diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 9ff0314..8812f2c 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -5,6 +5,12 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/),
 and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).
 
+## [2.3.1] - 2023-06-23
+
+### Added
+
+- #92: Endpoint (`/api/live/`) for checking health status.
+
 ## [2.3.0] - 2023-05-30
 
 ### Added
diff --git a/Cryptgeon.postman_collection.json b/Cryptgeon.postman_collection.json
index 7919ae9..08d3c44 100644
--- a/Cryptgeon.postman_collection.json
+++ b/Cryptgeon.postman_collection.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
 	"info": {
-		"_postman_id": "52d9e661-2d99-47f8-b09a-40b6a1c0b364",
+		"_postman_id": "3aaeac19-4eac-4911-b3c8-912b17a48634",
 		"name": "Cryptgeon",
 		"schema": "https://schema.getpostman.com/json/collection/v2.1.0/collection.json"
 	},
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@
 								}
 							],
 							"cookie": [],
-							"body": null
+							"body": ""
 						}
 					]
 				},
@@ -479,7 +479,7 @@
 								}
 							],
 							"cookie": [],
-							"body": null
+							"body": ""
 						}
 					]
 				}
@@ -489,7 +489,7 @@
 			"name": "Status",
 			"item": [
 				{
-					"name": "Get",
+					"name": "Get server status",
 					"request": {
 						"method": "GET",
 						"header": [],
@@ -554,6 +554,106 @@
 							"body": "{\n    \"version\": \"2.3.0-beta.4\",\n    \"max_size\": 10485760,\n    \"max_views\": 100,\n    \"max_expiration\": 360,\n    \"allow_advanced\": true,\n    \"theme_image\": \"\",\n    \"theme_text\": \"\",\n    \"theme_page_title\": \"\",\n    \"theme_favicon\": \"\"\n}"
 						}
 					]
+				},
+				{
+					"name": "Health Check",
+					"request": {
+						"method": "GET",
+						"header": [],
+						"url": {
+							"raw": "{{BASE}}/live/",
+							"host": [
+								"{{BASE}}"
+							],
+							"path": [
+								"live",
+								""
+							]
+						},
+						"description": "Return `200` for healthy service. `503` if service is unavailable."
+					},
+					"response": [
+						{
+							"name": "Healthy",
+							"originalRequest": {
+								"method": "GET",
+								"header": [],
+								"url": {
+									"raw": "{{BASE}}/live/",
+									"host": [
+										"{{BASE}}"
+									],
+									"path": [
+										"live",
+										""
+									]
+								}
+							},
+							"status": "OK",
+							"code": 200,
+							"_postman_previewlanguage": "plain",
+							"header": [
+								{
+									"key": "transfer-encoding",
+									"value": "chunked"
+								},
+								{
+									"key": "vary",
+									"value": "accept-encoding"
+								},
+								{
+									"key": "content-encoding",
+									"value": "gzip"
+								},
+								{
+									"key": "date",
+									"value": "Thu, 22 Jun 2023 20:17:58 GMT"
+								}
+							],
+							"cookie": [],
+							"body": null
+						},
+						{
+							"name": "Service Unavilable",
+							"originalRequest": {
+								"method": "GET",
+								"header": [],
+								"url": {
+									"raw": "{{BASE}}/live/",
+									"host": [
+										"{{BASE}}"
+									],
+									"path": [
+										"live",
+										""
+									]
+								}
+							},
+							"status": "Service Unavailable",
+							"code": 503,
+							"_postman_previewlanguage": "plain",
+							"header": [
+								{
+									"key": "transfer-encoding",
+									"value": "chunked"
+								},
+								{
+									"key": "content-encoding",
+									"value": "gzip"
+								},
+								{
+									"key": "vary",
+									"value": "accept-encoding"
+								},
+								{
+									"key": "date",
+									"value": "Thu, 22 Jun 2023 20:18:55 GMT"
+								}
+							],
+							"cookie": [],
+							"body": null
+						}
+					]
 				}
 			]
 		}
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 1e90be4..8c83fc2 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ RUN cargo build --release
 # RUNNER
 FROM alpine
 WORKDIR /app
+RUN apk add --no-cache curl 
 COPY --from=backend /tmp/target/release/cryptgeon .
 COPY --from=client /tmp/packages/frontend/build ./frontend
 ENV FRONTEND_PATH="./frontend"
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 067e84f..3e2e865 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -78,7 +78,9 @@ of the notes even if it tried to.
 
 ## Deployment
 
-ℹ️ `https` is required otherwise browsers will not support the cryptographic functions.
+> ℹ️ `https` is required otherwise browsers will not support the cryptographic functions.
+
+> ℹ️ There is a health endpoint available at `/api/health/`. It returns either 200 or 503.
 
 ### Docker
 
@@ -94,7 +96,7 @@ services:
     image: redis:7-alpine
     # Set a size limit. See link below on how to customise.
     # https://redis.io/docs/manual/eviction/
-    command: redis-server --maxmemory 1gb --maxmemory-policy allkeys-lru
+    # command: redis-server --maxmemory 1gb --maxmemory-policy allkeys-lru
 
   app:
     image: cupcakearmy/cryptgeon:latest
@@ -105,6 +107,14 @@ services:
       SIZE_LIMIT: 4 MiB
     ports:
       - 80:8000
+
+    # Optional health checks
+    # healthcheck:
+    #   test: ["CMD", "curl", "--fail", "http://127.0.0.1:8000/api/live/"]
+    #   interval: 1m
+    #   timeout: 3s
+    #   retries: 2
+    #   start_period: 5s
 ```
 
 ### NGINX Proxy
diff --git a/docker-compose.dev.yaml b/docker-compose.dev.yaml
index 9a6f0e7..e9a3125 100644
--- a/docker-compose.dev.yaml
+++ b/docker-compose.dev.yaml
@@ -16,3 +16,10 @@ services:
       - redis
     ports:
       - 1234:8000
+
+    healthcheck:
+      test: ["CMD", "curl", "--fail", "http://127.0.0.1:8000/api/live/"]
+      interval: 1m
+      timeout: 3s
+      retries: 2
+      start_period: 5s
diff --git a/docker-compose.yaml b/docker-compose.yaml
index d4f9089..f1b18bc 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yaml
+++ b/docker-compose.yaml
@@ -16,3 +16,11 @@ services:
       SIZE_LIMIT: 4 MiB
     ports:
       - 80:8000
+    
+    # Optional health checks
+    # healthcheck:
+    #   test: ["CMD", "curl", "--fail", "http://127.0.0.1:8000/api/live/"]
+    #   interval: 1m
+    #   timeout: 3s
+    #   retries: 2
+    #   start_period: 5s
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 8f69d99..d590d4b 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 {
-  "packageManager": "pnpm@8.5.1",
+  "packageManager": "pnpm@8.6.3",
   "scripts": {
     "dev:docker": "docker-compose -f docker-compose.dev.yaml up redis",
     "dev:packages": "pnpm --parallel run dev",
diff --git a/packages/backend/Cargo.lock b/packages/backend/Cargo.lock
index de87ceb..7835e50 100644
--- a/packages/backend/Cargo.lock
+++ b/packages/backend/Cargo.lock
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "percent-encoding",
  "pin-project-lite",
  "rand",
- "sha1 0.10.5",
+ "sha1",
  "smallvec",
  "tokio",
  "tokio-util",
@@ -237,9 +237,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "aho-corasick"
-version = "1.0.1"
+version = "1.0.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "67fc08ce920c31afb70f013dcce1bfc3a3195de6a228474e45e1f145b36f8d04"
+checksum = "43f6cb1bf222025340178f382c426f13757b2960e89779dfcb319c32542a5a41"
 dependencies = [
  "memchr",
 ]
@@ -265,17 +265,6 @@ version = "0.10.3"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "619743e34b5ba4e9703bba34deac3427c72507c7159f5fd030aea8cac0cfe341"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "async-trait"
-version = "0.1.68"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "b9ccdd8f2a161be9bd5c023df56f1b2a0bd1d83872ae53b71a84a12c9bf6e842"
-dependencies = [
- "proc-macro2",
- "quote",
- "syn 2.0.15",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "atty"
 version = "0.2.14"
@@ -295,9 +284,9 @@ checksum = "d468802bab17cbc0cc575e9b053f41e72aa36bfa6b7f55e3529ffa43161b97fa"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "base64"
-version = "0.21.0"
+version = "0.21.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "a4a4ddaa51a5bc52a6948f74c06d20aaaddb71924eab79b8c97a8c556e942d6a"
+checksum = "604178f6c5c21f02dc555784810edfb88d34ac2c73b2eae109655649ee73ce3d"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "bitflags"
@@ -348,9 +337,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "bumpalo"
-version = "3.12.2"
+version = "3.13.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "3c6ed94e98ecff0c12dd1b04c15ec0d7d9458ca8fe806cea6f12954efe74c63b"
+checksum = "a3e2c3daef883ecc1b5d58c15adae93470a91d425f3532ba1695849656af3fc1"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "byte-unit"
@@ -421,9 +410,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "cpufeatures"
-version = "0.2.7"
+version = "0.2.8"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "3e4c1eaa2012c47becbbad2ab175484c2a84d1185b566fb2cc5b8707343dfe58"
+checksum = "03e69e28e9f7f77debdedbaafa2866e1de9ba56df55a8bd7cfc724c25a09987c"
 dependencies = [
  "libc",
 ]
@@ -439,7 +428,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "cryptgeon"
-version = "2.3.0"
+version = "2.3.1"
 dependencies = [
  "actix-files",
  "actix-web",
@@ -448,6 +437,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "dotenv",
  "env_logger",
  "lazy_static",
+ "log",
  "mime",
  "redis",
  "ring",
@@ -480,9 +470,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "digest"
-version = "0.10.6"
+version = "0.10.7"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "8168378f4e5023e7218c89c891c0fd8ecdb5e5e4f18cb78f38cf245dd021e76f"
+checksum = "9ed9a281f7bc9b7576e61468ba615a66a5c8cfdff42420a70aa82701a3b1e292"
 dependencies = [
  "block-buffer",
  "crypto-common",
@@ -534,9 +524,9 @@ checksum = "3f9eec918d3f24069decb9af1554cad7c880e2da24a9afd88aca000531ab82c1"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "form_urlencoded"
-version = "1.1.0"
+version = "1.2.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "a9c384f161156f5260c24a097c56119f9be8c798586aecc13afbcbe7b7e26bf8"
+checksum = "a62bc1cf6f830c2ec14a513a9fb124d0a213a629668a4186f329db21fe045652"
 dependencies = [
  "percent-encoding",
 ]
@@ -583,9 +573,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "getrandom"
-version = "0.2.9"
+version = "0.2.10"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "c85e1d9ab2eadba7e5040d4e09cbd6d072b76a557ad64e797c2cb9d4da21d7e4"
+checksum = "be4136b2a15dd319360be1c07d9933517ccf0be8f16bf62a3bee4f0d618df427"
 dependencies = [
  "cfg-if",
  "libc",
@@ -672,9 +662,9 @@ checksum = "9a3a5bfb195931eeb336b2a7b4d761daec841b97f947d34394601737a7bba5e4"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "idna"
-version = "0.3.0"
+version = "0.4.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "e14ddfc70884202db2244c223200c204c2bda1bc6e0998d11b5e024d657209e6"
+checksum = "7d20d6b07bfbc108882d88ed8e37d39636dcc260e15e30c45e6ba089610b917c"
 dependencies = [
  "unicode-bidi",
  "unicode-normalization",
@@ -707,9 +697,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "js-sys"
-version = "0.3.62"
+version = "0.3.64"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "68c16e1bfd491478ab155fd8b4896b86f9ede344949b641e61501e07c2b8b4d5"
+checksum = "c5f195fe497f702db0f318b07fdd68edb16955aed830df8363d837542f8f935a"
 dependencies = [
  "wasm-bindgen",
 ]
@@ -728,9 +718,9 @@ checksum = "e2abad23fbc42b3700f2f279844dc832adb2b2eb069b2df918f455c4e18cc646"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "libc"
-version = "0.2.144"
+version = "0.2.146"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "2b00cc1c228a6782d0f076e7b232802e0c5689d41bb5df366f2a6b6621cfdfe1"
+checksum = "f92be4933c13fd498862a9e02a3055f8a8d9c039ce33db97306fd5a6caa7f29b"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "local-channel"
@@ -752,9 +742,9 @@ checksum = "e34f76eb3611940e0e7d53a9aaa4e6a3151f69541a282fd0dad5571420c53ff1"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "lock_api"
-version = "0.4.9"
+version = "0.4.10"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "435011366fe56583b16cf956f9df0095b405b82d76425bc8981c0e22e60ec4df"
+checksum = "c1cc9717a20b1bb222f333e6a92fd32f7d8a18ddc5a3191a11af45dcbf4dcd16"
 dependencies = [
  "autocfg",
  "scopeguard",
@@ -762,12 +752,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "log"
-version = "0.4.17"
+version = "0.4.19"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "abb12e687cfb44aa40f41fc3978ef76448f9b6038cad6aef4259d3c095a2382e"
-dependencies = [
- "cfg-if",
-]
+checksum = "b06a4cde4c0f271a446782e3eff8de789548ce57dbc8eca9292c27f4a42004b4"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "memchr"
@@ -802,14 +789,14 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "mio"
-version = "0.8.6"
+version = "0.8.8"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "5b9d9a46eff5b4ff64b45a9e316a6d1e0bc719ef429cbec4dc630684212bfdf9"
+checksum = "927a765cd3fc26206e66b296465fa9d3e5ab003e651c1b3c060e7956d96b19d2"
 dependencies = [
  "libc",
  "log",
  "wasi",
- "windows-sys 0.45.0",
+ "windows-sys",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -854,9 +841,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "once_cell"
-version = "1.17.1"
+version = "1.18.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "b7e5500299e16ebb147ae15a00a942af264cf3688f47923b8fc2cd5858f23ad3"
+checksum = "dd8b5dd2ae5ed71462c540258bedcb51965123ad7e7ccf4b9a8cafaa4a63576d"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "parking_lot"
@@ -870,15 +857,15 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "parking_lot_core"
-version = "0.9.7"
+version = "0.9.8"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "9069cbb9f99e3a5083476ccb29ceb1de18b9118cafa53e90c9551235de2b9521"
+checksum = "93f00c865fe7cabf650081affecd3871070f26767e7b2070a3ffae14c654b447"
 dependencies = [
  "cfg-if",
  "libc",
  "redox_syscall",
  "smallvec",
- "windows-sys 0.45.0",
+ "windows-targets",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -889,9 +876,9 @@ checksum = "9f746c4065a8fa3fe23974dd82f15431cc8d40779821001404d10d2e79ca7d79"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "percent-encoding"
-version = "2.2.0"
+version = "2.3.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "478c572c3d73181ff3c2539045f6eb99e5491218eae919370993b890cdbdd98e"
+checksum = "9b2a4787296e9989611394c33f193f676704af1686e70b8f8033ab5ba9a35a94"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "pin-project-lite"
@@ -919,18 +906,18 @@ checksum = "5b40af805b3121feab8a3c29f04d8ad262fa8e0561883e7653e024ae4479e6de"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "proc-macro2"
-version = "1.0.56"
+version = "1.0.60"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "2b63bdb0cd06f1f4dedf69b254734f9b45af66e4a031e42a7480257d9898b435"
+checksum = "dec2b086b7a862cf4de201096214fa870344cf922b2b30c167badb3af3195406"
 dependencies = [
  "unicode-ident",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "quote"
-version = "1.0.27"
+version = "1.0.28"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "8f4f29d145265ec1c483c7c654450edde0bfe043d3938d6972630663356d9500"
+checksum = "1b9ab9c7eadfd8df19006f1cf1a4aed13540ed5cbc047010ece5826e10825488"
 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
 ]
@@ -967,33 +954,32 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "redis"
-version = "0.21.7"
+version = "0.23.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "152f3863635cbb76b73bc247845781098302c6c9ad2060e1a9a7de56840346b6"
+checksum = "3ea8c51b5dc1d8e5fd3350ec8167f464ec0995e79f2e90a075b63371500d557f"
 dependencies = [
- "async-trait",
  "combine",
  "itoa",
  "percent-encoding",
  "ryu",
- "sha1 0.6.1",
+ "sha1_smol",
  "url",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "redox_syscall"
-version = "0.2.16"
+version = "0.3.5"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "fb5a58c1855b4b6819d59012155603f0b22ad30cad752600aadfcb695265519a"
+checksum = "567664f262709473930a4bf9e51bf2ebf3348f2e748ccc50dea20646858f8f29"
 dependencies = [
  "bitflags",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "regex"
-version = "1.8.1"
+version = "1.8.4"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "af83e617f331cc6ae2da5443c602dfa5af81e517212d9d611a5b3ba1777b5370"
+checksum = "d0ab3ca65655bb1e41f2a8c8cd662eb4fb035e67c3f78da1d61dffe89d07300f"
 dependencies = [
  "aho-corasick",
  "memchr",
@@ -1002,9 +988,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "regex-syntax"
-version = "0.7.1"
+version = "0.7.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "a5996294f19bd3aae0453a862ad728f60e6600695733dd5df01da90c54363a3c"
+checksum = "436b050e76ed2903236f032a59761c1eb99e1b0aead2c257922771dab1fc8c78"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "ring"
@@ -1050,29 +1036,29 @@ checksum = "bebd363326d05ec3e2f532ab7660680f3b02130d780c299bca73469d521bc0ed"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "serde"
-version = "1.0.163"
+version = "1.0.164"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "2113ab51b87a539ae008b5c6c02dc020ffa39afd2d83cffcb3f4eb2722cebec2"
+checksum = "9e8c8cf938e98f769bc164923b06dce91cea1751522f46f8466461af04c9027d"
 dependencies = [
  "serde_derive",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "serde_derive"
-version = "1.0.163"
+version = "1.0.164"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "8c805777e3930c8883389c602315a24224bcc738b63905ef87cd1420353ea93e"
+checksum = "d9735b638ccc51c28bf6914d90a2e9725b377144fc612c49a611fddd1b631d68"
 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
- "syn 2.0.15",
+ "syn 2.0.18",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "serde_json"
-version = "1.0.96"
+version = "1.0.97"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "057d394a50403bcac12672b2b18fb387ab6d289d957dab67dd201875391e52f1"
+checksum = "bdf3bf93142acad5821c99197022e170842cdbc1c30482b98750c688c640842a"
 dependencies = [
  "itoa",
  "ryu",
@@ -1091,15 +1077,6 @@ dependencies = [
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 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "sha1"
-version = "0.6.1"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "c1da05c97445caa12d05e848c4a4fcbbea29e748ac28f7e80e9b010392063770"
-dependencies = [
- "sha1_smol",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "sha1"
 version = "0.10.5"
@@ -1170,9 +1147,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "syn"
-version = "2.0.15"
+version = "2.0.18"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "a34fcf3e8b60f57e6a14301a2e916d323af98b0ea63c599441eec8558660c822"
+checksum = "32d41677bcbe24c20c52e7c70b0d8db04134c5d1066bf98662e2871ad200ea3e"
 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
@@ -1190,9 +1167,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "time"
-version = "0.3.21"
+version = "0.3.22"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "8f3403384eaacbca9923fa06940178ac13e4edb725486d70e8e15881d0c836cc"
+checksum = "ea9e1b3cf1243ae005d9e74085d4d542f3125458f3a81af210d901dcd7411efd"
 dependencies = [
  "itoa",
  "serde",
@@ -1232,9 +1209,9 @@ checksum = "1f3ccbac311fea05f86f61904b462b55fb3df8837a366dfc601a0161d0532f20"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "tokio"
-version = "1.28.1"
+version = "1.28.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "0aa32867d44e6f2ce3385e89dceb990188b8bb0fb25b0cf576647a6f98ac5105"
+checksum = "94d7b1cfd2aa4011f2de74c2c4c63665e27a71006b0a192dcd2710272e73dfa2"
 dependencies = [
  "autocfg",
  "bytes",
@@ -1244,7 +1221,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "pin-project-lite",
  "signal-hook-registry",
  "socket2",
- "windows-sys 0.48.0",
+ "windows-sys",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -1305,9 +1282,9 @@ checksum = "92888ba5573ff080736b3648696b70cafad7d250551175acbaa4e0385b3e1460"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "unicode-ident"
-version = "1.0.8"
+version = "1.0.9"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "e5464a87b239f13a63a501f2701565754bae92d243d4bb7eb12f6d57d2269bf4"
+checksum = "b15811caf2415fb889178633e7724bad2509101cde276048e013b9def5e51fa0"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "unicode-normalization"
@@ -1326,9 +1303,9 @@ checksum = "a156c684c91ea7d62626509bce3cb4e1d9ed5c4d978f7b4352658f96a4c26b4a"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "url"
-version = "2.3.1"
+version = "2.4.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "0d68c799ae75762b8c3fe375feb6600ef5602c883c5d21eb51c09f22b83c4643"
+checksum = "50bff7831e19200a85b17131d085c25d7811bc4e186efdaf54bbd132994a88cb"
 dependencies = [
  "form_urlencoded",
  "idna",
@@ -1355,9 +1332,9 @@ checksum = "9c8d87e72b64a3b4db28d11ce29237c246188f4f51057d65a7eab63b7987e423"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "wasm-bindgen"
-version = "0.2.85"
+version = "0.2.87"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "5b6cb788c4e39112fbe1822277ef6fb3c55cd86b95cb3d3c4c1c9597e4ac74b4"
+checksum = "7706a72ab36d8cb1f80ffbf0e071533974a60d0a308d01a5d0375bf60499a342"
 dependencies = [
  "cfg-if",
  "wasm-bindgen-macro",
@@ -1365,24 +1342,24 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "wasm-bindgen-backend"
-version = "0.2.85"
+version = "0.2.87"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "35e522ed4105a9d626d885b35d62501b30d9666283a5c8be12c14a8bdafe7822"
+checksum = "5ef2b6d3c510e9625e5fe6f509ab07d66a760f0885d858736483c32ed7809abd"
 dependencies = [
  "bumpalo",
  "log",
  "once_cell",
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
- "syn 2.0.15",
+ "syn 2.0.18",
  "wasm-bindgen-shared",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "wasm-bindgen-macro"
-version = "0.2.85"
+version = "0.2.87"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "358a79a0cb89d21db8120cbfb91392335913e4890665b1a7981d9e956903b434"
+checksum = "dee495e55982a3bd48105a7b947fd2a9b4a8ae3010041b9e0faab3f9cd028f1d"
 dependencies = [
  "quote",
  "wasm-bindgen-macro-support",
@@ -1390,28 +1367,28 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "wasm-bindgen-macro-support"
-version = "0.2.85"
+version = "0.2.87"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "4783ce29f09b9d93134d41297aded3a712b7b979e9c6f28c32cb88c973a94869"
+checksum = "54681b18a46765f095758388f2d0cf16eb8d4169b639ab575a8f5693af210c7b"
 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
- "syn 2.0.15",
+ "syn 2.0.18",
  "wasm-bindgen-backend",
  "wasm-bindgen-shared",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "wasm-bindgen-shared"
-version = "0.2.85"
+version = "0.2.87"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "a901d592cafaa4d711bc324edfaff879ac700b19c3dfd60058d2b445be2691eb"
+checksum = "ca6ad05a4870b2bf5fe995117d3728437bd27d7cd5f06f13c17443ef369775a1"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "web-sys"
-version = "0.3.62"
+version = "0.3.64"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "16b5f940c7edfdc6d12126d98c9ef4d1b3d470011c47c76a6581df47ad9ba721"
+checksum = "9b85cbef8c220a6abc02aefd892dfc0fc23afb1c6a426316ec33253a3877249b"
 dependencies = [
  "js-sys",
  "wasm-bindgen",
@@ -1448,37 +1425,13 @@ version = "0.4.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "712e227841d057c1ee1cd2fb22fa7e5a5461ae8e48fa2ca79ec42cfc1931183f"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "windows-sys"
-version = "0.45.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "75283be5efb2831d37ea142365f009c02ec203cd29a3ebecbc093d52315b66d0"
-dependencies = [
- "windows-targets 0.42.2",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "windows-sys"
 version = "0.48.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "677d2418bec65e3338edb076e806bc1ec15693c5d0104683f2efe857f61056a9"
 dependencies = [
- "windows-targets 0.48.0",
-]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "windows-targets"
-version = "0.42.2"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "8e5180c00cd44c9b1c88adb3693291f1cd93605ded80c250a75d472756b4d071"
-dependencies = [
- "windows_aarch64_gnullvm 0.42.2",
- "windows_aarch64_msvc 0.42.2",
- "windows_i686_gnu 0.42.2",
- "windows_i686_msvc 0.42.2",
- "windows_x86_64_gnu 0.42.2",
- "windows_x86_64_gnullvm 0.42.2",
- "windows_x86_64_msvc 0.42.2",
+ "windows-targets",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -1487,93 +1440,51 @@ version = "0.48.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "7b1eb6f0cd7c80c79759c929114ef071b87354ce476d9d94271031c0497adfd5"
 dependencies = [
- "windows_aarch64_gnullvm 0.48.0",
- "windows_aarch64_msvc 0.48.0",
- "windows_i686_gnu 0.48.0",
- "windows_i686_msvc 0.48.0",
- "windows_x86_64_gnu 0.48.0",
- "windows_x86_64_gnullvm 0.48.0",
- "windows_x86_64_msvc 0.48.0",
+ "windows_aarch64_gnullvm",
+ "windows_aarch64_msvc",
+ "windows_i686_gnu",
+ "windows_i686_msvc",
+ "windows_x86_64_gnu",
+ "windows_x86_64_gnullvm",
+ "windows_x86_64_msvc",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "windows_aarch64_gnullvm"
-version = "0.42.2"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "597a5118570b68bc08d8d59125332c54f1ba9d9adeedeef5b99b02ba2b0698f8"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "windows_aarch64_gnullvm"
 version = "0.48.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "91ae572e1b79dba883e0d315474df7305d12f569b400fcf90581b06062f7e1bc"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "windows_aarch64_msvc"
-version = "0.42.2"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "e08e8864a60f06ef0d0ff4ba04124db8b0fb3be5776a5cd47641e942e58c4d43"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "windows_aarch64_msvc"
 version = "0.48.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "b2ef27e0d7bdfcfc7b868b317c1d32c641a6fe4629c171b8928c7b08d98d7cf3"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "windows_i686_gnu"
-version = "0.42.2"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "c61d927d8da41da96a81f029489353e68739737d3beca43145c8afec9a31a84f"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "windows_i686_gnu"
 version = "0.48.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "622a1962a7db830d6fd0a69683c80a18fda201879f0f447f065a3b7467daa241"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "windows_i686_msvc"
-version = "0.42.2"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "44d840b6ec649f480a41c8d80f9c65108b92d89345dd94027bfe06ac444d1060"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "windows_i686_msvc"
 version = "0.48.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "4542c6e364ce21bf45d69fdd2a8e455fa38d316158cfd43b3ac1c5b1b19f8e00"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "windows_x86_64_gnu"
-version = "0.42.2"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "8de912b8b8feb55c064867cf047dda097f92d51efad5b491dfb98f6bbb70cb36"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "windows_x86_64_gnu"
 version = "0.48.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "ca2b8a661f7628cbd23440e50b05d705db3686f894fc9580820623656af974b1"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "windows_x86_64_gnullvm"
-version = "0.42.2"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "26d41b46a36d453748aedef1486d5c7a85db22e56aff34643984ea85514e94a3"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "windows_x86_64_gnullvm"
 version = "0.48.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "7896dbc1f41e08872e9d5e8f8baa8fdd2677f29468c4e156210174edc7f7b953"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "windows_x86_64_msvc"
-version = "0.42.2"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "9aec5da331524158c6d1a4ac0ab1541149c0b9505fde06423b02f5ef0106b9f0"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "windows_x86_64_msvc"
 version = "0.48.0"
diff --git a/packages/backend/Cargo.toml b/packages/backend/Cargo.toml
index 9923916..83694ca 100644
--- a/packages/backend/Cargo.toml
+++ b/packages/backend/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "cryptgeon"
-version = "2.3.0"
+version = "2.3.1"
 authors = ["cupcakearmy <hi@nicco.io>"]
 edition = "2021"
 
@@ -20,4 +20,5 @@ byte-unit = "4"
 dotenv = "0.15"
 mime = "0.3"
 env_logger = "0.9"
-redis = "0.21.5"
+log = "0.4"
+redis = "0.23"
diff --git a/packages/backend/src/api.rs b/packages/backend/src/api.rs
index 1ff86de..a29b256 100644
--- a/packages/backend/src/api.rs
+++ b/packages/backend/src/api.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 use actix_web::web;
 
+use crate::health;
 use crate::note;
 use crate::status;
 
@@ -7,6 +8,7 @@ pub fn init(cfg: &mut web::ServiceConfig) {
     cfg.service(
         web::scope("/api")
             .service(note::init())
-            .service(status::init()),
+            .service(status::init())
+            .service(health::init()),
     );
 }
diff --git a/packages/backend/src/health/mod.rs b/packages/backend/src/health/mod.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f5208e5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/backend/src/health/mod.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+mod routes;
+
+pub use routes::*;
diff --git a/packages/backend/src/health/routes.rs b/packages/backend/src/health/routes.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5e985cc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/backend/src/health/routes.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+use actix_web::{get, web, HttpResponse, Responder, Scope};
+
+use crate::store;
+
+#[get("/")]
+async fn get_live() -> impl Responder {
+    if store::can_reach_redis() {
+        return HttpResponse::Ok();
+    } else {
+        return HttpResponse::ServiceUnavailable();
+    }
+}
+
+pub fn init() -> Scope {
+    web::scope("/live").service(get_live)
+}
diff --git a/packages/backend/src/main.rs b/packages/backend/src/main.rs
index 28262ce..54c79e7 100644
--- a/packages/backend/src/main.rs
+++ b/packages/backend/src/main.rs
@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
 use actix_web::{
     middleware::{self, Logger},
-    web, App, HttpServer,
+    web::{self},
+    App, HttpServer,
 };
 use dotenv::dotenv;
+use log::error;
 
 #[macro_use]
 extern crate lazy_static;
@@ -10,6 +12,7 @@ extern crate lazy_static;
 mod api;
 mod client;
 mod config;
+mod health;
 mod note;
 mod size;
 mod status;
@@ -20,6 +23,11 @@ async fn main() -> std::io::Result<()> {
     dotenv().ok();
     env_logger::init_from_env(env_logger::Env::new().default_filter_or(config::VERBOSITY.as_str()));
 
+    if !store::can_reach_redis() {
+        error!("cannot reach redis");
+        panic!("canont reach redis");
+    }
+
     return HttpServer::new(|| {
         App::new()
             .wrap(Logger::new("\"%r\" %s %b %T"))
diff --git a/packages/backend/src/store.rs b/packages/backend/src/store.rs
index f683132..d18d947 100644
--- a/packages/backend/src/store.rs
+++ b/packages/backend/src/store.rs
@@ -19,6 +19,14 @@ fn get_connection() -> Result<redis::Connection, &'static str> {
         .map_err(|_| "Unable to connect to redis")
 }
 
+pub fn can_reach_redis() -> bool {
+    let conn = get_connection();
+    return match conn {
+        Ok(_) => true,
+        Err(_) => false,
+    };
+}
+
 pub fn set(id: &String, note: &Note) -> Result<(), &'static str> {
     let serialized = serde_json::to_string(&note.clone()).unwrap();
     let mut conn = get_connection()?;
diff --git a/packages/cli/package.json b/packages/cli/package.json
index 1f75faa..f822c94 100644
--- a/packages/cli/package.json
+++ b/packages/cli/package.json
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 {
-  "version": "2.3.0",
+  "version": "2.3.1",
   "name": "cryptgeon",
   "repository": {
     "type": "git",