diff --git a/catalog/compose.yml b/catalog/compose.yml
index ef4892e855b..224d3ff790d 100644
--- a/catalog/compose.yml
+++ b/catalog/compose.yml
@@ -80,10 +80,7 @@ services:
       - ../docker/minio/s3_entrypoint.sh:/opt/minio/s3_entrypoint.sh:ro,z
     entrypoint: /opt/minio/s3_entrypoint.sh
     healthcheck:
-      test: ["CMD", "curl", "-f", "http://localhost:5010/minio/health/live"]
-      interval: 30s
-      timeout: 20s
-      retries: 3
+      test: "mc ready local"
 
   load_to_s3:
     profiles:
diff --git a/docker/minio/env.template b/docker/minio/env.template
index 178889c3828..1390cadbe1f 100644
--- a/docker/minio/env.template
+++ b/docker/minio/env.template
@@ -4,5 +4,8 @@ MINIO_ROOT_USER=test_key
 # AWS secret key
 MINIO_ROOT_PASSWORD=test_secret
 
+# MinIO Client `mc` configuration
+MC_HOST_local=http://test_key:test_secret@localhost:5000
+
 # Comma separated list of buckets to create on startup
 BUCKETS_TO_CREATE=openverse-catalog,openverse-airflow-logs,inaturalist-open-data