diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 08e3ede..9553fde 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "SparkHub",
-  "version": "1.3.0",
+  "version": "1.3.1",
   "scripts": {
     "test": "bun test",
     "dev": "bun run --watch src/index.ts",
diff --git a/src/client/app.tsx b/src/client/app.tsx
index 9133c03..8c2fbd3 100644
--- a/src/client/app.tsx
+++ b/src/client/app.tsx
@@ -21,5 +21,5 @@ function App() {
     );
 }
 
-// @ts-ignore
+// @ts-expect-error
 render(<App />, document.getElementById('app'));
diff --git a/src/encryption.ts b/src/encryption.ts
index 4b1959f..471cb55 100644
--- a/src/encryption.ts
+++ b/src/encryption.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import { scryptAsync } from '@noble/hashes/scrypt';
-// @ts-ignore dont want to install @types/browserify-cipher as it has incorrect definition of the func we use
+// @ts-expect-error dont want to install @types/browserify-cipher as it has incorrect definition of the func we use
 import * as aes from 'browserify-cipher';
-// @ts-ignore its purejs, we donthave types for it
+// @ts-expect-error its purejs, we donthave types for it
 import { hexToUint8Array, uint8ArrayToHex } from './uint8array-extras';
 
 const createCipheriv = aes.createCipheriv;
diff --git a/src/index.ts b/src/index.ts
index 3f59097..15312a9 100644
--- a/src/index.ts
+++ b/src/index.ts
@@ -106,6 +106,8 @@ const getOrCreateRequestId = (request: Request): string => {
 const pingResponseSchema = t.Object({
     status: t.String(),
     message: t.String(),
+    version: t.String(),
+    uptime: t.Number(),
 });
 
 const lnurlPayResponseSchema = t.Object({
@@ -216,13 +218,22 @@ const app = new Elysia(serverConfig.elysia)
     )
 
     // Health check endpoint
-    .get('/ping', (): Static<typeof pingResponseSchema> => ({ status: 'ok', message: 'SparkHub is running' }), {
-        response: pingResponseSchema,
-        detail: {
-            summary: 'Health check',
-            description: 'Returns the status of the service',
-        },
-    })
+    .get(
+        '/ping',
+        (): Static<typeof pingResponseSchema> => ({
+            status: 'ok',
+            message: 'SparkHub is running',
+            version: pckg.version,
+            uptime: process.uptime(),
+        }),
+        {
+            response: pingResponseSchema,
+            detail: {
+                summary: 'Health check',
+                description: 'Returns the status of the service',
+            },
+        }
+    )
 
     // Serve the frontend
     .get('/', () => Bun.file('public/index.html'))
diff --git a/test/index.test.ts b/test/index.test.ts
index 61b4579..9dac526 100644
--- a/test/index.test.ts
+++ b/test/index.test.ts
@@ -3,14 +3,10 @@ import { app } from '../src/index'
 
 describe('Elysia', () => {
     it('returns a response from /ping route', async () => {
-        const response = await app
-            .handle(new Request('http://localhost:3000/ping'))
-            .then((res: Response) => res.json())
-
-        expect(response).toEqual({
-            status: 'ok',
-            message: 'SparkHub is running'
-        })
+        const r = await app.handle(new Request('http://localhost:3000/ping')).then(res => res.json())
+        expect(r).toMatchObject({ status: 'ok', message: 'SparkHub is running' })
+        expect(r.version).toMatch(/^\d+\.\d+\.\d+/)
+        expect(r.uptime).toBeGreaterThanOrEqual(0)
     })
 
     describe('/api/users/:username', () => {