diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 95467a0c..4a8d8fb4 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ RUN go mod download
 COPY . .
 
 # Build the application
-RUN CGO_ENABLED=1 GOOS=linux go build -a -installsuffix cgo -o nofx .
+RUN CGO_ENABLED=1 GOOS=linux go build -trimpath -ldflags="-s -w" -o nofx .
 
 # Frontend build stage
 FROM node:18-alpine AS frontend-builder
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index 7d4a7f78..96260ca7 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ services:
     networks:
       - nofx-network
     healthcheck:
-      test: ["CMD", "wget", "--no-verbose", "--tries=1", "--spider", "http://localhost:8080/health"]
+      test: ["CMD", "curl", "-f", "http://localhost:8080/health"]
       interval: 30s
       timeout: 10s
       retries: 3