diff --git a/CHECKS b/CHECKS
deleted file mode 100644
index c36b0ef..0000000
--- a/CHECKS
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-/ping   success
diff --git a/app.json b/app.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0de5b0e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app.json
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+{
+  "healthchecks": {
+    "web": [
+        {
+            "type":        "startup",
+            "name":        "web check",
+            "description": "Checking if the app responds to the /ping endpoint",
+            "path":        "/ping",
+            "attempts": 3
+        }
+    ]
+  }
+}