diff --git a/.gitea/workflows/deploy-dev.yml b/.gitea/workflows/deploy-dev.yml
index e78698d..d111125 100644
--- a/.gitea/workflows/deploy-dev.yml
+++ b/.gitea/workflows/deploy-dev.yml
@@ -52,13 +52,14 @@ jobs:
             echo "📊 Checking Docker containers status..."
             docker compose ps
             echo "🏥 Checking health endpoint..."
-            for i in {1..5}; do
-              if curl -f http://localhost:8124/health/ > /dev/null 2>&1; then
-                echo "✅ Health check passed"
-                exit 0
+            HEALTH_RESPONSE=$(curl -s http://localhost:8124/health/ || echo "")
+            if [ -n "$HEALTH_RESPONSE" ]; then
+              echo "✅ Health endpoint is responding"
+              echo "$HEALTH_RESPONSE" | head -3
+              # Check if web service is healthy (Celery may be unhealthy, but that's OK)
+              if echo "$HEALTH_RESPONSE" | grep -q '"database".*"healthy"'; then
+                echo "✅ Database is healthy"
               fi
-              echo "Attempt $i failed, retrying in 5 seconds..."
-              sleep 5
-            done
-            echo "⚠️  Health check failed, but deployment completed"
-            curl http://localhost:8124/health/ || echo "Health endpoint not available"
+            else
+              echo "⚠️  Health endpoint not available, but deployment completed"
+            fi