diff --git a/backend/common/src/health.py b/backend/common/src/health.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 001a0216..00000000
--- a/backend/common/src/health.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
-from django.http import HttpResponse
-
-
-class HealthCheckMiddleware:
-    def __init__(self, get_response):
-        self.get_response = get_response
-
-    def __call__(self, request):
-        if request.path == "/health":
-            return HttpResponse("ok")
-        return self.get_response(request)
diff --git a/backend/common/urls.py b/backend/common/urls.py
index e8a9fe94..92ed43b9 100644
--- a/backend/common/urls.py
+++ b/backend/common/urls.py
@@ -25,4 +25,9 @@ urlpatterns = [
         views.NotificationView.as_view(),
         name="api-notification",
     ),
+    path(
+        "health/",
+        views.HealthCheck.as_view(),
+        name="api-health",
+    ),
 ]
diff --git a/backend/common/views.py b/backend/common/views.py
index 4a30b7e0..f7ba9973 100644
--- a/backend/common/views.py
+++ b/backend/common/views.py
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ from common.src.watched import WatchState
 from common.views_base import AdminOnly, ApiBaseView
 from drf_spectacular.utils import OpenApiResponse, extend_schema
 from rest_framework.response import Response
+from rest_framework.views import APIView
 from task.tasks import check_reindex
 
 
@@ -199,3 +200,11 @@ class NotificationView(ApiBaseView):
         response_serializer = NotificationSerializer(notifications, many=True)
 
         return Response(response_serializer.data)
+
+
+class HealthCheck(APIView):
+    """health check view, no auth needed"""
+
+    def get(self, request):
+        """health check, no auth needed"""
+        return Response("OK", status=200)
diff --git a/backend/config/settings.py b/backend/config/settings.py
index 8e9aab9b..1e2355ed 100644
--- a/backend/config/settings.py
+++ b/backend/config/settings.py
@@ -82,7 +82,6 @@ MIDDLEWARE = [
     "django.contrib.auth.middleware.AuthenticationMiddleware",
     "django.contrib.messages.middleware.MessageMiddleware",
     "django.middleware.clickjacking.XFrameOptionsMiddleware",
-    "common.src.health.HealthCheckMiddleware",
 ]
 
 ROOT_URLCONF = "config.urls"