diff --git a/mealie/rootfs/nginx.txt b/mealie/rootfs/nginx.txt
index c25d1ee5e..339a1a05d 100644
--- a/mealie/rootfs/nginx.txt
+++ b/mealie/rootfs/nginx.txt
@@ -16,5 +16,6 @@ sed -i "s/%%port%%/${ingress_port}/g" /etc/nginx/servers/ingress.conf
 sed -i "s/%%interface%%/${ingress_interface}/g" /etc/nginx/servers/ingress.conf
 mkdir -p /var/log/nginx && touch /var/log/nginx/error.log
 
+bashio::net.wait_for 9000 localhost 900 || true
 bashio::log.info "Nginx started for Ingress" 
-exec nginx
\ No newline at end of file
+exec nginx