diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 5e6c077..2f9d82a 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 A template project to create a Docker image for a Java application.
 The [example application](src/main/java/com/miguno/javadockerbuild/App.java)
 uses Spring Boot to expose an HTTP endpoint at
-[`/status`](http://localhost:8123/status).
+[`/welcome`](http://localhost:8123/welcome).
 
 > **Golang developer?** Check out https://github.com/miguno/golang-docker-build-tutorial
 
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ $ docker run -p 8123:8123 miguno/java-docker-build-tutorial:latest
 ```
 Running container from docker image ...
 Starting container for image 'miguno/java-docker-build-tutorial:latest', exposing port 8123/tcp
-- Run 'curl http://localhost:8123/status' to send a test request to the containerized app.
+- Run 'curl http://localhost:8123/welcome' to send a test request to the containerized app.
 - Enter Ctrl-C to stop the container.
 
   .   ____          _            __ _ _
@@ -123,8 +123,8 @@ Starting container for image 'miguno/java-docker-build-tutorial:latest', exposin
 running container.
 
 ```shell
-$ curl http://localhost:8123/status
-{"status":"idle"}
+$ curl http://localhost:8123/welcome
+{"welcome":"Hello, World!"}
 ```
 
 # Local usage without Docker
diff --git a/justfile b/justfile
index 2ed3b92..39628ef 100644
--- a/justfile
+++ b/justfile
@@ -33,13 +33,13 @@ audit:
 
 # benchmark the app's HTTP endpoint with plow (requires https://github.com/six-ddc/plow)
 benchmark-plow:
-    @echo plow -c 100 --duration=30s http://localhost:${APP_PORT}/status
-    @plow      -c 100 --duration=30s http://localhost:${APP_PORT}/status
+    @echo plow -c 100 --duration=30s http://localhost:${APP_PORT}/welcome
+    @plow      -c 100 --duration=30s http://localhost:${APP_PORT}/welcome
 
 # benchmark the app's HTTP endpoint with wrk (requires https://github.com/wg/wrk)
 benchmark-wrk:
-    @echo wrk -t 10 -c 100 --latency --duration 30 http://localhost:${APP_PORT}/status
-    @wrk      -t 10 -c 100 --latency --duration 30 http://localhost:${APP_PORT}/status
+    @echo wrk -t 10 -c 100 --latency --duration 30 http://localhost:${APP_PORT}/welcome
+    @wrk      -t 10 -c 100 --latency --duration 30 http://localhost:${APP_PORT}/welcome
 
 # alias for 'compile'
 build: compile
@@ -135,8 +135,8 @@ site: compile
 
 # send request to the app's HTTP endpoint (requires Docker and running app container)
 send-request-to-app:
-    @echo curl http://localhost:${APP_PORT}/status
-    @curl      http://localhost:${APP_PORT}/status
+    @echo curl http://localhost:${APP_PORT}/welcome
+    @curl      http://localhost:${APP_PORT}/welcome
 
 # static code analysis with spotbugs
 spotbugs: compile
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/miguno/javadockerbuild/admin/SecuritySecureConfig.java b/src/main/java/com/miguno/javadockerbuild/admin/SecuritySecureConfig.java
index 3eed185..aba39ca 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/miguno/javadockerbuild/admin/SecuritySecureConfig.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/miguno/javadockerbuild/admin/SecuritySecureConfig.java
@@ -93,8 +93,8 @@ protected SecurityFilterChain filterChain(HttpSecurity http) throws Exception {
                     //// For the Spring Boot Admin client (the "real" app being developed).
                     .requestMatchers(
                         new AntPathRequestMatcher("/"),
-                        // Permit public access to this app's example endpoint at `/status`.
-                        new AntPathRequestMatcher("/status"),
+                        // Permit public access to this app's example endpoint at `/welcome`.
+                        new AntPathRequestMatcher("/welcome"),
                         // Permit public access to Swagger.
                         new AntPathRequestMatcher("/swagger-ui.html"),
                         new AntPathRequestMatcher("/v3/api-docs"),
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/miguno/javadockerbuild/controllers/RootController.java b/src/main/java/com/miguno/javadockerbuild/controllers/RootController.java
index e2ac7c7..f99b8c5 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/miguno/javadockerbuild/controllers/RootController.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/miguno/javadockerbuild/controllers/RootController.java
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ public String root() {
         <p>Enjoy playing around with this application!</p>
         <h2>Example Endpoints</h2>
         <ul>
-          <li><a href="/status"><code>/status</code></a> &mdash; this app's example endpoint</li>
+          <li><a href="/welcome"><code>/welcome</code></a> &mdash; this app's example endpoint</li>
           <li><a href="/actuator/health"><code>/actuator/health</code></a> &mdash; Spring built-in feature</li>
           <li><a href="/actuator/prometheus"><code>/actuator/prometheus</code></a> &mdash; Spring built-in feature</li>
           <li><a href="/admin">Spring Boot Admin dashboard</a> <strong>(requires login, see below)</strong></li>
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/miguno/javadockerbuild/controllers/StatusController.java b/src/main/java/com/miguno/javadockerbuild/controllers/WelcomeController.java
similarity index 60%
rename from src/main/java/com/miguno/javadockerbuild/controllers/StatusController.java
rename to src/main/java/com/miguno/javadockerbuild/controllers/WelcomeController.java
index dcc2528..8093ad5 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/miguno/javadockerbuild/controllers/StatusController.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/miguno/javadockerbuild/controllers/WelcomeController.java
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 package com.miguno.javadockerbuild.controllers;
 
-import com.miguno.javadockerbuild.models.Status;
+import com.miguno.javadockerbuild.models.Welcome;
 import edu.umd.cs.findbugs.annotations.SuppressFBWarnings;
 import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.GetMapping;
 import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RequestParam;
@@ -9,18 +9,18 @@
 /** The only API endpoint exposed by this example application. */
 @SuppressFBWarnings("SPRING_ENDPOINT")
 @RestController
-public class StatusController {
+public class WelcomeController {
 
   private static final String template = "Hello, %s!";
 
   /**
-   * Returns a greeting to the client.
+   * Returns a welcome message to the client.
    *
    * @param name The name to greet.
-   * @return A personalized greeting.
+   * @return A personalized welcome message.
    */
-  @GetMapping("/status")
-  public Status status(@RequestParam(value = "name", defaultValue = "World") String name) {
-    return new Status(String.format(template, name));
+  @GetMapping("/welcome")
+  public Welcome welcome(@RequestParam(value = "name", defaultValue = "World") String name) {
+    return new Welcome(String.format(template, name));
   }
 }
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/miguno/javadockerbuild/models/Status.java b/src/main/java/com/miguno/javadockerbuild/models/Welcome.java
similarity index 51%
rename from src/main/java/com/miguno/javadockerbuild/models/Status.java
rename to src/main/java/com/miguno/javadockerbuild/models/Welcome.java
index d04b8cc..9a5dad8 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/miguno/javadockerbuild/models/Status.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/miguno/javadockerbuild/models/Welcome.java
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 package com.miguno.javadockerbuild.models;
 
-public record Status(String status) {}
+public record Welcome(String welcome) {}
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/miguno/javadockerbuild/SmokeTest.java b/src/test/java/com/miguno/javadockerbuild/SmokeTest.java
index 6f7d059..bd2037a 100644
--- a/src/test/java/com/miguno/javadockerbuild/SmokeTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/com/miguno/javadockerbuild/SmokeTest.java
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 package com.miguno.javadockerbuild;
 
-import com.miguno.javadockerbuild.controllers.StatusController;
+import com.miguno.javadockerbuild.controllers.WelcomeController;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
 import org.springframework.boot.test.context.SpringBootTest;
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 @SpringBootTest
 class SmokeTest {
 
-  @Autowired private StatusController controller;
+  @Autowired private WelcomeController controller;
 
   @Test
   void verifyThatApplicationContextLoads() {
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/miguno/javadockerbuild/controllers/StatusControllerIT.java b/src/test/java/com/miguno/javadockerbuild/controllers/WelcomeControllerIT.java
similarity index 71%
rename from src/test/java/com/miguno/javadockerbuild/controllers/StatusControllerIT.java
rename to src/test/java/com/miguno/javadockerbuild/controllers/WelcomeControllerIT.java
index 4db0d57..48e0338 100644
--- a/src/test/java/com/miguno/javadockerbuild/controllers/StatusControllerIT.java
+++ b/src/test/java/com/miguno/javadockerbuild/controllers/WelcomeControllerIT.java
@@ -8,17 +8,17 @@
 import org.springframework.boot.test.web.client.TestRestTemplate;
 import org.springframework.http.ResponseEntity;
 
-/** An example integration test for the API endpoint `/status`. */
+/** An example integration test for the API endpoint `/welcome`. */
 @SpringBootTest(webEnvironment = SpringBootTest.WebEnvironment.RANDOM_PORT)
-public class StatusControllerIT {
+public class WelcomeControllerIT {
 
   @Autowired private TestRestTemplate template;
 
   @Test
-  public void getStatus() throws Exception {
-    ResponseEntity<String> response = template.getForEntity("/status", String.class);
+  public void welcome() throws Exception {
+    ResponseEntity<String> response = template.getForEntity("/welcome", String.class);
     String expectedJson = """
-           {"status":"Hello, World!"}
+           {"welcome":"Hello, World!"}
         """;
     JSONAssert.assertEquals(expectedJson, response.getBody(), JSONCompareMode.STRICT);
   }
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/miguno/javadockerbuild/controllers/StatusControllerTest.java b/src/test/java/com/miguno/javadockerbuild/controllers/WelcomeControllerTest.java
similarity index 75%
rename from src/test/java/com/miguno/javadockerbuild/controllers/StatusControllerTest.java
rename to src/test/java/com/miguno/javadockerbuild/controllers/WelcomeControllerTest.java
index afac7d5..c3d12d0 100644
--- a/src/test/java/com/miguno/javadockerbuild/controllers/StatusControllerTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/com/miguno/javadockerbuild/controllers/WelcomeControllerTest.java
@@ -11,20 +11,20 @@
 import static org.springframework.test.web.servlet.result.MockMvcResultMatchers.content;
 import static org.springframework.test.web.servlet.result.MockMvcResultMatchers.status;
 
-/** Example unit tests for the API endpoint `/status`. */
+/** Example unit tests for the API endpoint `/welcome`. */
 @SpringBootTest
 @AutoConfigureMockMvc
-public class StatusControllerTest {
+public class WelcomeControllerTest {
 
   @Autowired private MockMvc mvc;
 
   @Test
-  public void getStatus() throws Exception {
+  public void getWelcome() throws Exception {
     String expectedJson = """
-                {"status":"Hello, World!"}
+                {"welcome":"Hello, World!"}
         """;
 
-    mvc.perform(MockMvcRequestBuilders.get("/status").accept(MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON))
+    mvc.perform(MockMvcRequestBuilders.get("/welcome").accept(MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON))
         .andExpect(status().isOk())
         .andExpect(content().json(expectedJson));
   }
diff --git a/start_container.sh b/start_container.sh
index d95f305..4454eea 100755
--- a/start_container.sh
+++ b/start_container.sh
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ declare -r OS="$(uname -s)"
 declare -r ARCH="$(uname -m)"
 
 # Check requirements
-if ! command -v docker &> /dev/null; then
+if ! command -v docker &>/dev/null; then
     echo "ERROR: 'docker' command not available. Is Docker installed?"
     exit 1
 fi
@@ -28,6 +28,6 @@ if [[ "$OS" = "Darwin" && "$ARCH" = "arm64" ]]; then
 fi
 
 echo "Starting container for image '$DOCKER_IMAGE_NAME:$DOCKER_IMAGE_TAG', exposing port ${APP_PORT}/tcp"
-echo "- Run 'curl http://localhost:${APP_PORT}/status' to send a test request to the containerized app."
+echo "- Run 'curl http://localhost:${APP_PORT}/welcome' to send a test request to the containerized app."
 echo "- Enter Ctrl-C to stop the container."
 docker run $DOCKER_OPTIONS -p "$APP_PORT:$APP_PORT" "$DOCKER_IMAGE_NAME":"$DOCKER_IMAGE_TAG"