diff --git a/services/web/app/coffee/infrastructure/Server.coffee b/services/web/app/coffee/infrastructure/Server.coffee
index c42590b15f..de467503bf 100644
--- a/services/web/app/coffee/infrastructure/Server.coffee
+++ b/services/web/app/coffee/infrastructure/Server.coffee
@@ -142,9 +142,6 @@ webRouter.use (req, res, next) ->
 		res.status(503)
 		res.render("general/closed", {title:"maintenance"})
 
-apiRouter.get "/status", (req, res)->
-	res.send("web sharelatex is alive")
-
 profiler = require "v8-profiler"
 apiRouter.get "/profile", (req, res) ->
 	time = parseInt(req.query.time || "1000")
diff --git a/services/web/app/coffee/router.coffee b/services/web/app/coffee/router.coffee
index e04356e78b..369073cfc6 100644
--- a/services/web/app/coffee/router.coffee
+++ b/services/web/app/coffee/router.coffee
@@ -272,9 +272,9 @@ module.exports = class Router
 			res.send("hello")
 
 		webRouter.get '/status', (req,res)->
-			res.send("websharelatex is up")
+			res.send("websharelatex is alive (web)")
 		apiRouter.get '/status', (req,res)->
-			res.send("websharelatex api is up")
+			res.send("websharelatex is alive (api)")
 
 		webRouter.get '/dev/csrf', (req, res) ->
 			res.send res.locals.csrfToken