diff --git a/charts/headscale/templates/headscale.yaml b/charts/headscale/templates/headscale.yaml
index e4ac1f2..6bbe36b 100644
--- a/charts/headscale/templates/headscale.yaml
+++ b/charts/headscale/templates/headscale.yaml
@@ -166,6 +166,13 @@
           readOnly: true
         - mountPath: /headscale-api
           name: api-socket
+        livenessProbe:
+          exec:
+            command:
+              - cat
+              - /headscale/acls/config.hujson-reload
+            initialDelaySeconds: 60
+            periodSeconds: 5
       - name: headscale-api
         image: {{ .Values.api.image.repository }}:{{ .Values.api.image.tag }}
         imagePullPolicy: {{ .Values.api.image.pullPolicy }}