diff --git a/backend/src/app.controller.ts b/backend/src/app.controller.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ea73f2f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/src/app.controller.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+import { Controller, Get } from '@nestjs/common';
+import { ApiOperation, ApiTags } from '@nestjs/swagger';
+
+@ApiTags('App')
+@Controller()
+export class AppController {
+    @ApiOperation({ description: 'check site availability' })
+    @Get('ping')
+    pingpong() {
+        return 'pong';
+    }
+}
diff --git a/backend/src/app.module.ts b/backend/src/app.module.ts
index 1adba1e..09548a3 100644
--- a/backend/src/app.module.ts
+++ b/backend/src/app.module.ts
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import { Module } from '@nestjs/common';
 import { TypeOrmModule, TypeOrmModuleOptions } from '@nestjs/typeorm';
 import { config } from 'config';
 import { LibsModule } from 'libs/libs.module';
+import { AppController } from './app.controller';
 import { AdminModule } from './modules/admin/admin.module';
 import { ImageModule } from './modules/image/image.module';
 import { AppInitService } from './modules/initialization/app.init.service';
@@ -19,7 +20,7 @@ import { UserModule } from './modules/user/user.module';
         ProxyModule,
         TypeOrmModule.forRoot(<TypeOrmModuleOptions>config.database),
     ],
-    controllers: [],
+    controllers: [AppController],
     providers: [AppInitService],
 })
 export class AppModule {}