diff --git a/clarin-dev2clarin.sh b/clarin-dev2clarin.sh
index f64bb0cc776625030891cc35ea21f08ae9d9017f..a1f264c816e51422799f47e49483bfd6f791a881 100755
--- a/clarin-dev2clarin.sh
+++ b/clarin-dev2clarin.sh
@@ -25,4 +25,4 @@ echo "Modified all files to point to clarin.eurac.edu instead of clarin-dev.eura
 
 # adapt namespace in kubernetes yaml files
 sed -i 's/dspace-dev/dspace/' kubernetes/*.yaml
-perl -pi -e 's/clarin-dev/clarin/g' kubernetes/dspace-ingress.yaml
+perl -pi -e 's/clarin-dev/clarin/g' kubernetes/{dspace-ingress,nginx-deployment}.yaml
diff --git a/kubernetes/nginx-deployment.yaml b/kubernetes/nginx-deployment.yaml
index eeca9fe343673790cc7441c6c93b5c413d042f9a..e41b18c151ecdd47c9b75de637089af4eac4ab39 100644
--- a/kubernetes/nginx-deployment.yaml
+++ b/kubernetes/nginx-deployment.yaml
@@ -32,6 +32,14 @@ spec:
           name: nginx-shib-certs
         - mountPath: /etc/ssl/clarin
           name: nginx-ssl-certs
+        livenessProbe:
+          httpGet:
+            host: clarin-dev.eurac.edu
+            port: 443
+            scheme: HTTPS
+          initialDelaySeconds: 30
+          periodSeconds: 15
+          timeoutSeconds: 3
       restartPolicy: Always
       imagePullSecrets:
         - name: gitlab-scientificnet-org-registry