diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index a374b91..9d543b5 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -9,4 +9,9 @@ services:
       - .:/app
     ports:
       - "$PORT:$PORT"
-    command: sh -c "npm i -g pnpm && pnpm install && pnpm dev"
\ No newline at end of file
+    command: sh -c "npm i -g pnpm && pnpm install && pnpm dev"
+    healthcheck:
+      test: ["CMD", "curl", "-f", "http://localhost:$PORT/health"]
+      interval: 30s
+      timeout: 10s
+      retries: 1
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/web/health.ts b/src/web/health.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..26f1b19
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/web/health.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+import { Express } from 'express';
+
+export default function healthRoute(app: Express) {
+    app.get('/health', (req, res) => {
+        res.status(200).send('ok');
+    });
+}
diff --git a/src/webserver.ts b/src/webserver.ts
index 1e86c04..e663c26 100644
--- a/src/webserver.ts
+++ b/src/webserver.ts
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ export default async function webserver() {
     });
 
     const IgnoredPaths = ['/favicon.ico', '/robots.txt', "/", "/hello"];
-    const KnownPaths = ["/git-commit", "/"];
+    const KnownPaths = ["/git-commit", "/", "/health"];
 
     // log all incoming requests
     app.use((req, res, next) => {