diff --git a/core/http/app.go b/core/http/app.go
index 23e97f18d92b..2cf0ad17f26c 100644
--- a/core/http/app.go
+++ b/core/http/app.go
@@ -121,6 +121,9 @@ func App(cl *config.BackendConfigLoader, ml *model.ModelLoader, appConfig *confi
 		})
 	}
 
+ // Health Checks should always be exempt from auth, so register these first
+	routes.HealthRoutes(app)
+
 	kaConfig, err := middleware.GetKeyAuthConfig(appConfig)
 	if err != nil || kaConfig == nil {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to create key auth config: %w", err)
diff --git a/core/http/routes/health.go b/core/http/routes/health.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..f5a08e9baf37
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/http/routes/health.go
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+package routes
+
+import "github.com/gofiber/fiber/v2"
+
+func HealthRoutes(app *fiber.App) {
+	// Service health checks
+	ok := func(c *fiber.Ctx) error {
+		return c.SendStatus(200)
+	}
+
+	app.Get("/healthz", ok)
+	app.Get("/readyz", ok)
+}
diff --git a/core/http/routes/localai.go b/core/http/routes/localai.go
index 247596c0e20d..2f65e7796c01 100644
--- a/core/http/routes/localai.go
+++ b/core/http/routes/localai.go
@@ -42,14 +42,6 @@ func RegisterLocalAIRoutes(app *fiber.App,
 	app.Post("/stores/get", localai.StoresGetEndpoint(sl, appConfig))
 	app.Post("/stores/find", localai.StoresFindEndpoint(sl, appConfig))
 
-	// Kubernetes health checks
-	ok := func(c *fiber.Ctx) error {
-		return c.SendStatus(200)
-	}
-
-	app.Get("/healthz", ok)
-	app.Get("/readyz", ok)
-
 	app.Get("/metrics", localai.LocalAIMetricsEndpoint())
 
 	// Experimental Backend Statistics Module