diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index c0833ae..f67e7eb 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -4,10 +4,15 @@ FROM python:3.13.1-slim-bookworm
 COPY requirements.txt /app/requirements.txt
 RUN pip install --no-cache-dir -r /app/requirements.txt
 
+# Install curl
+RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y curl
+
 # Copy the application
 COPY main.py /app
 COPY utils/ /app/utils
 WORKDIR /app
 
+HEALTHCHECK --interval=30s --timeout=30s --start-period=5s --retries=3 CMD curl -f http://localhost/heartbeat || exit 1
+
 # Run the application
 CMD ["python", "main.py"]
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diff --git a/utils/PostHandler.py b/utils/PostHandler.py
index a4e6694..49a1966 100644
--- a/utils/PostHandler.py
+++ b/utils/PostHandler.py
@@ -24,6 +24,11 @@ class Handler(BaseHTTPRequestHandler):
             self.wfile.write(b'404 Not Found')
             
     def do_GET(self):
-        self.send_response(404)
-        self.end_headers()
-        self.wfile.write(b'404 Not Found')
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+        if self.path == '/heartbeat':
+            self.send_response(200)
+            self.end_headers()
+            self.wfile.write(b'Heartbeat OK')
+        else:
+            self.send_response(404)
+            self.end_headers()
+            self.wfile.write(b'404 Not Found')
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