logfile = "/var/log/#{application}/#{application}.log"
        notifier = INotify::Notifier.new

        #check if service-is healthy
          begin
            tries ||= 70
            http = HTTPClient.new
            url = "http://localhost:8080/ping"
            response = http.get(url)
          rescue Errno::ECONNREFUSED, HTTPClient::BadResponseError => e
            Log.info("Retry ping no. : #{tries}")
            tries -= 1
            if tries > 0
              sleep 1
              notifier.watch(logfile, :modify) do
                @line = f.readline
                Log.info "logline: #{@line}" # this never happens!
                @output << @line
              end
              retry
            else
              Log.info "Error from log file:"
              Log.info "============= /var/log/#{application}/#{application}.log ============="
              Log.info "#{@output}"
              Log.info "============= /var/log/#{application}/#{application}.log ============="
              f.close
              raise "Error while trying to ping application #{e}"
            end
          end