diff --git a/logprep/abc/component.py b/logprep/abc/component.py
index d7ad756fb..3d10a80b7 100644
--- a/logprep/abc/component.py
+++ b/logprep/abc/component.py
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 from schedule import Scheduler
 
 from logprep.metrics.metrics import Metric
-from logprep.util.defaults import DEFAULT_HEALTH_TIMEOUT
+from logprep.util.defaults import DEFAULT_HEALTH_TIMEOUT, EXITCODES
 from logprep.util.helper import camel_to_snake
 
 logger = logging.getLogger("Component")
@@ -99,6 +99,21 @@ def describe(self) -> str:
     def setup(self):
         """Set the component up."""
         self._populate_cached_properties()
+        if not "http" in self._config.type:
+            self._wait_for_health()
+
+    def _wait_for_health(self) -> None:
+        """Wait for the component to be healthy.
+        if the component is not healthy after a period of time, the process will exit.
+        """
+        for i in range(3):
+            if self.health():
+                break
+            logger.info("Wait for %s initially becoming healthy: %s/3", self.name, i + 1)
+            time.sleep(1 + i)
+        else:
+            logger.error("Component '%s' did not become healthy", self.name)
+            sys.exit(EXITCODES.PIPELINE_ERROR.value)
 
     def _populate_cached_properties(self):
         _ = [
diff --git a/logprep/framework/pipeline.py b/logprep/framework/pipeline.py
index 6c8c85203..c20a211d0 100644
--- a/logprep/framework/pipeline.py
+++ b/logprep/framework/pipeline.py
@@ -217,15 +217,13 @@ def _setup(self):
             output.input_connector = self._input
             if output.default:
                 self._input.output_connector = output
+            output.setup()
         self.logger.debug(
             f"Created connectors -> input: '{self._input.describe()}',"
             f" output -> '{[output.describe() for _, output in self._output.items()]}'"
         )
         self._input.pipeline_index = self.pipeline_index
         self._input.setup()
-        for _, output in self._output.items():
-            output.setup()
-
         self.logger.debug("Finished creating connectors")
         self.logger.info("Start building pipeline")
         _ = self._pipeline
diff --git a/logprep/util/http.py b/logprep/util/http.py
index 1e452c8b5..22afe9328 100644
--- a/logprep/util/http.py
+++ b/logprep/util/http.py
@@ -90,21 +90,23 @@ def start(self):
         while not self.server.started:
             continue
 
-    def shut_down(self):
+    def shut_down(self, wait: float = 1) -> None:
         """Stop thread with uvicorn+falcon http server, wait for uvicorn
         to exit gracefully and join the thread"""
-        if not self.thread.is_alive() or self.server is None:
+        if self.thread is None or self.server is None:
             return
-        while self.thread.is_alive():
-            self.server.should_exit = True
+        self.server.should_exit = True
+        while 1:
             self._logger.debug("Wait for server to exit gracefully...")
-            continue
+            if not self.thread.is_alive():
+                time.sleep(wait)
+                if not self.thread.is_alive():  # we have to double check if it is really dead
+                    break
+            time.sleep(wait)
         self.thread.join()
-        self.server = None
-        self.thread = None
 
-    def restart(self):
+    def restart(self, wait: float = 1) -> None:
         """Restart the server by shutting down the existing server and
         starting a new one"""
-        self.shut_down()
+        self.shut_down(wait=wait)
         self.start()
diff --git a/tests/unit/util/test_http.py b/tests/unit/util/test_http.py
index 0fbaf7be1..d1a306d7b 100644
--- a/tests/unit/util/test_http.py
+++ b/tests/unit/util/test_http.py
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 # pylint: disable=missing-docstring
+from unittest import mock
+
 from logprep.util.http import ThreadingHTTPServer
 
 
@@ -10,6 +12,7 @@ def test_start_server(self):
         server = ThreadingHTTPServer(uvicorn_config, app, False)
         server.start()
         assert server.thread.is_alive()
+        server.shut_down(0.1)
 
     def test_shutdown_server(self):
         uvicorn_config = {}
@@ -18,11 +21,19 @@ def test_shutdown_server(self):
         server.start()
         thread = server.thread
         uvicorn_server = server.server
-        server.shut_down()
+        server.shut_down(0.1)
         assert not thread.is_alive()
         assert uvicorn_server.should_exit
-        assert server.thread is None
-        assert server.server is None
+
+    def test_shutdown_server_double_checks_thread_is_dead(self):
+        uvicorn_config = {}
+        app = None
+        server = ThreadingHTTPServer(uvicorn_config, app, False)
+        server.thread = mock.MagicMock()
+        server.server = mock.MagicMock()
+        server.thread.is_alive.return_value = False
+        server.shut_down(0.1)
+        assert server.thread.is_alive.call_count == 2
 
     def test_restart_server(self):
         uvicorn_config = {}
@@ -30,7 +41,6 @@ def test_restart_server(self):
         server = ThreadingHTTPServer(uvicorn_config, app, False)
         server.start()
         thread = server.thread
-        server.restart()
+        server.restart(0.1)
         assert server.thread is not thread
-        server.shut_down()
-        assert server.thread is None
+        server.shut_down(0.1)