diff --git a/kontrol-service/api/server.go b/kontrol-service/api/server.go
index 92772cd..5852cb7 100644
--- a/kontrol-service/api/server.go
+++ b/kontrol-service/api/server.go
@@ -53,6 +53,15 @@ func (sv *Server) RegisterExternalAndInternalApi(router api.EchoRouter) {
 }
 
 func (sv *Server) GetHealth(_ context.Context, _ api.GetHealthRequestObject) (api.GetHealthResponseObject, error) {
+	err := sv.db.Check()
+	if err != nil {
+		errMsg := "An error occurred checking the database connection"
+		errResp := api.ErrorJSONResponse{
+			Error: err.Error(),
+			Msg:   &errMsg,
+		}
+		return api.GetHealth500JSONResponse{ErrorJSONResponse: errResp}, nil
+	}
 	resp := "ok"
 	return api.GetHealth200JSONResponse(resp), nil
 }
diff --git a/kontrol-service/database/db.go b/kontrol-service/database/db.go
index 9676dee..7b2aea8 100644
--- a/kontrol-service/database/db.go
+++ b/kontrol-service/database/db.go
@@ -169,6 +169,24 @@ func (db *Db) Clear() error {
 	return nil
 }
 
+func (db *Db) Check() error {
+	rows, err := db.db.Raw("SELECT 1").Rows()
+	if err != nil {
+		return stacktrace.Propagate(err, "An error occurred while checking the DB connection")
+	}
+
+	defer rows.Close()
+	rowsCount := 0
+	for rows.Next() {
+		rowsCount += 1
+	}
+
+	if rowsCount != 1 {
+		return stacktrace.Propagate(err, "The SQL query SELECT 1 should have returned a single row and we got instead %d rows", rowsCount)
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
 type DatabaseConnectionInfo struct {
 	username     string
 	password     string
diff --git a/kontrol-service/go.mod b/kontrol-service/go.mod
index 044f8dd..3b3facd 100644
--- a/kontrol-service/go.mod
+++ b/kontrol-service/go.mod
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ toolchain go1.22.3
 require (
 	github.com/DATA-DOG/go-sqlmock v1.5.2
 	github.com/dominikbraun/graph v0.23.0
-	github.com/kurtosis-tech/kardinal/libs/cli-kontrol-api v0.0.0-20240913221752-e831db545217
+	github.com/kurtosis-tech/kardinal/libs/cli-kontrol-api v0.0.0-20240916202910-d86eaa704e51
 	github.com/kurtosis-tech/kardinal/libs/manager-kontrol-api v0.0.0-20240913221752-e831db545217
 	github.com/kurtosis-tech/stacktrace v0.0.0-20211028211901-1c67a77b5409
 	github.com/labstack/echo/v4 v4.12.0
diff --git a/kontrol-service/go.sum b/kontrol-service/go.sum
index 5b2bd19..a4bace1 100644
--- a/kontrol-service/go.sum
+++ b/kontrol-service/go.sum
@@ -77,8 +77,10 @@ github.com/kr/pretty v0.3.1 h1:flRD4NNwYAUpkphVc1HcthR4KEIFJ65n8Mw5qdRn3LE=
 github.com/kr/pretty v0.3.1/go.mod h1:hoEshYVHaxMs3cyo3Yncou5ZscifuDolrwPKZanG3xk=
 github.com/kr/text v0.2.0 h1:5Nx0Ya0ZqY2ygV366QzturHI13Jq95ApcVaJBhpS+AY=
 github.com/kr/text v0.2.0/go.mod h1:eLer722TekiGuMkidMxC/pM04lWEeraHUUmBw8l2grE=
-github.com/kurtosis-tech/kardinal/libs/cli-kontrol-api v0.0.0-20240913221752-e831db545217 h1:OLG5CtNffardgtFirHxOcM0LDOZ4qRh/fjTYmx1y7Bo=
-github.com/kurtosis-tech/kardinal/libs/cli-kontrol-api v0.0.0-20240913221752-e831db545217/go.mod h1:yvON5b9BHp3yJ99+i+JUMGb985g3h6Eco+w9swS5rds=
+github.com/kurtosis-tech/kardinal/libs/cli-kontrol-api v0.0.0-20240916193505-65de8a373686 h1:VFqLrskN+XGGUxudTerwFnQn+XnVXD1jLE29fypNRQw=
+github.com/kurtosis-tech/kardinal/libs/cli-kontrol-api v0.0.0-20240916193505-65de8a373686/go.mod h1:yvON5b9BHp3yJ99+i+JUMGb985g3h6Eco+w9swS5rds=
+github.com/kurtosis-tech/kardinal/libs/cli-kontrol-api v0.0.0-20240916202910-d86eaa704e51 h1:D2tqOkwf8+Tj/F4u/cKmCPMy4uD0NRQDN1fempg32nY=
+github.com/kurtosis-tech/kardinal/libs/cli-kontrol-api v0.0.0-20240916202910-d86eaa704e51/go.mod h1:yvON5b9BHp3yJ99+i+JUMGb985g3h6Eco+w9swS5rds=
 github.com/kurtosis-tech/kardinal/libs/manager-kontrol-api v0.0.0-20240913221752-e831db545217 h1:cCM7nTd4E6Vh/dXlRgzmyU5I7GBr7D+ImU3iMVx+Dnk=
 github.com/kurtosis-tech/kardinal/libs/manager-kontrol-api v0.0.0-20240913221752-e831db545217/go.mod h1:lj6oLhpXgnc9ZaulV7jysgRaeZUDPK6XiM2TxpcGRqM=
 github.com/kurtosis-tech/stacktrace v0.0.0-20211028211901-1c67a77b5409 h1:YQTATifMUwZEtZYb0LVA7DK2pj8s71iY8rzweuUQ5+g=
diff --git a/kontrol-service/gomod2nix.toml b/kontrol-service/gomod2nix.toml
index 3b9871e..baa68ba 100644
--- a/kontrol-service/gomod2nix.toml
+++ b/kontrol-service/gomod2nix.toml
@@ -266,8 +266,8 @@ schema = 3
     version = "v0.2.0"
     hash = "sha256-fadcWxZOORv44oak3jTxm6YcITcFxdGt4bpn869HxUE="
   [mod."github.com/kurtosis-tech/kardinal/libs/cli-kontrol-api"]
-    version = "v0.0.0-20240913221752-e831db545217"
-    hash = "sha256-Snene5X+e60ztYbCLluEcT8wMtd2w3MOJHGz/KhXr3w="
+    version = "v0.0.0-20240916202910-d86eaa704e51"
+    hash = "sha256-NcQoWjkN4yuRpAnaWb4vgwkpIdzgh+G3ng1P0VH+ynU="
   [mod."github.com/kurtosis-tech/kardinal/libs/manager-kontrol-api"]
     version = "v0.0.0-20240913221752-e831db545217"
     hash = "sha256-Y1vl6Cqpvc+b9+JPnajRGPeAXqA/XQEgcGBCXsiuTek="