diff --git a/internal/controller/lcore_deployment.go b/internal/controller/lcore_deployment.go
index 69a9957..4807da7 100644
--- a/internal/controller/lcore_deployment.go
+++ b/internal/controller/lcore_deployment.go
@@ -72,14 +72,38 @@ func buildLCorePodTemplateSpec(h *common_helper.Helper, ctx context.Context, ins
 		Ports:        []corev1.ContainerPort{{Name: "llama-stack", ContainerPort: LlamaStackContainerPort}},
 		VolumeMounts: llamaStackMounts,
 		Env:          llamaEnvVars,
+		StartupProbe: &corev1.Probe{
+			ProbeHandler: corev1.ProbeHandler{
+				HTTPGet: &corev1.HTTPGetAction{
+					Path: "/v1/health",
+					Port: intstr.FromInt32(LlamaStackContainerPort),
+				},
+			},
+			PeriodSeconds:    10,
+			TimeoutSeconds:   5,
+			FailureThreshold: 30,
+		},
+		LivenessProbe: &corev1.Probe{
+			ProbeHandler: corev1.ProbeHandler{
+				HTTPGet: &corev1.HTTPGetAction{
+					Path: "/v1/health",
+					Port: intstr.FromInt32(LlamaStackContainerPort),
+				},
+			},
+			PeriodSeconds:    10,
+			TimeoutSeconds:   5,
+			FailureThreshold: 3,
+		},
 		ReadinessProbe: &corev1.Probe{
 			ProbeHandler: corev1.ProbeHandler{
-				TCPSocket: &corev1.TCPSocketAction{
+				HTTPGet: &corev1.HTTPGetAction{
+					Path: "/v1/health",
 					Port: intstr.FromInt32(LlamaStackContainerPort),
 				},
 			},
-			InitialDelaySeconds: 5,
-			PeriodSeconds:       10,
+			PeriodSeconds:    10,
+			TimeoutSeconds:   5,
+			FailureThreshold: 3,
 		},
 		Resources: corev1.ResourceRequirements{
 			Requests: corev1.ResourceList{