diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index e8e4f4f..03ca85a 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ rust-version = "1.77.2"
 # See more keys and their definitions at https://doc.rust-lang.org/cargo/reference/manifest.html
 
 [dependencies]
-axum = { version = "0.7.4", features = ["macros", "original-uri"] }
+axum = { version = "0.7.4", features = ["macros", "original-uri", "json"] }
 bytes = "1.5.0"
 clap = { version = "4.5.1", features = ["cargo"] }
 form_urlencoded = "1.2.1"
diff --git a/src/api/ha_registry/v1/mod.rs b/src/api/ha_registry/v1/mod.rs
index 1271a0c..f46640a 100644
--- a/src/api/ha_registry/v1/mod.rs
+++ b/src/api/ha_registry/v1/mod.rs
@@ -4,3 +4,5 @@
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-only
 
 pub mod routes;
+
+mod status;
diff --git a/src/api/ha_registry/v1/routes.rs b/src/api/ha_registry/v1/routes.rs
index 66810f5..35e830c 100644
--- a/src/api/ha_registry/v1/routes.rs
+++ b/src/api/ha_registry/v1/routes.rs
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@
 
 use axum::{routing::get, Router};
 
+use super::status::{self, handlers::status};
+
 pub fn get_routes() -> Router {
-    Router::new().route("/status", get(|| async { "working" }))
+    Router::new().route("/status", get(status))
 }
diff --git a/src/api/ha_registry/v1/status/handlers.rs b/src/api/ha_registry/v1/status/handlers.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..86e1068
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/api/ha_registry/v1/status/handlers.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+// SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2024 Christina Sørensen
+// SPDX-FileContributor: Christina Sørensen
+//
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-only
+
+use crate::data::status::{Status, ServerState};
+use axum::{Json, http::StatusCode};
+
+const TEST_STATUS: Status = Status { server_state: ServerState::Healthy };
+
+/// Handler for returning the server status.
+pub async fn status() -> Result<Json<Status>, StatusCode> {
+    Ok(Json(TEST_STATUS))
+}
+// pub async fn status() -> StatusCode {
+//     StatusCode::OK
+// }
diff --git a/src/api/ha_registry/v1/status/mod.rs b/src/api/ha_registry/v1/status/mod.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c3d4495
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/api/ha_registry/v1/status/mod.rs
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+pub mod handlers;
diff --git a/src/data/mod.rs b/src/data/mod.rs
index 03f932f..361c12d 100644
--- a/src/data/mod.rs
+++ b/src/data/mod.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,10 @@
-// SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2023 Christina Sørensen
+// SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2024 Christina Sørensen
 // SPDX-FileContributor: Christina Sørensen
 //
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-only
 
+pub mod status;
+
 mod config;
+
 pub use self::config::{Config, CONFIG};
diff --git a/src/data/status.rs b/src/data/status.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d3b151e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/data/status.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+// SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2024 Christina Sørensen
+// SPDX-FileContributor: Christina Sørensen
+//
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-only
+
+use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
+
+/// The state of the server.
+///
+/// - Healthy: everything is working
+/// - Degraded: something is broken, but ha-registry can still run
+/// - Unhealthy: ha-registry is not working
+///
+/// May be expanded later.
+#[derive(Serialize, Deserialize)]
+pub enum ServerState {
+    Healthy,
+    Degraded,
+    Unhealthy,
+}
+
+/// Status struct exposed over status endpoint. Used to see the current state of
+/// ha-registry.
+#[derive(Serialize, Deserialize)]
+pub struct Status {
+    pub server_state: ServerState,
+}