diff --git a/backend/docker-health-check.py b/backend/docker-health-check.py
index b99f7ea..c0c118d 100755
--- a/backend/docker-health-check.py
+++ b/backend/docker-health-check.py
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 import urllib.request
 import argparse
 from urllib.parse import urlparse
+import datetime
 
 def main():
     parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description='Health check script')
@@ -33,20 +34,39 @@ def main():
     # Reconstruct the base URL without any path, params, query, or fragment
     base_url = f'{scheme}://{netloc}'
 
+    # Prepare the log file path
+    log_file_path = '/tmp/healthcheck.log'
+
+    # Get the current timestamp
+    timestamp = datetime.datetime.now().strftime('%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S')
+
     try:
-        # Strip 'http://' or 'https://' for socket connection
         # Check connection to port 3000
         s = socket.create_connection((hostname, 3000), timeout=5)
         s.close()
+    except Exception as e:
+        # Log the exception with date/time
+        with open(log_file_path, 'a') as log_file:
+            log_file.write(f'[{timestamp}] Port 3000 check failed: {e}\n')
+        sys.exit(1)
 
+    try:
         # Check HTTP status code at /stats on port 8080
         stats_url = f'{base_url}:8080/stats'
         response = urllib.request.urlopen(stats_url, timeout=5)
-        sys.exit(0 if response.status == 200 else 1)
+        if response.status != 200:
+            # Log the unexpected status code with date/time
+            with open(log_file_path, 'a') as log_file:
+                log_file.write(f'[{timestamp}] HTTP request to {stats_url} returned status code {response.status}\n')
+            sys.exit(1)
     except Exception as e:
-        # Optionally, print the exception for debugging
-        print(f'Health check failed: {e}', file=sys.stderr)
+        # Log the exception with date/time
+        with open(log_file_path, 'a') as log_file:
+            log_file.write(f'[{timestamp}] HTTP request to {stats_url} failed: {e}\n')
         sys.exit(1)
 
+    # Health check passed
+    sys.exit(0)
+
 if __name__ == '__main__':
-    main()
\ No newline at end of file
+    main()