diff --git a/docker-entrypoint b/docker-entrypoint
index 8fb3a45..96b494f 100755
--- a/docker-entrypoint
+++ b/docker-entrypoint
@@ -76,8 +76,8 @@ if [ "$1" = "autoheal" ] && [ -e "$DOCKER_SOCK" ];then
   do
     STOP_TIMEOUT=".Labels[\"autoheal.stop.timeout\"] // $AUTOHEAL_DEFAULT_STOP_TIMEOUT"
     get_container_info | \
-      jq -r "foreach .[] as \$CONTAINER([];[]; \$CONTAINER | .Id, .Names[0], ${STOP_TIMEOUT})" | \
-      while read -r CONTAINER_ID && read -r CONTAINER_NAME && read -r TIMEOUT
+      jq -r "foreach .[] as \$CONTAINER([];[]; \$CONTAINER | .Id, .Names[0], .State, ${STOP_TIMEOUT})" | \
+      while read -r CONTAINER_ID && read -r CONTAINER_NAME && read -r CONTAINER_STATE && read -r TIMEOUT
     do
       # shellcheck disable=2039
       CONTAINER_SHORT_ID=${CONTAINER_ID:0:12}
@@ -86,6 +86,9 @@ if [ "$1" = "autoheal" ] && [ -e "$DOCKER_SOCK" ];then
       if [ "$CONTAINER_NAME" = "null" ]
       then
         echo "$DATE Container name of (${CONTAINER_SHORT_ID}) is null, which implies container does not exist - don't restart" >&2
+      elif [ "$CONTAINER_STATE" = "restarting" ]
+      then
+        echo "$DATE Container $CONTAINER_NAME (${CONTAINER_SHORT_ID}) found to be restarting - don't restart"
       else
         echo "$DATE Container $CONTAINER_NAME (${CONTAINER_SHORT_ID}) found to be unhealthy - Restarting container now with ${TIMEOUT}s timeout"
         if ! restart_container "$CONTAINER_ID" "$TIMEOUT"