diff --git a/apps/kavita/email-deployment.yaml b/apps/kavita/email-deployment.yaml
index ad29270..21d0388 100644
--- a/apps/kavita/email-deployment.yaml
+++ b/apps/kavita/email-deployment.yaml
@@ -29,6 +29,23 @@ spec:
       containers:
         - image: kizaing/kavitaemail:latest
           name: kavita-email
+          ports:
+            - name: http:
+              protocol: TCP
+              containerPort: 5003
+          livenessProbe:
+            httpGet:
+              path: /api/test
+              port: http
+            failureThreshold: 3
+            periodSeconds: 60
+          readinessProbe:
+            httpGet:
+              path: /api/test
+              port: http
+            initialDelaySeconds: 90
+            failureThreshold: 5
+            periodSeconds: 5
           resources: {}
           volumeMounts:
             - mountPath: /app/config
diff --git a/apps/kavita/kavita-deployment.yaml b/apps/kavita/kavita-deployment.yaml
index b7d810f..8c0aabe 100644
--- a/apps/kavita/kavita-deployment.yaml
+++ b/apps/kavita/kavita-deployment.yaml
@@ -46,14 +46,23 @@ spec:
             - name: TZ
               value: America/New_York
           image: kizaing/kavita:latest
+          ports:
+            - name: http:
+              protocol: TCP
+              containerPort: 5000
           livenessProbe:
-            exec:
-              command:
-                - curl --fail http://localhost:5000 || exit 1
-            failureThreshold: 3
-            initialDelaySeconds: 30
-            periodSeconds: 300
-            timeoutSeconds: 15
+            httpGet:
+              path: /api/health
+              port: http
+            failureThreshold: 5
+            initialDelaySeconds: 90
+            periodSeconds: 10
+          readinessProbe:
+            httpGet:
+              path: /api/health
+              port: http
+            failureThreshold: 5
+            periodSeconds: 10
           name: kavita
           resources: {}
           volumeMounts: