diff --git a/conf/nginx.conf b/conf/nginx.conf
index 12f8470..734c163 100644
--- a/conf/nginx.conf
+++ b/conf/nginx.conf
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ http {
         add_header X-Content-Type-Options "nosniff" always;
         add_header Referrer-Policy "no-referrer" always;
 
-        location ~ ^/(verification|fileupload|filedownload)/ {
+        location ~ ^/(health|verification|fileupload|filedownload)/ {
             proxy_pass http://backend:8000;
         }
    }
diff --git a/conf/nginx.dev.conf b/conf/nginx.dev.conf
index e545419..ece04d1 100644
--- a/conf/nginx.dev.conf
+++ b/conf/nginx.dev.conf
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ http {
         add_header X-Content-Type-Options "nosniff" always;
         add_header Referrer-Policy "no-referrer" always;
 
-        location ~ ^/(verification|fileupload|filedownload)/ {
+        location ~ ^/(health|verification|fileupload|filedownload)/ {
             proxy_pass http://backend:8000;
         }
 
diff --git a/cryptify-back-end/src/main.rs b/cryptify-back-end/src/main.rs
index 44802e0..ce2e0d0 100644
--- a/cryptify-back-end/src/main.rs
+++ b/cryptify-back-end/src/main.rs
@@ -69,6 +69,10 @@ struct InitResponder {
     cryptify_token: CryptifyToken,
 }
 
+#[get("/health")]
+fn health() -> &'static str {
+    "OK"
+}
 #[post("/fileupload/init", data = "<request>")]
 async fn upload_init(
     config: &State<CryptifyConfig>,
@@ -431,7 +435,7 @@ async fn rocket() -> _ {
 
     rocket
         .attach(cors)
-        .mount("/", routes![upload_init, upload_chunk, upload_finalize,])
+        .mount("/", routes![health,upload_init, upload_chunk, upload_finalize,])
         .mount("/filedownload", FileServer::from(config.data_dir()))
         .attach(AdHoc::config::<CryptifyConfig>())
         .manage(Store::new())