diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 9b8d1c8..4f6cdfc 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ volumes:
 
 Die App stellt einen einfachen Healthcheck-Endpoint bereit, der von Docker oder externen Monitoring-Tools genutzt werden kann:
 
-- **Endpoint**: `/api/health`
+- **Endpoint**: `/health`
 - **Method**: `GET`
 - **Response**: `200 OK` `{"status":"ok"}`
 
diff --git a/app/api/health/route.ts b/app/health/route.ts
similarity index 100%
rename from app/api/health/route.ts
rename to app/health/route.ts
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index 41d5db5..3fe3e22 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ services:
       - ./public/uploads:/app/public/uploads
     restart: always
     healthcheck:
-      test: [ "CMD", "wget", "--no-verbose", "--tries=1", "--spider", "http://localhost:3000/api/health" ]
+      test: [ "CMD", "wget", "--no-verbose", "--tries=1", "--spider", "http://localhost:3000/health" ]
       interval: 30s
       timeout: 10s
       retries: 3
diff --git a/middleware.ts b/middleware.ts
index adf380c..0d06504 100644
--- a/middleware.ts
+++ b/middleware.ts
@@ -27,6 +27,6 @@ export function middleware(request: NextRequest) {
 export const config = {
     matcher: [
         // Skip all internal paths (_next)
-        "/((?!_next|api|public|manifest|icon|file|globe|next|vercel|window|push-sw.js|sw.js|workbox).*)",
+        "/((?!_next|api|public|manifest|icon|file|globe|next|vercel|window|push-sw.js|sw.js|workbox|health).*)",
     ],
 };