diff --git a/server/app/controllers/MaintenanceController.scala b/server/app/controllers/MaintenanceController.scala
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..cbb17ff7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/server/app/controllers/MaintenanceController.scala
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+package controllers
+
+import controllers.common.{MyJsonController, MyJsonControllerComponents}
+import javax.inject.Inject
+import org.scalactic.Good
+import play.api.libs.json.JsObject
+
+import scala.concurrent.Future
+
+class MaintenanceController @Inject() (
+    components: MyJsonControllerComponents)
+    extends MyJsonController(components) {
+
+  def run() = public { _ =>
+    Future.successful(Good(JsObject.empty))
+  }
+}
diff --git a/server/conf/routes b/server/conf/routes
index 547b3bf8..06c8969d 100644
--- a/server/conf/routes
+++ b/server/conf/routes
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 # ~~~~
 
 GET   /health                controllers.HealthController.check()
+# GET   /maintenance           controllers.MaintenanceController.run()
 
 GET   /transactions/:txid        controllers.TransactionsController.getTransaction(txid: String)
 GET   /transactions/:txid/raw    controllers.TransactionsController.getRawTransaction(txid: String)