diff --git a/helmfile/apps/nubus/values-nubus-custom.yaml.gotmpl b/helmfile/apps/nubus/values-nubus-custom.yaml.gotmpl
index eae51583..5193d166 100644
--- a/helmfile/apps/nubus/values-nubus-custom.yaml.gotmpl
+++ b/helmfile/apps/nubus/values-nubus-custom.yaml.gotmpl
@@ -2,12 +2,9 @@
 # SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2023 Bundesministerium des Innern und für Heimat, PG ZenDiS "Projektgruppe für Aufbau ZenDiS"
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
 nubusUmcServer:
-#        extraVolumes:
-#          - name: custom-liveness-probe
-#        extraVolumeMounts:
-#          - name: custom-liveness-probe
   probes:
-    liveness:
+    liveness: &probe
+      periodSeconds: 600  # every 10 minutes
       tcpSocket: ~
       exec:
         command:
@@ -17,3 +14,9 @@ nubusUmcServer:
             import requests
             data = {"options": {"username": "b1-pw-test", "method": "email" }}
             requests.post("http://localhost:8090/command/passwordreset/send_token", json=data).raise_for_status()
+    startup:
+      <<: *probe
+      initialDelaySeconds: 30
+      periodSeconds: 30
+      failureThreshold: 5
+      successThreshold: 1