diff --git a/request-processor/docker-entrypoint.sh b/request-processor/docker-entrypoint.sh
index b489785..26ce4ac 100755
--- a/request-processor/docker-entrypoint.sh
+++ b/request-processor/docker-entrypoint.sh
@@ -1,4 +1,10 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 set -e
 echo "${DATABASE_URL}"
-celery --config celeryconfig -A tasks worker -l  INFO  -P eventlet --concurrency ${CELERY_WORKER_CONCURRENCY:-1}
+celery --config celeryconfig -A tasks worker -l  INFO  -P eventlet --concurrency ${CELERY_WORKER_CONCURRENCY:-1} &
+
+# Run the healthcheck script in the background
+./docker-healthcheck.sh &
+
+# Wait for Celery worker to finish
+wait
diff --git a/request-processor/docker-healthcheck.sh b/request-processor/docker-healthcheck.sh
index bbd776c..52966ef 100755
--- a/request-processor/docker-healthcheck.sh
+++ b/request-processor/docker-healthcheck.sh
@@ -4,11 +4,20 @@
 pgrep celery > /dev/null 2> /dev/null
 exit_code=$?
 
+if [ $exit_code -eq 0 ]; then
+  echo "Celery process is running"
+else
+  echo "Celery process is NOT running"
+  exit_code=1
+fi
+
 # Check SQS queue exists
-if aws sqs get-queue-url --queue-name celery > /dev/null 2> /dev/null
+if aws sqs get-queue-url --queue-name celery;
 then
+  echo "SQS Queue 'celery' is healthy and exists."
   sqs_status="HEALTHY"
 else
+  echo "SQS Queue 'celery' is unhealthy or does not exists."
   sqs_status="UNHEALTHY";
   exit_code=1;
 fi
@@ -27,4 +36,4 @@ jq ".version=\"$GIT_COMMIT\" | (.dependencies[] | select(.name==\"request-db\"))
 
 exit $exit_code
 
-# Note use of  > /dev/null 2> /dev/null which suppresses stout and stderr
\ No newline at end of file
+# Note use of  > /dev/null 2> /dev/null which suppresses stout and stderr