diff --git a/internal/horizon/deployment.go b/internal/horizon/deployment.go
index f7789e87..0fae8903 100644
--- a/internal/horizon/deployment.go
+++ b/internal/horizon/deployment.go
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ func Deployment(
 
 	livenessProbe := formatProbes()
 	readinessProbe := formatProbes()
-	startupProbe := formatProbes()
+	startupProbe := formatStartupProbe()
 
 	envVars := getEnvVars(configHash, enabledServices)
 
@@ -210,6 +210,21 @@ func formatProbes() *corev1.Probe {
 	}
 }
 
+func formatStartupProbe() *corev1.Probe {
+
+	return &corev1.Probe{
+		TimeoutSeconds:   5,
+		PeriodSeconds:    10,
+		FailureThreshold: 12,
+		ProbeHandler: corev1.ProbeHandler{
+			HTTPGet: &corev1.HTTPGetAction{
+				Path: horizonDashboardURL,
+				Port: intstr.FromString(horizonContainerPortName),
+			},
+		},
+	}
+}
+
 func (t *TLSRequiredOptions) formatTLSOptions(instance *horizonv1.Horizon) error {
 
 	var err error