diff --git a/.idea/.gitignore b/.idea/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..13566b81
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.idea/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+# Default ignored files
+/shelf/
+/workspace.xml
+# Editor-based HTTP Client requests
+/httpRequests/
+# Datasource local storage ignored files
+/dataSources/
+/dataSources.local.xml
diff --git a/.idea/misc.xml b/.idea/misc.xml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..9fd148f6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.idea/misc.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<project version="4">
+  <component name="ProjectRootManager" version="2" project-jdk-name="RVM: ruby-3.1.0 [global]" project-jdk-type="RUBY_SDK">
+    <output url="file://$PROJECT_DIR$/out" />
+  </component>
+</project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.idea/modules.xml b/.idea/modules.xml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..812d9104
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.idea/modules.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<project version="4">
+  <component name="ProjectModuleManager">
+    <modules>
+      <module fileurl="file://$PROJECT_DIR$/.idea/mrsk.iml" filepath="$PROJECT_DIR$/.idea/mrsk.iml" />
+    </modules>
+  </component>
+</project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.idea/mrsk.iml b/.idea/mrsk.iml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..2d83225c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.idea/mrsk.iml
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<module type="RUBY_MODULE" version="4">
+  <component name="NewModuleRootManager" inherit-compiler-output="true">
+    <exclude-output />
+    <content url="file://$MODULE_DIR$">
+      <sourceFolder url="file://$MODULE_DIR$/features" isTestSource="true" />
+      <sourceFolder url="file://$MODULE_DIR$/spec" isTestSource="true" />
+      <sourceFolder url="file://$MODULE_DIR$/test" isTestSource="true" />
+    </content>
+    <orderEntry type="inheritedJdk" />
+    <orderEntry type="sourceFolder" forTests="false" />
+    <orderEntry type="library" scope="PROVIDED" name="rake (v13.0.6, RVM: ruby-3.1.0 [global]) [gem]" level="application" />
+  </component>
+</module>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.idea/vcs.xml b/.idea/vcs.xml
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index 00000000..35eb1ddf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.idea/vcs.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<project version="4">
+  <component name="VcsDirectoryMappings">
+    <mapping directory="" vcs="Git" />
+  </component>
+</project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 531b2408..32988c32 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -610,18 +610,21 @@ That'll post a line like follows to a preconfigured chatbot in Basecamp:
 [My App] [dhh] Rolled back to version d264c4e92470ad1bd18590f04466787262f605de
 ```
 
-### Using custom healthcheck path or port
+### Custom healthcheck
 
-MRSK defaults to checking the health of your application again `/up` on port 3000. You can tailor both with the `healthcheck` setting:
+MRSK defaults to checking the health of your application again `/up` on port 3000 up to 7 times. You can tailor the behaviour with the `healthcheck` setting:
 
 ```yaml
 healthcheck:
   path: /healthz
   port: 4000
+  max_attempts: 7
 ```
 
 This will ensure your application is configured with a traefik label for the healthcheck against `/healthz` and that the pre-deploy healthcheck that MRSK performs is done against the same path on port 4000.
 
+The healthcheck also allows for an optional `max_attempts` setting, which will attempt the healthcheck up to the specified number of times before failing the deploy. This is useful for applications that take a while to start up. The default is 7.
+
 ## Commands
 
 ### Running commands on servers