diff --git a/index.html b/index.html
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b8c8302
--- /dev/null
+++ b/index.html
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+<!DOCTYPE html>
+<html lang="en">
+<head>
+    <meta charset="UTF-8">
+    <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0">
+    <title>Health Check</title>
+</head>
+<body>
+    <div style="text-align: center; padding-top: 50px;">
+        <h1>Success</h1>
+        <p>The application is up and running.</p>
+    </div>
+</body>
+</html>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/nginx.conf b/nginx.conf
index a44fbc8..ef42839 100644
--- a/nginx.conf
+++ b/nginx.conf
@@ -16,11 +16,18 @@ http {
 
     server {
         listen       80;
-
+        location /health-check {
+            alias /usr/share/nginx/html/index.html;
+        }
         location / {
             root   /usr/share/nginx/html;
             index  index.html index.htm;
             add_header Access-Control-Allow-Origin *;
+            add_header Access-Control-Allow-Credentials false;
+            add_header Access-Control-Allow-Headers *;
+            add_header Access-Control-Allow-Methods ALL;
+            add_header Access-Control-Expose-Headers *;
+
         }
     }
 }
