diff --git a/app/Actions/Server/StartSentinel.php b/app/Actions/Server/StartSentinel.php
index cec90288e..3a37a7328 100644
--- a/app/Actions/Server/StartSentinel.php
+++ b/app/Actions/Server/StartSentinel.php
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ public function handle(Server $server, bool $restart = false, ?string $latestVer
         }
         $dockerEnvironments = implode(' ', array_map(fn ($key, $value) => '-e '.escapeshellarg("$key=$value"), array_keys($environments), $environments));
         $dockerLabels = implode(' ', array_map(fn ($key, $value) => "$key=$value", array_keys($labels), $labels));
-        $dockerCommand = "docker run -d $dockerEnvironments --name coolify-sentinel -v /var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock -v $mountDir:/app/db --pid host --health-cmd \"curl --fail http://127.0.0.1:8888/api/health || exit 1\" --health-interval 10s --health-retries 3 --add-host=host.docker.internal:host-gateway --label $dockerLabels $image";
+        $dockerCommand = "docker run -d $dockerEnvironments --name coolify-sentinel -v /var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock -v $mountDir:/app/db --pid host --health-cmd \"curl --fail http://127.0.0.1:8888/api/health || exit 1\" --health-start-period 120s --health-interval 10s --health-retries 3 --add-host=host.docker.internal:host-gateway --label $dockerLabels $image";
 
         instant_remote_process([
             'docker rm -f coolify-sentinel || true',
diff --git a/tests/Unit/StartSentinelEndpointFallbackTest.php b/tests/Unit/StartSentinelEndpointFallbackTest.php
index 8da3459b8..20422b2ab 100644
--- a/tests/Unit/StartSentinelEndpointFallbackTest.php
+++ b/tests/Unit/StartSentinelEndpointFallbackTest.php
@@ -15,3 +15,9 @@
         ->and($component)
         ->toContain('$this->sentinelCustomUrl = $this->server->settings->sentinel_custom_url;');
 });
+
+test('sentinel startup allows legacy metrics migrations to finish before health checks fail', function () {
+    $action = file_get_contents(dirname(__DIR__, 2).'/app/Actions/Server/StartSentinel.php');
+
+    expect($action)->toContain('--health-start-period 120s');
+});