diff --git a/packages/pockethost/src/services/InstanceService/index.ts b/packages/pockethost/src/services/InstanceService/index.ts
index b90a8b59..b6fe9af6 100644
--- a/packages/pockethost/src/services/InstanceService/index.ts
+++ b/packages/pockethost/src/services/InstanceService/index.ts
@@ -313,11 +313,6 @@ export const instanceService = mkSingleton(async (config: InstanceServiceConfig)
       })
     }
     const api = await instanceApis[instance.id]!
-    const end = now()
-    const duration = end - start
-    if (duration > 200) {
-      warn(`Container ${instance.id} launch took ${duration}ms`)
-    }
 
     const endRequest = api.startRequest()
     res.on('close', endRequest)
diff --git a/packages/pockethost/src/services/PocketBaseService/index.ts b/packages/pockethost/src/services/PocketBaseService/index.ts
index fd395e77..395e6fbc 100644
--- a/packages/pockethost/src/services/PocketBaseService/index.ts
+++ b/packages/pockethost/src/services/PocketBaseService/index.ts
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import {
   mkInstanceDataPath,
   mkInternalUrl,
   mkSingleton,
+  PH_CONTAINER_LAUNCH_WARN_MS,
   PH_MAX_CONCURRENT_DOCKER_LAUNCHES,
 } from '@'
 import { map } from '@s-libs/micro-dash'
@@ -212,6 +213,9 @@ export const createPocketbaseService = async (config: PocketbaseServiceConfig) =
 
           info(`[${instanceId}] Docker container started at ${new Date(containerReadyTime).toISOString()}`)
           info(`[${instanceId}] Container startup time: ${startupDuration}ms (${(startupDuration / 1000).toFixed(2)}s)`)
+          if (startupDuration > PH_CONTAINER_LAUNCH_WARN_MS()) {
+            warn(`Container ${instanceId} launch took ${startupDuration}ms`)
+          }
 
           dbg(`Got started container`, container)
           started = true