diff --git a/server/bin/immich-healthcheck b/server/bin/immich-healthcheck
index 81528157e4..e6bdd28050 100755
--- a/server/bin/immich-healthcheck
+++ b/server/bin/immich-healthcheck
@@ -1,8 +1,14 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
 
+log_container_verbose() {
+  if [[ $IMMICH_LOG_LEVEL == verbose ]]; then
+    echo "$1" > /proc/1/fd/2
+  fi
+}
+
 if [[ ( $IMMICH_WORKERS_INCLUDE != '' && $IMMICH_WORKERS_INCLUDE != *api* ) || $IMMICH_WORKERS_EXCLUDE == *api* ]]; then
-        echo "API worker excluded, skipping";
-        exit 0;
+  echo "API worker excluded, skipping"
+  exit 0
 fi
 
 IMMICH_HOST="${IMMICH_HOST:-localhost}"
@@ -12,11 +18,13 @@ result=$(curl -fsS -m 2 http://"$IMMICH_HOST":"$IMMICH_PORT"/api/server/ping)
 result_exit=$?
 
 if [ $result_exit != 0 ]; then
-        echo "Fail: exit code is $result_exit";
-        exit 1;
+  echo "Fail: exit code is $result_exit"
+  log_container_verbose "Healthcheck failed: exit code $result_exit"
+  exit 1
 fi
 
-if [ "$result" != "{\"res\":\"pong\"}" ]; then
-        echo "Fail: didn't reply with pong";
-        exit 1;
+if [ "$result" != '{"res":"pong"}' ]; then
+  echo "Fail: didn't reply with pong"
+  log_container_verbose "Healthcheck failed: didn't reply with pong"
+  exit 1
 fi