diff --git a/deployment/gke-prod-manifests/gateway-backend-config.yaml b/deployment/gke-prod-manifests/gateway-backend-config.yaml
index 3958d0b5..d390dc11 100644
--- a/deployment/gke-prod-manifests/gateway-backend-config.yaml
+++ b/deployment/gke-prod-manifests/gateway-backend-config.yaml
@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@ spec:
   healthCheck:
     timeoutSec: 3
     type: HTTP
-    requestPath: /healthz
-    port: 8080
+    requestPath: /healthcheck
+    port: 4000
   customResponseHeaders:
     headers:
       - "Access-Control-Allow-Origin: https://www.codeparty.org"
diff --git a/services/gateway/package.json b/services/gateway/package.json
index 6fb1cebf..f469ceac 100644
--- a/services/gateway/package.json
+++ b/services/gateway/package.json
@@ -15,12 +15,14 @@
   "dependencies": {
     "cors": "^2.8.5",
     "dotenv": "^16.3.1",
+    "express-healthcheck": "^0.1.0",
     "firebase-admin": "^11.10.1",
     "http-proxy-middleware": "^2.0.6",
     "morgan": "^1.10.0"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "@types/cors": "^2.8.14",
+    "@types/express-healthcheck": "^0.1.2",
     "@types/morgan": "^1.9.6",
     "swagger-autogen": "^2.23.6",
     "ts-node-dev": "^2.0.0",
diff --git a/services/gateway/src/app.ts b/services/gateway/src/app.ts
index 8b19d5f6..49e80fcd 100644
--- a/services/gateway/src/app.ts
+++ b/services/gateway/src/app.ts
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import { setupProxies } from "./proxy/proxy";
 import {http_proxied_routes, wsCollaborationProxiedRoutes, wsMatchProxiedRoutes} from "./proxied_routes/proxied_routes";
 import {frontendAddress} from "./proxied_routes/service_names";
 import {createProxyMiddleware} from "http-proxy-middleware";
+import healthCheck from "express-healthcheck";
 
 
 const httpApp : Express = express();
@@ -25,6 +26,9 @@ httpApp.use(cors(corsOptions));
 wsMatchApp.use(cors(corsOptions));
 wsCollaborationApp.use(cors(corsOptions));
 
+// Health check
+httpApp.use('/healthcheck', healthCheck());
+
 /**
  * WARNING: Do not add body parsing middleware to the Gateway.
  * Otherwise, proxying POST requests with request body would not work.
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 19c965c4..111b543b 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -3059,6 +3059,13 @@
   dependencies:
     "@types/node" "*"
 
+"@types/express-healthcheck@^0.1.2":
+  version "0.1.2"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@types/express-healthcheck/-/express-healthcheck-0.1.2.tgz#1f1aa8846d5e0fb9f71a9acad8ac2f1806bf6fd6"
+  integrity sha512-enSA1JuIErGJqfCCDmNAq6N8OIBhgdg+mBvHUOTrjy7zdrDEKJ4sJr97MoFZNIDh32bUII1F+uPmqgC9H8b4mQ==
+  dependencies:
+    "@types/express" "*"
+
 "@types/express-serve-static-core@^4.17.33":
   version "4.17.39"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@types/express-serve-static-core/-/express-serve-static-core-4.17.39.tgz#2107afc0a4b035e6cb00accac3bdf2d76ae408c8"
@@ -6050,6 +6057,11 @@ exponential-backoff@^3.1.1:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/exponential-backoff/-/exponential-backoff-3.1.1.tgz#64ac7526fe341ab18a39016cd22c787d01e00bf6"
   integrity sha512-dX7e/LHVJ6W3DE1MHWi9S1EYzDESENfLrYohG2G++ovZrYOkm4Knwa0mc1cn84xJOR4KEU0WSchhLbd0UklbHw==
 
+express-healthcheck@^0.1.0:
+  version "0.1.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/express-healthcheck/-/express-healthcheck-0.1.0.tgz#cabec78129c4cb90cd7fb894dfae21b82e27cb07"
+  integrity sha512-FKQVgDo1FMSOYflEq4g6CvNk6stbpkuX0MWXmul8dSICuw/b+3JgoYOq/aiDcYid5k42jh/4HYLYC/M/qDBEuQ==
+
 express-normalize-query-params-middleware@^0.5.0:
   version "0.5.1"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/express-normalize-query-params-middleware/-/express-normalize-query-params-middleware-0.5.1.tgz#dbe1e8139aecb234fb6adb5c0059c75db9733d2a"