diff --git a/snippetbox/cmd/web/handlers.go b/snippetbox/cmd/web/handlers.go
index fa7363a..d45bfcd 100644
--- a/snippetbox/cmd/web/handlers.go
+++ b/snippetbox/cmd/web/handlers.go
@@ -11,6 +11,11 @@ import (
 	"snippetbox.chaosfem.tw/internal/validator"
 )
 
+// ping ...
+func ping(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+	w.Write([]byte("OK"))
+}
+
 // home ...
 func (app *application) home(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 	snippets, err := app.snippets.Latest()
diff --git a/snippetbox/cmd/web/handlers_test.go b/snippetbox/cmd/web/handlers_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..14b31d9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/snippetbox/cmd/web/handlers_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+package main
+
+import (
+	"bytes"
+	"io"
+	"net/http"
+	"net/http/httptest"
+	"testing"
+
+	"snippetbox.chaosfem.tw/internal/assert"
+)
+
+func TestPing(t *testing.T) {
+	rr := httptest.NewRecorder()
+
+	r, err := http.NewRequest(http.MethodGet, "/", nil)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+
+	ping(rr, r)
+
+	rs := rr.Result()
+
+	assert.Equal(t, rs.StatusCode, http.StatusOK)
+
+	defer rs.Body.Close()
+	body, err := io.ReadAll(rs.Body)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+
+	assert.Equal(t, string(bytes.TrimSpace(body)), "OK")
+}