diff --git a/templates/compose/mealie.yaml b/templates/compose/mealie.yaml
index bc30b6e11..2cf66de3c 100644
--- a/templates/compose/mealie.yaml
+++ b/templates/compose/mealie.yaml
@@ -7,18 +7,18 @@
 services:
   mealie:
     image: 'ghcr.io/mealie-recipes/mealie:latest'
-    volumes:
-      - SERVICE_FQDN_MEALIE_9000
-      - '${COOLIFY_VOLUME_APP}:/app/data/'
     environment:
-      ALLOW_SIGNUP: 'false'
-      PUID: 1000
-      PGID: 1000
-      # TZ: Europe/Berlin
-      MAX_WORKERS: 1
-      WEB_CONCURRENCY: 1
+      - SERVICE_FQDN_MEALIE_9000
+      - ALLOW_SIGNUP=${ALLOW_SIGNUP:-true}
+      - PUID=${PUID:-1000}
+      - PGID=${PGID:-1000}
+      - TZ=${TZ:-Europe/Berlin}
+      - MAX_WORKERS=${MAX_WORKERS:-1}
+      - WEB_CONCURRENCY=${WEB_CONCURRENCY:-1}
+    volumes:
+      - mealie_data:/app/data
     healthcheck:
-      test: ["CMD", "curl", "-f", "http://localhost:9000"]
+      test: ["CMD-SHELL", "bash -c ':> /dev/tcp/127.0.0.1/9000' || exit 1"]
       interval: 5s
-      timeout: 20s
-      retries: 10
+      timeout: 10s
+      retries: 5