diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index 88d0df24545f619c384da33d672dc30f64cf5b27..ef2033ebdff37e055073737a4e7fb91949e4bd5f 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -43,8 +43,7 @@ services:
     ports:
       - "9876:9876"
     depends_on:
-      mongodb:
-        condition: service_healthy
+      - mongodb
 
 # were gonna use this network for both our backend and frontend
 networks: