diff --git a/services/maintenance/soteria-deployment.yaml b/services/maintenance/soteria-deployment.yaml
index 5d05ec61..6fc74853 100644
--- a/services/maintenance/soteria-deployment.yaml
+++ b/services/maintenance/soteria-deployment.yaml
@@ -54,18 +54,25 @@ spec:
           ports:
             - name: http
               containerPort: 8080
+          startupProbe:
+            httpGet:
+              path: /healthz
+              port: http
+            periodSeconds: 5
+            failureThreshold: 24
+            timeoutSeconds: 2
           livenessProbe:
             httpGet:
               path: /healthz
               port: http
-            initialDelaySeconds: 5
+            initialDelaySeconds: 30
             periodSeconds: 10
             timeoutSeconds: 2
           readinessProbe:
             httpGet:
               path: /readyz
               port: http
-            initialDelaySeconds: 2
+            initialDelaySeconds: 5
             periodSeconds: 5
             timeoutSeconds: 2
           resources: