diff --git a/api/health/health.go b/api/health/health.go
index e0b047bbe..f7d0b0c73 100644
--- a/api/health/health.go
+++ b/api/health/health.go
@@ -23,11 +23,17 @@ func New(healthStatus *health.Health) *Health {
 	}
 }
 
-func (h *Health) handleGetHealth(w http.ResponseWriter, req *http.Request) error {
+func (h *Health) handleGetHealth(w http.ResponseWriter, _ *http.Request) error {
 	acc, err := h.healthStatus.Status()
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
+
+	if !acc.Healthy {
+		w.WriteHeader(http.StatusServiceUnavailable) // Set the status to 503
+	} else {
+		w.WriteHeader(http.StatusOK) // Set the status to 200
+	}
 	return utils.WriteJSON(w, acc)
 }
 
diff --git a/comm/communicator.go b/comm/communicator.go
index 8a2656363..7fbef2e22 100644
--- a/comm/communicator.go
+++ b/comm/communicator.go
@@ -119,9 +119,10 @@ func (c *Communicator) Sync(ctx context.Context, handler HandleBlockStream) {
 			syncCount++
 
 			if shouldSynced() {
+				c.health.ChainSyncStatus(false)
 				delay = syncInterval
 				c.onceSynced.Do(func() {
-					c.health.ChainSynced()
+					c.health.ChainSyncStatus(true)
 					close(c.syncedCh)
 				})
 			}
diff --git a/health/health.go b/health/health.go
index 56252ae01..7d39a94ce 100644
--- a/health/health.go
+++ b/health/health.go
@@ -13,8 +13,8 @@ import (
 )
 
 type BlockIngestion struct {
-	BestBlock          *thor.Bytes32 `json:"bestBlock"`
-	BestBlockTimestamp *time.Time    `json:"bestBlockTimestamp"`
+	BestBlock                   *thor.Bytes32 `json:"bestBlock"`
+	BestBlockIngestionTimestamp *time.Time    `json:"bestBlockIngestionTimestamp"`
 }
 
 type Status struct {
@@ -43,8 +43,8 @@ func (h *Health) Status() (*Status, error) {
 	defer h.lock.RUnlock()
 
 	blockIngest := &BlockIngestion{
-		BestBlock:          h.bestBlockID,
-		BestBlockTimestamp: &h.newBestBlock,
+		BestBlock:                   h.bestBlockID,
+		BestBlockIngestionTimestamp: &h.newBestBlock,
 	}
 
 	// todo review time slots
@@ -58,9 +58,9 @@ func (h *Health) Status() (*Status, error) {
 	}, nil
 }
 
-func (h *Health) ChainSynced() {
+func (h *Health) ChainSyncStatus(syncStatus bool) {
 	h.lock.Lock()
 	defer h.lock.Unlock()
 
-	h.chainSynced = true
+	h.chainSynced = syncStatus
 }