diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index e7a11a9..4202993 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -1,3 +1,69 @@
-fn main() {
-    println!("Hello, world!");
+// src/main.rs
+
+use axum::{
+    extract::State,
+    http::StatusCode,
+    response::{IntoResponse, Json},
+    routing::get,
+    Router,
+};
+use serde_json::json;
+use sqlx::postgres::PgPoolOptions;
+use sqlx::PgPool;
+use std::net::SocketAddr;
+use std::env;
+
+#[derive(Clone)]
+struct AppState {
+    db_pool: PgPool,
 }
+
+#[tokio::main]
+async fn main() {
+    dotenvy::dotenv().expect("Failed to read .env file");
+
+    let database_url = env::var("DATABASE_URL")
+        .expect("DATABASE_URL must be set");
+
+    let db_pool = PgPoolOptions::new()
+        .max_connections(5)
+        .connect(&database_url)
+        .await
+        .expect("Failed to create Postgres connection pool");
+
+    println!("✅ Database connection pool created successfully.");
+
+    let app_state = AppState { db_pool };
+
+    let app = Router::new()
+        .route("/api/health", get(health_checker_handler))
+        .with_state(app_state);
+
+    let addr = SocketAddr::from(([0, 0, 0, 0], 3000));
+    println!("🚀 Server listening on {}", addr);
+    
+    let listener = tokio::net::TcpListener::bind(&addr).await.unwrap();
+    axum::serve(listener, app).await.unwrap();
+}
+
+async fn health_checker_handler(
+    State(state): State<AppState>,
+) -> impl IntoResponse {
+    let result = sqlx::query("SELECT 1")
+        .execute(&state.db_pool)
+        .await;
+
+    let (status_code, message) = match result {
+        Ok(_) => (
+            StatusCode::OK,
+            "Database connection is successful.".to_string(),
+        ),
+        Err(e) => (
+            StatusCode::INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR,
+            format!("Database connection failed: {}", e),
+        ),
+    };
+
+    (status_code, Json(json!({ "status": message })))
+}
+