diff --git a/src/app.ts b/src/app.ts
index c6af3a4..a8f38a3 100644
--- a/src/app.ts
+++ b/src/app.ts
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ import { hostHeader } from "./middleware/hostHeader";
 import { getBrandingStats } from "./routes/getBrandingStats";
 import { getTopBrandingUsers } from "./routes/getTopBrandingUsers";
 import { getFeatureFlag } from "./routes/getFeatureFlag";
+import { getReady } from "./routes/getReady";
 
 export function createServer(callback: () => void): Server {
     // Create a service (the app object is just a callback).
@@ -205,6 +206,8 @@ function setupRoutes(router: Router, server: Server) {
     router.get("/api/status/:value", (req, res) => getStatus(req, res, server));
     router.get("/api/status", (req, res) => getStatus(req, res, server));
 
+    router.get("/api/ready", (req, res) => getReady(req, res, server));
+
     router.get("/api/youtubeApiProxy", youtubeApiProxy);
     // get user category stats
     router.get("/api/userStats", getUserStats);
diff --git a/src/config.ts b/src/config.ts
index ea03170..3752323 100644
--- a/src/config.ts
+++ b/src/config.ts
@@ -193,6 +193,7 @@ addDefaults(config, {
     minUserIDLength: 30,
     deArrowPaywall: false,
     useCacheForSegmentGroups: false,
+    maxConnections: 100
 });
 loadFromEnv(config);
 migrate(config);
diff --git a/src/routes/getReady.ts b/src/routes/getReady.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4320db4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/routes/getReady.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+import { Request, Response } from "express";
+import { Server } from "http";
+import { config } from "../config";
+
+export async function getReady(req: Request, res: Response, server: Server): Promise<Response> {
+    const connections = await new Promise((resolve) => server.getConnections((_, count) => resolve(count))) as number;
+
+    if (!connections || connections < config.maxConnections) {
+        return res.sendStatus(200);
+    } else {
+        return res.sendStatus(500);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/types/config.model.ts b/src/types/config.model.ts
index 18c98d6..041c6fa 100644
--- a/src/types/config.model.ts
+++ b/src/types/config.model.ts
@@ -106,6 +106,7 @@ export interface SBSConfig {
     minUserIDLength: number,
     deArrowPaywall: boolean,
     useCacheForSegmentGroups: boolean
+    maxConnections: number;
 }
 
 export interface WebhookConfig {