diff --git a/.swiftpm/xcode/xcshareddata/xcschemes/Container-Compose.xcscheme b/.swiftpm/xcode/xcshareddata/xcschemes/Container-Compose.xcscheme
index c9d1c50..1af42bf 100644
--- a/.swiftpm/xcode/xcshareddata/xcschemes/Container-Compose.xcscheme
+++ b/.swiftpm/xcode/xcshareddata/xcschemes/Container-Compose.xcscheme
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@
             isEnabled = "YES">
          </CommandLineArgument>
          <CommandLineArgument
-            argument = "--cwd=/Users/mcrich/Xcode/Assignment-Manager-API"
+            argument = "--cwd=$(SRCROOT)/Sample Compose Files/Healthchecked Redis"
             isEnabled = "YES">
          </CommandLineArgument>
       </CommandLineArguments>
diff --git a/Sample Compose Files/Healthchecked Redis/docker-compose.yaml b/Sample Compose Files/Healthchecked Redis/docker-compose.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d8c5ce6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Sample Compose Files/Healthchecked Redis/docker-compose.yaml	
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+services:
+  redis:
+    restart: always
+    image: redis:7-alpine
+    volumes:
+      - redis-data:/data
+    healthcheck:
+      test: "redis-cli ping"
+      interval: 5s
+      retries: 20
+    ports:
+      - "6379:6379"
diff --git a/Sources/Container-Compose/Codable Structs/Healthcheck.swift b/Sources/Container-Compose/Codable Structs/Healthcheck.swift
index c26e23a..b7e8fc5 100644
--- a/Sources/Container-Compose/Codable Structs/Healthcheck.swift	
+++ b/Sources/Container-Compose/Codable Structs/Healthcheck.swift	
@@ -48,4 +48,22 @@ public struct Healthcheck: Codable, Hashable {
         self.retries = retries
         self.timeout = timeout
     }
+    
+    public init(from decoder: any Decoder) throws {
+        let container = try decoder.container(keyedBy: CodingKeys.self)
+        
+        // Handle if `test` is a single string instead of an array
+        if let test = try? container.decodeIfPresent([String].self, forKey: .test) {
+            self.test = test
+        } else if let testString = try? container.decodeIfPresent(String.self, forKey: .test) {
+            self.test = ["CMD-SHELL", testString]
+        } else {
+            self.test = nil
+        }
+        
+        self.start_period = try container.decodeIfPresent(String.self, forKey: .start_period)
+        self.interval = try container.decodeIfPresent(String.self, forKey: .interval)
+        self.retries = try container.decodeIfPresent(Int.self, forKey: .retries)
+        self.timeout = try container.decodeIfPresent(String.self, forKey: .timeout)
+    }
 }
diff --git a/Tests/Container-Compose-StaticTests/HealthcheckConfigurationTests.swift b/Tests/Container-Compose-StaticTests/HealthcheckConfigurationTests.swift
index 72ecf8b..eb2c6c9 100644
--- a/Tests/Container-Compose-StaticTests/HealthcheckConfigurationTests.swift
+++ b/Tests/Container-Compose-StaticTests/HealthcheckConfigurationTests.swift
@@ -35,6 +35,20 @@ struct HealthcheckConfigurationTests {
         #expect(healthcheck.test?.first == "CMD")
     }
     
+    @Test("Parse healthcheck with test command (string)")
+    func parseHealthcheckWithTestAsSingleString() throws {
+        let yaml = """
+        test: "redis-cli ping"
+        """
+        
+        let decoder = YAMLDecoder()
+        let healthcheck = try decoder.decode(Healthcheck.self, from: yaml)
+        
+        #expect(healthcheck.test?.count == 2)
+        #expect(healthcheck.test?.first == "CMD-SHELL")
+        #expect(healthcheck.test?[1] == "redis-cli ping")
+    }
+    
     @Test("Parse healthcheck with interval")
     func parseHealthcheckWithInterval() throws {
         let yaml = """