diff --git a/src/controllers/base.ts b/src/controllers/base.ts
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+++ b/src/controllers/base.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+import { type Request, type Response } from "express";
+import { type CID } from 'kubo-rpc-client'
+
+import { saveContentData } from "../models/Content";
+import { ipfsCore } from "../modules/IPFSCore";
+import { generateGatewayURL, getContentMetadata } from "../utils";
+
+async function healthCheck(_request: Request, response: Response): Promise<Response> {
+    const ts = Date.now()
+    const cid = await uploadSampleContent()
+    let contentGatewayStatus = false
+
+    if(cid !== false) {
+        contentGatewayStatus = await isContentRetrievableFromGateway(cid)
+    }
+    
+    return response.status(200).send({
+        ts,
+        node: !!cid,
+        contentGateway: contentGatewayStatus
+    })
+}
+
+async function uploadSampleContent(): Promise<CID | false> {
+    try {
+        const content = 'data:text/plain;base64,SGVsbG8gV29ybGQh'; // Hello World!
+        const { buff, ...metadata } = getContentMetadata(content);
+        const cid = await ipfsCore.add(buff, true);
+        const pinned = await ipfsCore.isPinned(cid);
+        await saveContentData({ cid, pinned, metadata });
+
+        return cid
+    } catch(error) {
+        return false
+    }
+}
+
+async function isContentRetrievableFromGateway(cid: CID): Promise<boolean> {
+    try {
+        const response = await fetch(generateGatewayURL(cid), {
+            redirect: 'follow'
+        })
+
+        return response.status === 200
+    } catch(error) {
+        return false
+    }
+}
+
+export {
+    healthCheck
+}
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diff --git a/src/routes/base.ts b/src/routes/base.ts
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+++ b/src/routes/base.ts
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+import { Router } from "express";
+
+import { healthCheck } from "../controllers/base";
+
+const router = Router();
+
+router.get("/health-check", healthCheck);
+
+export default { basePath: "/", router };
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diff --git a/src/routes/index.ts b/src/routes/index.ts
index 6e971d4..d892e69 100644
--- a/src/routes/index.ts
+++ b/src/routes/index.ts
@@ -1,10 +1,11 @@
 import { type NextFunction, type Request, type Response, Router } from "express";
 
 import ERRORS from "../errors";
+import BaseRouter from './base'
 import IPFSRouter from "./ipfs";
 
 const applicationRouter = Router();
-const routers = [IPFSRouter];
+const routers = [IPFSRouter, BaseRouter];
 
 // Dynamically bind routers to the main application router
 routers.forEach((router) => {