diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 6d20572..3c0c70a 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -27,6 +27,8 @@ Public read actions:
 - get all metadata for a tag:
    - `curl http://localhost:8123/meta/squashkiwi:latest`
 
+- quick status check:
+   - `curl http://localhost:8123/status`
 
 Write actions:
 
diff --git a/src/server.cpp b/src/server.cpp
index 1c76ff8..62c4f27 100644
--- a/src/server.cpp
+++ b/src/server.cpp
@@ -184,6 +184,10 @@ void Server::setup_routes() {
     server_.Get("/appendtag", [this](const httplib::Request& req, httplib::Response& res) {
         handle_append_tag(req, res);
     });
+
+    server_.Get("/status", [this](const httplib::Request& req, httplib::Response& res) {
+        res.set_content(nlohmann::json({{"result", "success"}, {"status", "ok"}}).dump(), "application/json");
+    });
 }
 
 void Server::handle_get_object(const httplib::Request& req, httplib::Response& res) {