diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index a97ff96..211c418 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -2,4 +2,4 @@ FROM python:3.10
 COPY ./requirements.txt ./requirements.txt
 RUN pip install -r requirements.txt
 COPY ./app/ ./app
-CMD python app/core_api.py; gunicorn --reload -b 0.0.0.0:8050 app.app:server
+CMD python -m app.core_api; gunicorn --reload -b 0.0.0.0:8050 app.app:server
diff --git a/app/core_api.py b/app/core_api.py
index 3c4a729..ac244fa 100644
--- a/app/core_api.py
+++ b/app/core_api.py
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@
 
 def wait_for_ove() -> None:
     """Function to wait for the OVE Core API to be available after startup."""
-    while requests.get(API_URL).status_code != 200:
+    while requests.get(f"{API_URL}/app/html").status_code != 200:
         time.sleep(5)