diff --git a/services/mailu/helmrelease.yaml b/services/mailu/helmrelease.yaml
index e23363db..c503c34e 100644
--- a/services/mailu/helmrelease.yaml
+++ b/services/mailu/helmrelease.yaml
@@ -816,6 +816,16 @@ spec:
                                   values: ["titan-13", "titan-15", "titan-17", "titan-19"]
                     containers:
                       - name: tika
+                        startupProbe:
+                          httpGet:
+                            path: /tika
+                            port: http
+                            scheme: HTTP
+                          initialDelaySeconds: 10
+                          periodSeconds: 10
+                          timeoutSeconds: 5
+                          failureThreshold: 30
+                          successThreshold: 1
                         env:
                           - name: SECRET_KEY
                             $patch: delete