added a health check to see if this can help with the odd startup lag, it didnt

main.py

@@ -246,6 +246,10 @@ def logout():
     logout_user()
     return redirect('/login')
 
+# quick health route so traefik knows we are up
+@app.route('/health')
+def health():
+    return {"status": "ok"}, 200
 
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 # main to be called via Flask/Gunicorn