diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 0a70286..3dd4eef 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -13,6 +13,6 @@ WORKDIR /home/node/app
 
 EXPOSE 5050
 
-HEALTHCHECK --interval=30s --start-period=15s --timeout=10m --retries=10 CMD (wget --no-verbose --tries=1 --spider http://localhost:5051/doctorOrders/api/getRx/pending && wget --no-verbose --tries=1 --spider http://localhost:5050) || exit 1
+HEALTHCHECK --interval=30s --start-period=60s --timeout=10m --retries=10 CMD wget --no-verbose --tries=1 --spider http://localhost:5051/doctorOrders/api/getRx/pending || exit 1
 
 CMD ./dockerRunnerProd.sh
diff --git a/Dockerfile.dev b/Dockerfile.dev
index c0ad0b0..ffc9023 100644
--- a/Dockerfile.dev
+++ b/Dockerfile.dev
@@ -14,4 +14,6 @@ WORKDIR /home/node/app
 EXPOSE 5050
 EXPOSE 5051
 
+HEALTHCHECK --interval=30s --start-period=15s --timeout=10m --retries=10 CMD (wget --no-verbose --tries=1 --spider http://localhost:5051/doctorOrders/api/getRx/pending && wget --no-verbose --tries=1 --spider http://localhost:5050) || exit 1
+
 CMD ./dockerRunnerDev.sh
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/dockerRunnerDev.sh b/dockerRunnerDev.sh
index 02a0cfd..177f769 100755
--- a/dockerRunnerDev.sh
+++ b/dockerRunnerDev.sh
@@ -4,6 +4,10 @@
 trap 'kill $CONTINUOUS_INSTALL_PID $SERVER_PID $BACKEND_SERVER_PID; exit' INT
 
 mkdir logs 
+touch ./logs/frontend_installer.log
+touch ./logs/frontend_runner.log
+touch ./logs/backend_installer.log
+touch ./logs/backend_runner.log
 
 # Reset log file content for new application boot
 echo "*** Logs for continuous frontend installer ***" > ./logs/frontend_installer.log
diff --git a/dockerRunnerProd.sh b/dockerRunnerProd.sh
index ebf5b4f..2c2806e 100755
--- a/dockerRunnerProd.sh
+++ b/dockerRunnerProd.sh
@@ -1,11 +1,9 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
 cd frontend
-npm install 
 ( npm run start ) & SERVER_PID=$!
 
 cd ../backend
-npm install 
 ( npm run start ) & BACKEND_SERVER_PID=$!
 
 # Handle application background process exiting