diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index 5b2009a..582bd8c 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -46,9 +46,8 @@ async fn main() {
         .route("/", get(root))
         .route("/users/:user_id/rss", get(user_rss))
         .with_state(nostress_config)
-        .layer(
-            service_conventions::tracing_http::trace_layer(Level::INFO)
-        );
+        .layer(service_conventions::tracing_http::trace_layer(Level::INFO))
+        .route("/_health", get(health));
 
     // run our app with hyper
     // `axum::Server` is a re-export of `hyper::Server`
@@ -63,6 +62,10 @@ async fn root() -> &'static str {
     "Hello, World!"
 }
 
+async fn health() -> Response {
+    "OK".into_response()
+}
+
 #[derive(Debug, Deserialize)]
 struct TextNoteFilters {
     include_text_note_replies: Option<bool>,