diff --git a/docker/synapse/compose.yaml b/docker/synapse/compose.yaml
index f7ee150..ce4cb3a 100644
--- a/docker/synapse/compose.yaml
+++ b/docker/synapse/compose.yaml
@@ -19,6 +19,12 @@ services:
       options:
         max-size: "50m"
         max-file: "3"
+    healthcheck:
+      test: ["CMD-SHELL", "pg_isready -U $$POSTGRES_USER -d $$POSTGRES_DB || exit 1"]
+      interval: 10s
+      timeout: 5s
+      retries: 5
+      start_period: 10s
 
   synapse-foxgirls:
     image: matrixdotorg/synapse:latest
diff --git a/gitea/compose.yaml b/gitea/compose.yaml
index ca80afb..8c2520f 100644
--- a/gitea/compose.yaml
+++ b/gitea/compose.yaml
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ services:
     
     networks:
       - reverse_proxy_default
+      - postgre-general
 
     logging:
       driver: "json-file"
@@ -39,6 +40,15 @@ services:
     ports:
       - "2001:22"
 
+    healthcheck:
+      test: ["CMD-SHELL", "wget -qO- http://localhost:3000/api/healthz || exit 1"]
+      interval: 30s
+      timeout: 5s
+      retries: 3
+      start_period: 10s
+
 networks:
   reverse_proxy_default:
+    external: true
+  postgre-general:
     external: true
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diff --git a/homepage/compose.yaml b/homepage/compose.yaml
index 3e1c6c1..fc91dbd 100644
--- a/homepage/compose.yaml
+++ b/homepage/compose.yaml
@@ -13,6 +13,12 @@ services:
       options:
         max-size: "50m"
         max-file: "3"
+    healthcheck:
+      test: ["CMD", "python3", "-c", "import urllib.request; urllib.request.urlopen('http://localhost:5000/', timeout=5)"]
+      interval: 30s
+      timeout: 5s
+      retries: 3
+      start_period: 10s
 networks:
   reverse_proxy_default:
     external: true
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diff --git a/nextcloud/compose.yaml b/nextcloud/compose.yaml
index 8f851dd..0cb4bcd 100644
--- a/nextcloud/compose.yaml
+++ b/nextcloud/compose.yaml
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 services:
   nextcloud-app:
     build: .
+    image: local-nextcloud
     container_name: nextcloud_app
     restart: unless-stopped
     volumes:
@@ -31,6 +32,12 @@ services:
       - postgre-general
       - nextcloud-network
       - reverse_proxy_default
+    healthcheck:
+      test: ["CMD-SHELL", "curl -f http://localhost:80/status.php | grep -q '\"installed\":true' || exit 1"]
+      interval: 30s
+      timeout: 5s
+      retries: 3
+      start_period: 10s
 
   nextcloud-redis:
     image: redis:alpine # Essential for file locking, uses almost no RAM (~20MB)
@@ -39,9 +46,16 @@ services:
     command: redis-server --requirepass ${REDIS_PASS}
     networks:
       - nextcloud-network
+    healthcheck:
+      test: ["CMD-SHELL", "redis-cli -a ${REDIS_PASS} ping | grep PONG || exit 1"]
+      interval: 30s
+      timeout: 5s
+      retries: 3
+      start_period: 5s
 
   nextcloud-cron:
-    image: nextcloud:latest
+    build: .
+    image: local-nextcloud
     container_name: nextcloud_cron
     restart: unless-stopped
     volumes:
@@ -52,6 +66,17 @@ services:
     networks:
       - nextcloud-network
       - postgre-general
+    healthcheck:
+      test: ["CMD-SHELL", "LC_ALL=C; [ $$(($$(date +%s) - $$(runuser -u www-data -- php /var/www/html/occ config:app:get core lastcron))) -le 900 ] || exit 1"]
+      interval: 5m
+      timeout: 15s
+      retries: 3
+      start_period: 2m
+
+
+
+
+
 
 
 networks:
diff --git a/palworld/compose.yaml b/palworld/compose.yaml
index 7db837a..b5dee1a 100644
--- a/palworld/compose.yaml
+++ b/palworld/compose.yaml
@@ -48,8 +48,27 @@ services:
       environment:
          - CONTAINER_NAME=palworld-server
          - DOCKER_HOST=tcp://admin-backend:2375
-         - PASSWORD=saf3fluffypvvd
-         - USERNAME=admin
+         - PASSWORD=${PANEL_PASS}
+         - USERNAME=${PANEL_USER}
+      healthcheck:
+         test: 
+            - "CMD"
+            - "python3"
+            - "-c"
+            - |
+               import urllib.request, sys
+               try:
+                  urllib.request.urlopen('http://localhost:5000/', timeout=5)
+               except urllib.error.HTTPError as e:
+                  if e.code in [401, 403]:
+                        sys.exit(0)
+                  sys.exit(1)
+               except Exception:
+                  sys.exit(1)
+         interval: 30s
+         timeout: 5s
+         retries: 3
+         start_period: 10s
       
    admin-backend:
       image: tecnativa/docker-socket-proxy
@@ -63,6 +82,11 @@ services:
          - CONTAINERS=1
       volumes:
          - /var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock:ro
+      healthcheck:
+         test: ["CMD-SHELL", "nc -z localhost 2375 || exit 1"]
+         interval: 10s
+         timeout: 3s
+         retries: 3
 networks:
    palworld-admin:
       internal: true
diff --git a/reverse_proxy/compose.yaml b/reverse_proxy/compose.yaml
index 8e83889..e5afc8c 100644
--- a/reverse_proxy/compose.yaml
+++ b/reverse_proxy/compose.yaml
@@ -17,3 +17,8 @@ services:
       options:
         max-size: "50m"
         max-file: "3"
+    healthcheck:
+      test: ["CMD", "/usr/bin/check-health"]
+      interval: 10s
+      timeout: 3s
+      retries: 3
diff --git a/start_everything.sh b/start_everything.sh
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
index 935eca2..079c603
--- a/start_everything.sh
+++ b/start_everything.sh
@@ -7,11 +7,13 @@ docker compose -f ~/reverse_proxy/compose.yaml --project-directory ~/reverse_pro
 docker compose -f ~/uptime-kuma/compose.yaml --project-directory ~/uptime-kuma/ up -d
 
 #create palworl server, don't start it
-docker compose -f ~/palworld/compose.yaml --project-directory ~/palworld up --no-start
+docker compose -f ~/palworld/compose.yaml --project-directory ~/palworld create
+docker compose -f ~/palworld/compose.yaml --project-directory ~/palworld start admin-panel admin-backend
+
 
 #create matrix server and database
 #todo: split synapse and postgre at some point
-docker compose  -f~/docker/synapse/compose.yaml --project-directory ~/docker/synapse up -d
+docker compose  -f ~/docker/synapse/compose.yaml --project-directory ~/docker/synapse up -d
 
 #start jellyfin
 if [[ ! -d ~/jellyfin/jellyfin-media-remote/foxgirls-jelly ]] ; then