diff --git a/forgejo/compose.yaml b/forgejo/compose.yaml
index 4b47f87..4be1d60 100644
--- a/forgejo/compose.yaml
+++ b/forgejo/compose.yaml
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ services:
       FORGEJO__server__ROOT_URL: "${FORGEJO_ROOT_URL:-http://localhost:3000}"
       FORGEJO__server__SSH_PORT: "${FORGEJO_SSH_PORT:-2223}"
       FORGEJO__server__LFS_START_SERVER: "true"
+      FORGEJO__database__SQLITE_JOURNAL_MODE: "WAL"
     ports:
       - "${FORGEJO_HTTP_PORT:-3000}:3000"
       - "${FORGEJO_SSH_PORT:-2223}:22"
@@ -16,9 +17,9 @@ services:
       - /etc/timezone:/etc/timezone:ro
       - /etc/localtime:/etc/localtime:ro
     healthcheck:
-      test: ["CMD", "curl", "-fSs", "http://localhost:3000/api/healthz"]
+      test: ["CMD", "wget", "--no-verbose", "--tries=1", "--spider", "http://localhost:3000/api/healthz"]
       interval: 30s
-      timeout: 5s
-      retries: 3
-      start_period: 30s
+      timeout: 10s
+      retries: 5
+      start_period: 60s
     restart: unless-stopped