: 10s
+      retries: 3
+    restart: unless-stopped
 
   memcached:
     image: memcached:1.6.23
     entrypoint: memcached -m 1024
     networks:
       - seafile-net
+    restart: unless-stopped
 
   seafile-caddy:
     image: ggogel/seafile-caddy:2.7.6
@@ -67,6 +80,7 @@ services:
     networks:
       - seafile-net
       - default
+    restart: unless-stopped
 
 networks:
   seafile-net:
diff --git a/k8s/db-deployment.yaml b/k8s/db-deployment.yaml
index e80bac0..1c40151 100644
--- a/k8s/db-deployment.yaml
+++ b/k8s/db-deployment.yaml
@@ -3,6 +3,10 @@ kind: Deployment
 metadata:
   annotations:
     kompose.service.expose.storage-class-name: default
+    kompose.service.healthcheck.readiness.interval: 10s
+    kompose.service.healthcheck.readiness.retries: "3"
+    kompose.service.healthcheck.readiness.test: healthcheck.sh --su-mysql --connect --innodb_initialized
+    kompose.service.healthcheck.readiness.timeout: 10s
     kompose.volume.size: 1Gi
   creationTimestamp: null
   labels:
@@ -19,6 +23,10 @@ spec:
     metadata:
       annotations:
         kompose.service.expose.storage-class-name: default
+        kompose.service.healthcheck.readiness.interval: 10s
+        kompose.service.healthcheck.readiness.retries: "3"
+        kompose.service.healthcheck.readiness.test: healthcheck.sh --su-mysql --connect --innodb_initialized
+        kompose.service.healthcheck.readiness.timeout: 10s
         kompose.volume.size: 1Gi
       creationTimestamp: null
       labels:
@@ -38,6 +46,16 @@ spec:
           ports:
             - containerPort: 3306
               protocol: TCP
+          readinessProbe:
+            exec:
+              command:
+                - healthcheck.sh
+                - --su-mysql
+                - --connect
+                - --innodb_initialized
+            failureThreshold: 3
+            periodSeconds: 10
+            timeoutSeconds: 10
           resources: {}
           volumeMounts:
             - mountPath: /var/lib/mysql
diff --git a/k8s/db-service.yaml b/k8s/db-service.yaml
index 666004c..5470e20 100644
--- a/k8s/db-service.yaml
+++ b/k8s/db-service.yaml
@@ -3,6 +3,10 @@ kind: Service
 metadata:
   annotations:
     kompose.service.expose.storage-class-name: default
+    kompose.service.healthcheck.readiness.interval: 10s
+    kompose.service.healthcheck.readiness.retries: "3"
+    kompose.service.healthcheck.readiness.test: healthcheck.sh --su-mysql --connect --innodb_initialized
+    kompose.service.healthcheck.readiness.timeout: 10s
     kompose.volume.size: 1Gi
   creationTimestamp: null
   labels:
diff --git a/k8s/seafile-server-deployment.yaml b/k8s/seafile-server-deployment.yaml
index fb13ca4..0c11991 100644
--- a/k8s/seafile-server-deployment.yaml
+++ b/k8s/seafile-server-deployment.yaml
@@ -3,6 +3,9 @@ kind: Deployment
 metadata:
   annotations:
     kompose.service.expose.storage-class-name: default
+    kompose.service.healthcheck.readiness.interval: 10s
+    kompose.service.healthcheck.readiness.tcp_port: "8082"
+    kompose.service.healthcheck.readiness.timeout: 10s
     kompose.volume.size: 1Gi
   creationTimestamp: null
   labels:
@@ -19,6 +22,9 @@ spec:
     metadata:
       annotations:
         kompose.service.expose.storage-class-name: default
+        kompose.service.healthcheck.readiness.interval: 10s
+        kompose.service.healthcheck.readiness.tcp_port: "8082"
+        kompose.service.healthcheck.readiness.timeout: 10s
         kompose.volume.size: 1Gi
       creationTimestamp: null
       labels:
@@ -48,6 +54,11 @@ spec:
               protocol: TCP
             - containerPort: 8083
               protocol: TCP
+          readinessProbe:
+            periodSeconds: 10
+            tcpSocket:
+              port: 8082
+            timeoutSeconds: 10
           resources: {}
           volumeMounts:
             - mountPath: /shared
diff --git a/k8s/seafile-server-service.yaml b/k8s/seafile-server-service.yaml
index f443a78..6e20572 100644
--- a/k8s/seafile-server-service.yaml
+++ b/k8s/seafile-server-service.yaml
@@ -3,6 +3,9 @@ kind: Service
 metadata:
   annotations:
     kompose.service.expose.storage-class-name: default
+    kompose.service.healthcheck.readiness.interval: 10s
+    kompose.service.healthcheck.readiness.tcp_port: "8082"
+    kompose.service.healthcheck.readiness.timeout: 10s
     kompose.volume.size: 1Gi
   creationTimestamp: null
   labels:
diff --git a/seafile-caddy/scripts/start.sh b/seafile-caddy/scripts/start.sh
index 409a8dc..ae2c6b2 100644
--- a/seafile-caddy/scripts/start.sh
+++ b/seafile-caddy/scripts/start.sh
@@ -1,5 +1,11 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
-/scripts/swarm-dns.sh &
+if [ "$SWARM_DNS" = true ]; then
+    /scripts/swarm-dns.sh &
+fi
 
-caddy run --config /etc/caddy/Caddyfile --adapter caddyfile
+caddy run --config /etc/caddy/Caddyfile --adapter caddyfile &
+
+wait -n
+
+exit $?
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diff --git a/seafile-caddy/scripts/swarm-dns.sh b/seafile-caddy/scripts/swarm-dns.sh
index 7ba1361..e36608c 100644
--- a/seafile-caddy/scripts/swarm-dns.sh
+++ b/seafile-caddy/scripts/swarm-dns.sh
@@ -1,28 +1,25 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
-if [ "$SWARM_DNS" = true ]; then
-    
-    cp /etc/caddy/Caddyfile /etc/caddy/Caddyfile.default
-    
-    while true; do 
+cp /etc/caddy/Caddyfile /etc/caddy/Caddyfile.default
 
-        SEAHUB_IPS=$(dig +short $SEAHUB_HOSTNAME | sed -e 's/$/:8000/' | tr ' ' '\n' | sort | tr '\n' ' ')
-        SEAHUB_MEDIA_IPS=$(dig +short $SEAHUB_MEDIA_HOSTNAME | sed -e 's/$/:80/' | tr ' ' '\n' | sort | tr '\n' ' ')
+while true; do 
 
-        cp /etc/caddy/Caddyfile.default /etc/caddy/Caddyfile.tmp
+    SEAHUB_IPS=$(dig +short $SEAHUB_HOSTNAME | sed -e 's/$/:8000/' | tr ' ' '\n' | sort | tr '\n' ' ')
+    SEAHUB_MEDIA_IPS=$(dig +short $SEAHUB_MEDIA_HOSTNAME | sed -e 's/$/:80/' | tr ' ' '\n' | sort | tr '\n' ' ')
 
-        sed -i "s/$SEAHUB_HOSTNAME:8000/$(echo $SEAHUB_IPS)/g" /etc/caddy/Caddyfile.tmp
-        sed -i "s/$SEAHUB_MEDIA_HOSTNAME:80/$(echo $SEAHUB_MEDIA_IPS)/g" /etc/caddy/Caddyfile.tmp
+    cp /etc/caddy/Caddyfile.default /etc/caddy/Caddyfile.tmp
 
-        if ! diff -q "/etc/caddy/Caddyfile" "/etc/caddy/Caddyfile.tmp"; then
-            rm -f /etc/caddy/Caddyfile
-            mv /etc/caddy/Caddyfile.tmp /etc/caddy/Caddyfile
-            echo "Applying new Caddyfile:"
-            cat /etc/caddy/Caddyfile
-            caddy reload --config /etc/caddy/Caddyfile
-        fi
+    sed -i "s/$SEAHUB_HOSTNAME:8000/$(echo $SEAHUB_IPS)/g" /etc/caddy/Caddyfile.tmp
+    sed -i "s/$SEAHUB_MEDIA_HOSTNAME:80/$(echo $SEAHUB_MEDIA_IPS)/g" /etc/caddy/Caddyfile.tmp
 
-        sleep 10
+    if ! diff -q "/etc/caddy/Caddyfile" "/etc/caddy/Caddyfile.tmp"; then
+        rm -f /etc/caddy/Caddyfile
+        mv /etc/caddy/Caddyfile.tmp /etc/caddy/Caddyfile
+        echo "Applying new Caddyfile:"
+        cat /etc/caddy/Caddyfile
+        caddy reload --config /etc/caddy/Caddyfile
+    fi
 
-    done
-fi
+    sleep 10
+
+done
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diff --git a/seafile-server/Dockerfile b/seafile-server/Dockerfile
index 04d9c40..81c43ba 100644
--- a/seafile-server/Dockerfile
+++ b/seafile-server/Dockerfile
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ ENV SEAFILE_VERSION=11.0.5
 
 RUN apt-get update && \
 DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive apt-get install -y \
+netcat-openbsd \
 socat \
 cron \
 tzdata \
diff --git a/seafile-server/scripts/gc.sh b/seafile-server/scripts/gc.sh
index 92fc02d..df3d4a7 100644
--- a/seafile-server/scripts/gc.sh
+++ b/seafile-server/scripts/gc.sh
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ source /scripts/utils.sh
 SEAFILE_DIR=/opt/seafile/seafile-server-latest
 
 if [[ $SEAFILE_SERVER != *"pro"* ]]; then
+    touch /tmp/gc_active
     echo "Seafile CE: Stop Seafile to perform offline garbage collection."
     stop_socat
     $SEAFILE_DIR/seafile.sh stop
@@ -17,8 +18,7 @@ fi
 $SEAFILE_DIR/seaf-gc.sh "$@"
 
 if [[ $SEAFILE_SERVER != *"pro"* ]]; then
-    echo "Seafile CE: Offline garbage collection completed. Starting Seafile."
-    sleep 3
-    $SEAFILE_DIR/seafile.sh start
-    start_socat &
+    echo "Seafile CE: Offline garbage collection completed. Exiting..."
+    echo "Set the restart policy of this container to unless-stopped to restart it automatically after garbage collection."
+    rm -f /tmp/gc_active
 fi
diff --git a/seafile-server/scripts/start.sh b/seafile-server/scripts/start.sh
index 561be8e..e3d2ee5 100644
--- a/seafile-server/scripts/start.sh
+++ b/seafile-server/scripts/start.sh
@@ -3,8 +3,17 @@
 source /scripts/utils.sh
 trap 'sigterm' SIGTERM
 
-gc_cron &
+rm -f /tmp/gc_active
+
+gc_cron
 start_server &
 start_socat &
 logger &
-keep_running
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+
+wait -n
+
+while [ -f /tmp/gc_active ]; do
+    sleep 10
+done
+
+exit $?
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diff --git a/seafile-server/scripts/utils.sh b/seafile-server/scripts/utils.sh
index 6099fc0..41c4d31 100644
--- a/seafile-server/scripts/utils.sh
+++ b/seafile-server/scripts/utils.sh
@@ -47,12 +47,6 @@ function logger {
     tail -f /opt/seafile/logs/common.log | tee
 }
 
-function keep_running {
-    while true; do
-        tail -f /dev/null & wait ${!}
-    done
-}
-
 function sig_kill_all () {
     pkill -SIGKILL -f "seaf-server -c ${default_ccnet_conf_dir}"
     pkill -SIGKILL -f "fileserver -c ${default_ccnet_conf_dir}"
diff --git a/seahub/scripts/start.sh b/seahub/scripts/start.sh
index 6472be5..5adfc45 100644
--- a/seahub/scripts/start.sh
+++ b/seahub/scripts/start.sh
@@ -23,30 +23,36 @@ function start_socat {
 
 function watch_server {
     while true; do
-        sleep 2
+        sleep 1
         if ! nc -z ${SEAFILE_SERVER_HOSTNAME} 8082 2>/dev/null; then
+            echo "Lost connection to seafiler-server. Stopping seahub..."
             /opt/seafile/seafile-server-latest/seahub.sh stop
-            while ! nc -z ${SEAFILE_SERVER_HOSTNAME} 8082 2>/dev/null; do
-                sleep 1
-            done
-            start_seahub &
+        fi
+    done
+}
+
+function watch_seahub {
+    while true; do
+        sleep 1
+        if ! pgrep -f "seahub.wsgi:application" >/dev/null; then
+            echo "Seahub process was stopped. Exiting container..."
+            break
         fi
     done
 }
 
 function logger {
-    tail -f /opt/seafile/logs/seahub.log | tee /proc/1/fd/1
+    tail -f /opt/seafile/logs/seahub.log | tee
 }
 
-function keep_running {
-    while true; do
-        tail -f /dev/null & wait ${!}
-    done
-}
+init_seahub
+start_seahub
 
 start_socat &
-init_seahub
-start_seahub &
 watch_server &
-logger
-keep_running
+watch_seahub &
+logger &
+
+wait -n 
+
+exit $?
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