diff --git a/mermaid/src/index.js b/mermaid/src/index.js
index bb872febc..5279f6ef5 100644
--- a/mermaid/src/index.js
+++ b/mermaid/src/index.js
@@ -15,6 +15,14 @@ import { create } from './browser-instance.js'
   const worker = new Worker(browser)
   const server = new http.Server(
     micro.serve(async (req, res) => {
+      // Add a /health route that renders a sample diagram by calling the worker
+      if (req.url === '/health') {
+        await worker.convert(new Task('graph TD\nA-->B', false), new URLSearchParams())
+
+        // We don't actually care about the output, we just want to make sure the worker is up and running
+        return micro.send(res, 200, 'OK')
+      }
+
       // TODO: add a /_status route (return mermaid version)
       // TODO: read the diagram source as plain text
       const url = new URL(req.url, 'http://localhost') // create a URL object. The base is not important here