diff --git a/src/index.js b/src/index.js
index 76a0e8c..cad9c0f 100644
--- a/src/index.js
+++ b/src/index.js
@@ -24,6 +24,19 @@ addEventListener('fetch', event => {
 	try {
 	  const apiResponse = await fetch(apiRequest);
 
+	  if (pathname === '/status' && apiResponse.ok) {
+		// If the request is to the /status path and the API request is successful, return a custom response
+		return new Response('API is up and running', {
+		  status: 200,
+		  statusText: 'OK'
+		})} else if (pathname === '/status' && !apiResponse.ok) {
+		// If the request is to the /status path and the API request fails, return a custom response
+		return new Response('API is down', {
+		  status: 503,
+		  statusText: 'Service Unavailable'
+		})};
+
+
 	  if (apiResponse.status === 502 || apiResponse.status === 530) {
 		// If the API request fails, return an error response
 		return new Response('Service Unavailable', {
@@ -35,10 +48,11 @@ addEventListener('fetch', event => {
 		return apiResponse;
 	  }
 	} catch (error) {
+		console.log(error);
 	  // If an error occurs during the API request, return an error response
-	  return new Response('API backend is down temporarily', {
-		status: 420,
-		statusText: 'API Backend Downtime Error'
+	  return new Response('Internal Server Error', {
+		status: 500,
+		statusText: 'Internal Server Error'
 	  });
 	}
   }