diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index f6b67b7..290ed9b 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -2,13 +2,17 @@
 
 Crawl and convert any website into LLM-ready markdown. Build by [Mendable.ai](https://mendable.ai?ref=gfirecrawl)
 
-
 *This repository is currently in its early stages of development. We are in the process of merging custom modules into this mono repository. The primary objective is to enhance the accuracy of LLM responses by utilizing clean data. It is not ready for full self-host yet - we're working on it*
 
 ## What is Firecrawl?
 
 [Firecrawl](https://firecrawl.dev?ref=github) is an API service that takes a URL, crawls it, and converts it into clean markdown. We crawl all accessible subpages and give you clean markdown for each. No sitemap required.
 
+_Pst. hey, you, join our stargazers :)_
+
+<img src="https://github.com/mendableai/firecrawl/assets/44934913/53c4483a-0f0e-40c6-bd84-153a07f94d29" width="200">
+
+
 ## How to use it?
 
 We provide an easy to use API with our hosted version. You can find the playground and documentation [here](https://firecrawl.dev/playground). You can also self host the backend if you'd like. 
diff --git a/apps/api/.env.example b/apps/api/.env.example
index 3bd06cd..e33c5f4 100644
--- a/apps/api/.env.example
+++ b/apps/api/.env.example
@@ -22,4 +22,5 @@ BULL_AUTH_KEY= #
 LOGTAIL_KEY= # Use if you're configuring basic logging with logtail
 PLAYWRIGHT_MICROSERVICE_URL=  # set if you'd like to run a playwright fallback
 LLAMAPARSE_API_KEY= #Set if you have a llamaparse key you'd like to use to parse pdfs
-SERPER_API_KEY= #Set if you have a serper key you'd like to use as a search api
\ No newline at end of file
+SERPER_API_KEY= #Set if you have a serper key you'd like to use as a search api
+SLACK_WEBHOOK_URL= # set if you'd like to send slack server health status messages
diff --git a/apps/api/requests.http b/apps/api/requests.http
index 2350136..751ba5e 100644
--- a/apps/api/requests.http
+++ b/apps/api/requests.http
@@ -49,4 +49,13 @@ content-type: application/json
 
 ### Check Job Status
 GET https://api.firecrawl.dev/v0/crawl/status/cfcb71ac-23a3-4da5-bd85-d4e58b871d66
-Authorization: Bearer 
\ No newline at end of file
+Authorization: Bearer 
+
+### Get Active Jobs Count
+GET http://localhost:3002/serverHealthCheck
+content-type: application/json
+
+### Notify Server Health Check
+GET http://localhost:3002/serverHealthCheck/notify
+content-type: application/json
+
diff --git a/apps/api/src/index.ts b/apps/api/src/index.ts
index a2e5c51..27e8713 100644
--- a/apps/api/src/index.ts
+++ b/apps/api/src/index.ts
@@ -87,6 +87,77 @@ app.get(`/admin/${process.env.BULL_AUTH_KEY}/queues`, async (req, res) => {
   }
 });
 
+app.get(`/serverHealthCheck`, async (req, res) => {
+  try {
+    const webScraperQueue = getWebScraperQueue();
+    const [waitingJobs] = await Promise.all([
+      webScraperQueue.getWaitingCount(),
+    ]);
+
+    const noWaitingJobs = waitingJobs === 0;
+    // 200 if no active jobs, 503 if there are active jobs
+    return res.status(noWaitingJobs ? 200 : 500).json({
+      waitingJobs,
+    });
+  } catch (error) {
+    console.error(error);
+    return res.status(500).json({ error: error.message });
+  }
+});
+
+app.get('/serverHealthCheck/notify', async (req, res) => {
+  if (process.env.SLACK_WEBHOOK_URL) {
+    const treshold = 1; // The treshold value for the active jobs
+    const timeout = 60000; // 1 minute // The timeout value for the check in milliseconds
+
+    const getWaitingJobsCount = async () => {
+      const webScraperQueue = getWebScraperQueue();
+      const [waitingJobsCount] = await Promise.all([
+        webScraperQueue.getWaitingCount(),
+      ]);
+
+      return waitingJobsCount;
+    };
+
+    res.status(200).json({ message: "Check initiated" });
+
+    const checkWaitingJobs = async () => {
+      try {
+        let waitingJobsCount = await getWaitingJobsCount();
+        if (waitingJobsCount >= treshold) {
+          setTimeout(async () => {
+            // Re-check the waiting jobs count after the timeout
+            waitingJobsCount = await getWaitingJobsCount(); 
+            if (waitingJobsCount >= treshold) {
+              const slackWebhookUrl = process.env.SLACK_WEBHOOK_URL;
+              const message = {
+                text: `⚠️ Warning: The number of active jobs (${waitingJobsCount}) has exceeded the threshold (${treshold}) for more than ${timeout/60000} minute(s).`,
+              };
+
+              const response = await fetch(slackWebhookUrl, {
+                method: 'POST',
+                headers: {
+                  'Content-Type': 'application/json',
+                },
+                body: JSON.stringify(message),
+              })
+              
+              if (!response.ok) {
+                console.error('Failed to send Slack notification')
+              }
+            }
+          }, timeout);
+        }
+      } catch (error) {
+        console.error(error);
+      }
+    };
+
+    checkWaitingJobs();
+  }
+});
+
+
 app.get("/is-production", (req, res) => {
   res.send({ isProduction: global.isProduction });
 });