diff --git a/server.js b/server.js
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index 531d971..0000000
--- a/server.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,18 +0,0 @@
-const express = require("express");
-const path = require("path");
-const history = require("connect-history-api-fallback");
-
-const publicPath = path.join(__dirname, "public");
-
-app = express();
-app.use("/", express.static(publicPath));
-app.use(history({ index: "/" }));
-
-app.get("/", function (req, res) {
-  res.sendFile(`${publicPath}/index.html`);
-});
-
-const port = process.env.PORT || 5001;
-console.log("Server runnning at port:", port);
-
-app.listen(port);
diff --git a/server.ts b/server.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..34cc253
--- /dev/null
+++ b/server.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+import express, { Express, Request, Response } from "express";
+
+import path from "path";
+const history = require("connect-history-api-fallback");
+
+const publicPath = path.join(__dirname, "..", "public");
+
+const app: Express = express();
+
+app.get("/_healthz", (_, res) => {
+  res.status(200).send("ok");
+});
+
+app.use("/", express.static(publicPath));
+app.use(history({ index: "/" }));
+
+app.get("/", (req: Request, res: Response) => {
+  console.log("trying to get:", req.path);
+  res.sendFile(`${publicPath}/index.html`);
+});
+
+const port = process.env.PORT || 5001;
+console.log("Server runnning at port:", port);
+
+app.listen(port);
diff --git a/tsconfig.server.json b/tsconfig.server.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..592dd9b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tsconfig.server.json
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+{
+  "compilerOptions": {
+    "target": "esnext",
+    "outDir": "./lib",
+    "lib": ["es2017"],
+    "module": "commonjs",
+    "moduleResolution": "node",
+    "allowJs": true,
+    "alwaysStrict": true,
+    "allowSyntheticDefaultImports": true,
+    "esModuleInterop": true,
+    "forceConsistentCasingInFileNames": true,
+    "isolatedModules": true,
+    "noEmit": false,
+    "noFallthroughCasesInSwitch": true,
+    "noUnusedLocals": true,
+    "noUnusedParameters": true,
+    "noImplicitReturns": true,
+    "noImplicitAny": true,
+    "resolveJsonModule": true,
+    "declaration": true,
+    "sourceMap": false,
+    "preserveConstEnums": true,
+    "skipLibCheck": true,
+    "removeComments": false,
+    "strict": true,
+    "typeRoots": ["./node_modules/@types"]
+  },
+  "include": ["server.ts"]
+}