diff --git a/app/__init__.py b/app/__init__.py
index 1c12d0066..5e8d047c4 100644
--- a/app/__init__.py
+++ b/app/__init__.py
@@ -19,6 +19,9 @@ def create_app(config_name):
     from .main import main as main_blueprint
     application.register_blueprint(main_blueprint)
 
+    from .status import status as status_blueprint
+    application.register_blueprint(status_blueprint)
+
     return application
 
 
diff --git a/app/main/views/healthcheck.py b/app/main/views/healthcheck.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d4ab49ca7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/main/views/healthcheck.py
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+from flask import jsonify
+from .. import main
+
+
+@main.route('/', methods=['GET'])
+def get_index():
+    return jsonify(result="hello world"), 200
diff --git a/app/status/__init__.py b/app/status/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..fcbc7cece
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/status/__init__.py
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+from flask import Blueprint
+
+status = Blueprint('status', __name__)
+
+from app.status.views import healthcheck
diff --git a/app/status/views/__init__.py b/app/status/views/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e69de29bb
diff --git a/app/status/views/healthcheck.py b/app/status/views/healthcheck.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ef7a6ee69
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/status/views/healthcheck.py
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+from flask import jsonify
+
+from app.status import status
+
+
+@status.route('/_status')
+def status():
+    return jsonify(
+        status="ok",
+    ), 200
diff --git a/scripts/aws_stop_app.sh b/scripts/aws_stop_app.sh
index 6a45877f5..9dc15fbd8 100755
--- a/scripts/aws_stop_app.sh
+++ b/scripts/aws_stop_app.sh
@@ -2,3 +2,4 @@
 
 echo "Stopping application"
 cd ~/notifications-api/;
+sudo service notifications-api stop
\ No newline at end of file