diff --git a/charts/cp-kafka-connect/templates/deployment.yaml b/charts/cp-kafka-connect/templates/deployment.yaml
index 6a041ea9..738bd049 100644
--- a/charts/cp-kafka-connect/templates/deployment.yaml
+++ b/charts/cp-kafka-connect/templates/deployment.yaml
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ spec:
             - name: KAFKA_JMX_PORT
               value: "{{ .Values.jmx.port }}"
             {{- end }}
-        {{- if .Values.customEnv.CUSTOM_SCRIPT_PATH }}
+          {{- if .Values.customEnv.CUSTOM_SCRIPT_PATH }}
           command:
             - /bin/bash
             - -c
@@ -110,11 +110,15 @@ spec:
               /etc/confluent/docker/run &
               $CUSTOM_SCRIPT_PATH
               sleep infinity
+          {{- end }}
           {{- if .Values.livenessProbe }}
           livenessProbe:
+{{ toYaml .Values.readinessProbe | trim | indent 12 }}
+          {{- end }}
+          {{- if .Values.readinessProbe }}
+          livenessProbe:
 {{ toYaml .Values.livenessProbe | trim | indent 12 }}
           {{- end }}
-        {{- end }}
           {{- if .Values.volumeMounts }}
           volumeMounts:
 {{ toYaml .Values.volumeMounts | indent 10 }}
diff --git a/charts/cp-kafka-connect/values.yaml b/charts/cp-kafka-connect/values.yaml
index 131cd0bf..1c545745 100644
--- a/charts/cp-kafka-connect/values.yaml
+++ b/charts/cp-kafka-connect/values.yaml
@@ -122,6 +122,14 @@ secrets:
 ## and errors by the ENTRYPOINT are ignored by the container
 ## As an example such a similar script is added to "cp-helm-charts/examples/create-connectors.sh"
 ## ref: https://kubernetes.io/docs/tasks/configure-pod-container/configure-liveness-readiness-startup-probes/
+readinessProbe:
+  # httpGet:
+  #   path: /connectors
+  #   port: 8083
+  # initialDelaySeconds: 30
+  # periodSeconds: 5
+  # failureThreshold: 10
+
 livenessProbe:
   # httpGet:
   #   path: /connectors