diff --git a/packages/api/internal/orchestrator/client.go b/packages/api/internal/orchestrator/client.go
index cb0a59d877..b4f888ac16 100644
--- a/packages/api/internal/orchestrator/client.go
+++ b/packages/api/internal/orchestrator/client.go
@@ -132,13 +132,13 @@ func isHealthy(alloc *nomadapi.AllocationListStub) bool {
 	if alloc.DeploymentStatus == nil {
 		zap.L().Warn("Allocation deployment status is nil", zap.String("allocation_id", alloc.ID))
 
-		return false
+		return true
 	}
 
 	if alloc.DeploymentStatus.Healthy == nil {
 		zap.L().Warn("Allocation deployment status healthy is nil", zap.String("allocation_id", alloc.ID))
 
-		return false
+		return true
 	}
 
 	return *alloc.DeploymentStatus.Healthy
diff --git a/packages/api/internal/orchestrator/client_test.go b/packages/api/internal/orchestrator/client_test.go
index b702fc480d..36dbfa53f1 100644
--- a/packages/api/internal/orchestrator/client_test.go
+++ b/packages/api/internal/orchestrator/client_test.go
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ func TestIsHealthy(t *testing.T) {
 			input: &nomadapi.AllocationListStub{
 				DeploymentStatus: nil,
 			},
-			expected: false,
+			expected: true,
 		},
 		"healthy is nil": {
 			input: &nomadapi.AllocationListStub{
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ func TestIsHealthy(t *testing.T) {
 					Healthy: nil,
 				},
 			},
-			expected: false,
+			expected: true,
 		},
 		"status is not healthy": {
 			input: &nomadapi.AllocationListStub{