diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 566bab4..f2ab9f7 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
 # Changelog
 
 [Back to main](README.md#changelog)
+## 2024-09-20
+
+- added process-based Healthcheck @jammsen (#275)
+
 ## 2024-08-12
 
 - added support to turn off backup-announcements, to have less spammy chat ingame, but errors will always be announced @Jadiction @jammsen (#272)
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 363aff0..6b9558b 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -209,5 +209,8 @@ RUN mkdir -p "$BACKUP_PATH" \
 
 VOLUME ["${GAME_ROOT}"]
 
+HEALTHCHECK --interval=10s --timeout=10s --start-period=30s --retries=3 \ 
+    CMD pgrep -x "PalServer-Linux" >/dev/null 2>&1 || exit 1
+
 ENTRYPOINT  ["/entrypoint.sh"]
 CMD ["/scripts/servermanager.sh"]