diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 5f21dc1..110a425 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -160,8 +160,9 @@ OpenSearch
                  --host host.docker.internal:4443 \
                  --sign-host eu-west-1.es.amazonaws.com
     ```
-  
-  Access dashboard via http://localhost:8080/_dashboards/app/home#/tutorial_directory
+## Healthcheck
+
+To use healthcheck on ECS or EKS, simply make a call to `localhost:8080/health` which will return the HTTP Status OK.
 
 ## Reference
 
diff --git a/handler/handler.go b/handler/handler.go
index 01e0faa..6a88691 100644
--- a/handler/handler.go
+++ b/handler/handler.go
@@ -35,7 +35,10 @@ func (h *Handler) write(w http.ResponseWriter, status int, body []byte) {
 
 func (h *Handler) ServeHTTP(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 	resp, err := h.ProxyClient.Do(r)
-	if err != nil {
+	if r.URL.Path == "/health" {
+		w.WriteHeader(http.StatusOK)
+		return
+	} else if err != nil {
 	    errorMsg := "unable to proxy request"
 		log.WithError(err).Error(errorMsg)
 		h.write(w, http.StatusBadGateway, []byte(fmt.Sprintf("%v - %v", errorMsg, err.Error())))