diff --git a/api/admin/health/health.go b/api/admin/health/health.go
index a8dfdfcca..6db522976 100644
--- a/api/admin/health/health.go
+++ b/api/admin/health/health.go
@@ -27,39 +27,50 @@ type Status struct {
 }
 
 type Health struct {
-	lock              sync.RWMutex
-	timeBetweenBlocks time.Duration
-	repo              *chain.Repository
-	p2p               *comm.Communicator
+	lock               sync.RWMutex
+	repo               *chain.Repository
+	p2p                *comm.Communicator
+	isNodeBootstrapped bool
 }
 
-const delayBuffer = 5 * time.Second
+const (
+	defaultMaxTimeBetweenSlots = time.Duration(2*thor.BlockInterval) * time.Second
+	defaultMinPeerCount        = 2
+)
 
-func New(repo *chain.Repository, p2p *comm.Communicator, timeBetweenBlocks time.Duration) *Health {
+func New(repo *chain.Repository, p2p *comm.Communicator) *Health {
 	return &Health{
-		repo:              repo,
-		timeBetweenBlocks: timeBetweenBlocks + delayBuffer,
-		p2p:               p2p,
+		repo: repo,
+		p2p:  p2p,
 	}
 }
 
 // isNetworkProgressing checks if the network is producing new blocks within the allowed interval.
-func (h *Health) isNetworkProgressing(now time.Time, bestBlockTimestamp time.Time) bool {
-	return now.Sub(bestBlockTimestamp) <= h.timeBetweenBlocks
+func (h *Health) isNetworkProgressing(now time.Time, bestBlockTimestamp time.Time, maxTimeBetweenSlots time.Duration) bool {
+	return now.Sub(bestBlockTimestamp) <= maxTimeBetweenSlots
 }
 
 // hasNodeBootstrapped checks if the node has bootstrapped by comparing the block interval.
+// Once it's marked as done, it never reverts.
 func (h *Health) hasNodeBootstrapped(now time.Time, bestBlockTimestamp time.Time) bool {
+	if h.isNodeBootstrapped {
+		return true
+	}
+
 	blockInterval := time.Duration(thor.BlockInterval) * time.Second
-	return bestBlockTimestamp.Add(blockInterval).After(now)
+	if bestBlockTimestamp.Add(blockInterval).After(now) {
+		h.isNodeBootstrapped = true
+	}
+
+	return h.isNodeBootstrapped
 }
 
 // isNodeConnectedP2P checks if the node is connected to peers
-func (h *Health) isNodeConnectedP2P(peerCount int) bool {
-	return peerCount > 1
+func (h *Health) isNodeConnectedP2P(peerCount int, minPeerCount int) bool {
+	return peerCount >= minPeerCount
 }
 
-func (h *Health) Status() (*Status, error) {
+func (h *Health) Status(maxTimeBetweenSlots time.Duration, minPeerCount int) (*Status, error) {
 	h.lock.RLock()
 	defer h.lock.RUnlock()
 
@@ -71,7 +82,7 @@ func (h *Health) Status() (*Status, error) {
 	// Fetch the current connected peers
 	var connectedPeerCount int
 	if h.p2p == nil {
-		connectedPeerCount = 5010 // ignore peers in solo mode
+		connectedPeerCount = minPeerCount // ignore peers in solo mode
 	} else {
 		connectedPeerCount = h.p2p.PeerCount()
 	}
@@ -79,9 +90,9 @@ func (h *Health) Status() (*Status, error) {
 	now := time.Now()
 
 	// Perform the checks
-	networkProgressing := h.isNetworkProgressing(now, bestBlockTimestamp)
+	networkProgressing := h.isNetworkProgressing(now, bestBlockTimestamp, maxTimeBetweenSlots)
 	nodeBootstrapped := h.hasNodeBootstrapped(now, bestBlockTimestamp)
-	nodeConnected := h.isNodeConnectedP2P(connectedPeerCount)
+	nodeConnected := h.isNodeConnectedP2P(connectedPeerCount, minPeerCount)
 
 	// Calculate overall health status
 	healthy := networkProgressing && nodeBootstrapped && nodeConnected
diff --git a/api/admin/health/health_api.go b/api/admin/health/health_api.go
index d756ec6af..9363f82d0 100644
--- a/api/admin/health/health_api.go
+++ b/api/admin/health/health_api.go
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ package health
 
 import (
 	"net/http"
+	"strconv"
+	"time"
 
 	"github.com/gorilla/mux"
 	"github.com/vechain/thor/v2/api/utils"
@@ -22,8 +24,28 @@ func NewAPI(healthStatus *Health) *API {
 	}
 }
 
-func (h *API) handleGetHealth(w http.ResponseWriter, _ *http.Request) error {
-	acc, err := h.healthStatus.Status()
+func (h *API) handleGetHealth(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) error {
+	// Parse query parameters
+	query := r.URL.Query()
+
+	// Default to constants if query parameters are not provided
+	maxTimeBetweenSlots := defaultMaxTimeBetweenSlots
+	minPeerCount := defaultMinPeerCount
+
+	// Override with query parameters if they exist
+	if queryMaxTimeBetweenSlots := query.Get("maxTimeBetweenSlots"); queryMaxTimeBetweenSlots != "" {
+		if parsed, err := time.ParseDuration(queryMaxTimeBetweenSlots); err == nil {
+			maxTimeBetweenSlots = parsed
+		}
+	}
+
+	if queryMinPeerCount := query.Get("minPeerCount"); queryMinPeerCount != "" {
+		if parsed, err := strconv.Atoi(queryMinPeerCount); err == nil {
+			minPeerCount = parsed
+		}
+	}
+
+	acc, err := h.healthStatus.Status(maxTimeBetweenSlots, minPeerCount)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
diff --git a/api/admin/health/health_api_test.go b/api/admin/health/health_api_test.go
index 1c4339207..e50af0398 100644
--- a/api/admin/health/health_api_test.go
+++ b/api/admin/health/health_api_test.go
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ import (
 	"net/http"
 	"net/http/httptest"
 	"testing"
-	"time"
 
 	"github.com/gorilla/mux"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
@@ -39,7 +38,7 @@ func initAPIServer(t *testing.T) {
 
 	router := mux.NewRouter()
 	NewAPI(
-		New(thorChain.Repo(), comm.New(thorChain.Repo(), txpool.New(thorChain.Repo(), nil, txpool.Options{})), time.Second),
+		New(thorChain.Repo(), comm.New(thorChain.Repo(), txpool.New(thorChain.Repo(), nil, txpool.Options{}))),
 	).Mount(router, "/health")
 
 	ts = httptest.NewServer(router)
diff --git a/api/admin/health/health_test.go b/api/admin/health/health_test.go
index 34fc145bf..034c4e64e 100644
--- a/api/admin/health/health_test.go
+++ b/api/admin/health/health_test.go
@@ -10,13 +10,10 @@ import (
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
-	"github.com/vechain/thor/v2/thor"
 )
 
 func TestHealth_isNetworkProgressing(t *testing.T) {
-	h := &Health{
-		timeBetweenBlocks: 10 * time.Second,
-	}
+	h := &Health{}
 
 	now := time.Now()
 
@@ -32,14 +29,14 @@ func TestHealth_isNetworkProgressing(t *testing.T) {
 		},
 		{
 			name:                "Not Progressing - block outside timeBetweenBlocks",
-			bestBlockTimestamp:  now.Add(-15 * time.Second),
+			bestBlockTimestamp:  now.Add(-25 * time.Second),
 			expectedProgressing: false,
 		},
 	}
 
 	for _, tt := range tests {
 		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
-			isProgressing := h.isNetworkProgressing(now, tt.bestBlockTimestamp)
+			isProgressing := h.isNetworkProgressing(now, tt.bestBlockTimestamp, defaultMaxTimeBetweenSlots)
 			assert.Equal(t, tt.expectedProgressing, isProgressing, "isNetworkProgressing result mismatch")
 		})
 	}
@@ -47,7 +44,6 @@ func TestHealth_isNetworkProgressing(t *testing.T) {
 
 func TestHealth_hasNodeBootstrapped(t *testing.T) {
 	h := &Health{}
-	blockInterval := time.Duration(thor.BlockInterval) * time.Second
 	now := time.Now()
 
 	tests := []struct {
@@ -55,15 +51,21 @@ func TestHealth_hasNodeBootstrapped(t *testing.T) {
 		bestBlockTimestamp time.Time
 		expectedBootstrap  bool
 	}{
+		// keep the order as it matters for health state
+		{
+			name:               "Not Bootstrapped - block timestamp outside interval",
+			bestBlockTimestamp: now.Add(-defaultMaxTimeBetweenSlots + 1),
+			expectedBootstrap:  false,
+		},
 		{
 			name:               "Bootstrapped - block timestamp within interval",
-			bestBlockTimestamp: now.Add(-blockInterval + 1*time.Second),
+			bestBlockTimestamp: now.Add(defaultMaxTimeBetweenSlots),
 			expectedBootstrap:  true,
 		},
 		{
-			name:               "Not Bootstrapped - block timestamp outside interval",
-			bestBlockTimestamp: now.Add(-blockInterval - 1*time.Second),
-			expectedBootstrap:  false,
+			name:               "Bootstrapped only once",
+			bestBlockTimestamp: now.Add(-defaultMaxTimeBetweenSlots + 1),
+			expectedBootstrap:  true,
 		},
 	}
 
@@ -85,7 +87,7 @@ func TestHealth_isNodeConnectedP2P(t *testing.T) {
 	}{
 		{
 			name:              "Connected - more than one peer",
-			peerCount:         2,
+			peerCount:         3,
 			expectedConnected: true,
 		},
 		{
@@ -97,7 +99,7 @@ func TestHealth_isNodeConnectedP2P(t *testing.T) {
 
 	for _, tt := range tests {
 		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
-			isConnected := h.isNodeConnectedP2P(tt.peerCount)
+			isConnected := h.isNodeConnectedP2P(tt.peerCount, defaultMinPeerCount)
 			assert.Equal(t, tt.expectedConnected, isConnected, "isNodeConnectedP2P result mismatch")
 		})
 	}
diff --git a/api/admin_server.go b/api/admin_server.go
index be8da5dfe..f2315aeb1 100644
--- a/api/admin_server.go
+++ b/api/admin_server.go
@@ -24,14 +24,13 @@ func StartAdminServer(
 	logLevel *slog.LevelVar,
 	repo *chain.Repository,
 	p2p *comm.Communicator,
-	timeBetweenBlocks time.Duration,
 ) (string, func(), error) {
 	listener, err := net.Listen("tcp", addr)
 	if err != nil {
 		return "", nil, errors.Wrapf(err, "listen admin API addr [%v]", addr)
 	}
 
-	adminHandler := admin.New(logLevel, health.New(repo, p2p, timeBetweenBlocks))
+	adminHandler := admin.New(logLevel, health.New(repo, p2p))
 
 	srv := &http.Server{Handler: adminHandler, ReadHeaderTimeout: time.Second, ReadTimeout: 5 * time.Second}
 	var goes co.Goes
diff --git a/cmd/thor/main.go b/cmd/thor/main.go
index 5837eedf6..e80d17d23 100644
--- a/cmd/thor/main.go
+++ b/cmd/thor/main.go
@@ -239,7 +239,6 @@ func defaultAction(ctx *cli.Context) error {
 			logLevel,
 			repo,
 			p2pCommunicator.Communicator(),
-			time.Duration(thor.BlockInterval),
 		)
 		if err != nil {
 			return fmt.Errorf("unable to start admin server - %w", err)
@@ -319,10 +318,6 @@ func soloAction(ctx *cli.Context) error {
 
 	onDemandBlockProduction := ctx.Bool(onDemandFlag.Name)
 	blockProductionInterval := ctx.Uint64(blockInterval.Name)
-	if blockProductionInterval == 0 {
-		return errors.New("block-interval cannot be zero")
-	}
-	blockProductionHealthCheck := time.Duration(blockProductionInterval) * time.Second
 
 	// enable metrics as soon as possible
 	metricsURL := ""
@@ -382,7 +377,7 @@ func soloAction(ctx *cli.Context) error {
 
 	adminURL := ""
 	if ctx.Bool(enableAdminFlag.Name) {
-		url, closeFunc, err := api.StartAdminServer(ctx.String(adminAddrFlag.Name), logLevel, repo, nil, blockProductionHealthCheck)
+		url, closeFunc, err := api.StartAdminServer(ctx.String(adminAddrFlag.Name), logLevel, repo, nil)
 		if err != nil {
 			return fmt.Errorf("unable to start admin server - %w", err)
 		}