diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 1a94355..9ecfff7 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -43,6 +43,6 @@ USER app
 EXPOSE 8000
 
 HEALTHCHECK --interval=30s --timeout=5s --start-period=20s --retries=3 \
-  CMD curl -fsS "http://127.0.0.1:${PORT}/" || exit 1
+  CMD curl -fsS "http://127.0.0.1:${PORT}/health/" || exit 1
 
 CMD ["/bin/sh", "-c", "exec gunicorn config.wsgi:application --bind 0.0.0.0:${PORT:-8000} --workers ${GUNICORN_WORKERS:-3} --access-logfile - --error-logfile -"]
diff --git a/config/urls.py b/config/urls.py
index c91fda0..904bbad 100644
--- a/config/urls.py
+++ b/config/urls.py
@@ -17,7 +17,9 @@
 
 from django.contrib import admin
 from django.urls import path
+from .views import health_check
 
 urlpatterns = [
+    path("health/", health_check, name="health_check"),
     path("admin/", admin.site.urls),
 ]
diff --git a/config/views.py b/config/views.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..90342a0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config/views.py
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+from django.http import JsonResponse
+from django.db import connection
+from django.views.decorators.http import require_GET
+import logging
+
+logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
+
+@require_GET
+def health_check(request):
+    try:
+        with connection.cursor() as cursor:
+            cursor.execute("SELECT 1")
+            cursor.fetchone()
+
+        return JsonResponse({"status": "healthy", "database": "connected"})
+    except Exception as e:
+        logger.error("Health check failed: %s", str(e), exc_info=True)
+        return JsonResponse(
+            {"status": "unhealthy", "database": "disconnected"}, status=503
+        )
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index 8a962bf..e986b05 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ services:
     volumes:
       - static-data:/app/static
     healthcheck:
-      test: ["CMD", "curl", "-fsSL", "http://127.0.0.1:8000/"]
+      test: ["CMD", "curl", "-fsSL", "http://127.0.0.1:8000/health/"]
       interval: 30s
       timeout: 5s
       retries: 3
diff --git a/main.py b/main.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 72e4a44..0000000
--- a/main.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-def main():
-    print("Hello from idontneedit!")
-
-
-if __name__ == "__main__":
-    main()