diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 7664798..f9b803d 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 stages:
 - quality assurance
 
-pylint:
+backend-pylint:
   stage: quality assurance
   image: python:3.11.4-buster
   before_script:
diff --git a/.vscode/settings.json b/.vscode/settings.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ff5ea15
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.vscode/settings.json
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+{
+    "files.exclude": {
+        "**/.git": true,
+        "**/.svn": true,
+        "**/.hg": true,
+        "**/CVS": true,
+        "**/.DS_Store": true,
+        "**/Thumbs.db": true,
+        "**/__pycache__": true
+    },
+    "hide-files.files": []
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/backend/.pylintrc b/backend/.pylintrc
index b12f0a2..d3d7cae 100644
--- a/backend/.pylintrc
+++ b/backend/.pylintrc
@@ -1,11 +1,10 @@
 [MAIN]
 
 disable=
-    too-many-instance-attributes,
+    line-too-long,
+    missing-class-docstring,
+    missing-function-docstring,
+    missing-module-docstring,
     too-few-public-methods,
     too-many-arguments,
-    missing-module-docstring,
-    missing-function-docstring,
-    missing-class-docstring,
-    too-few-public-methods,
-    line-too-long,
+    too-many-instance-attributes,
diff --git a/backend/src/app.py b/backend/src/app.py
index 719dc90..d54b818 100644
--- a/backend/src/app.py
+++ b/backend/src/app.py
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 # pylint: disable=too-few-public-methods
 
+from datetime import datetime
 from flask import Flask
 from flask_smorest import Api
 from config.api_settings import DefaultSettings
@@ -20,6 +21,7 @@ class Application:
     app = Flask(__name__)
     app.config.from_object(DefaultSettings)
     api = None
+    alive_since = None
 
     @staticmethod
     def get_instance():
@@ -32,3 +34,4 @@ class Application:
             raise IsSingletonException("This class is a singleton")
         Application.__instance = self
         self.api = Api(self.app)
+        self.alive_since = datetime.now()
diff --git a/backend/src/routes/__init__.py b/backend/src/routes/__init__.py
index b3dc1ab..ce5e1ae 100644
--- a/backend/src/routes/__init__.py
+++ b/backend/src/routes/__init__.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # pylint: disable=wrong-import-position,cyclic-import
 from flask_smorest import Blueprint
 
-routes = Blueprint("support-organizer", "support-organizer", url_prefix="/", description="")
+routes = Blueprint("interface", "interface", url_prefix="/", description="")
 
-from . import apiversion # avoids circular imports problem
+from . import version, openapi, health # avoids circular imports problem
diff --git a/backend/src/routes/health.py b/backend/src/routes/health.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..39d8b1c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/src/routes/health.py
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+from datetime import datetime
+from enum import Enum
+from flask.views import MethodView
+import marshmallow as ma
+
+from app import Application
+from . import routes as blp
+
+instance = Application.get_instance()
+
+class HealthStatus(Enum):
+    OK = 0
+    WARNING = 1
+    ERROR = 2
+    CRITICAL = 3
+
+class HealthGet(ma.Schema):
+    alive_since = ma.fields.String()
+    alive_for = ma.fields.String()
+    status = ma.fields.Enum(HealthStatus, type=ma.fields.String)
+
+@blp.route("/health")
+class ApiVersion(MethodView):
+    @blp.doc(summary="Returns the status and alive-time of the server")
+    @blp.response(200, HealthGet, description="Successful operation")
+    def get(self):
+        response = {
+            "alive_since": datetime.strftime(instance.alive_since, "%d.%m.%Y %H:%M:%S"),
+            "alive_for": str(datetime.now() - instance.alive_since),
+            "status": HealthStatus.OK
+        }
+        return response
diff --git a/backend/src/routes/openapi.py b/backend/src/routes/openapi.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..55ade67
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/src/routes/openapi.py
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+from flask import redirect, url_for
+from flask.views import MethodView
+import marshmallow as ma
+
+from . import routes as blp
+
+class OpenAPIGet(ma.Schema):
+    pass
+
+@blp.route("/openapi")
+class ApiVersion(MethodView):
+    @blp.doc(summary="Get the OpenAPI spec as a JSON.")
+    @blp.response(200, OpenAPIGet, description="Successful operation")
+    def get(self):
+        return redirect(url_for('api-docs.openapi_json'))
diff --git a/backend/src/routes/apiversion.py b/backend/src/routes/version.py
similarity index 100%
rename from backend/src/routes/apiversion.py
rename to backend/src/routes/version.py