diff --git a/tests/test_api_surface.py b/tests/test_api_surface.py
index 268c9cf..7c1cdde 100644
--- a/tests/test_api_surface.py
+++ b/tests/test_api_surface.py
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 
 from __future__ import annotations
 
+import asyncio
+import json
 import tempfile
 import unittest
 from unittest.mock import MagicMock
@@ -54,7 +56,8 @@ class ApiSurfaceTest(unittest.TestCase):
         persistence.config = MagicMock()
         persistence.history = MagicMock()
         persistence.queues = MagicMock()
-        cls.spec = Application(settings, persistence=persistence).web.openapi()
+        cls.app = Application(settings, persistence=persistence).web
+        cls.spec = cls.app.openapi()
 
     @classmethod
     def tearDownClass(cls) -> None:
@@ -78,6 +81,41 @@ class ApiSurfaceTest(unittest.TestCase):
         self.assertTrue(self.spec["openapi"].startswith("3."))
         self.assertIn("ŻyrarBOT", self.spec["info"]["title"])
 
+    def test_health_endpoint_returns_api_response_without_database(self):
+        messages = []
+        received = False
+
+        async def receive():
+            nonlocal received
+            if received:
+                return {"type": "http.disconnect"}
+            received = True
+            return {"type": "http.request", "body": b"", "more_body": False}
+
+        async def send(message):
+            messages.append(message)
+
+        scope = {
+            "type": "http",
+            "asgi": {"version": "3.0", "spec_version": "2.3"},
+            "http_version": "1.1",
+            "method": "GET",
+            "scheme": "http",
+            "path": "/api/health",
+            "raw_path": b"/api/health",
+            "query_string": b"",
+            "root_path": "",
+            "headers": [],
+            "client": ("testclient", 50000),
+            "server": ("testserver", 80),
+        }
+        asyncio.run(self.app(scope, receive, send))
+
+        start = next(message for message in messages if message["type"] == "http.response.start")
+        body = next(message for message in messages if message["type"] == "http.response.body")
+        self.assertEqual(start["status"], 200)
+        self.assertEqual(json.loads(body["body"]), {"status": "ok", "ready": False})
+
     def test_restart_endpoint_calls_restart_state(self):
         import asyncio
         from unittest.mock import MagicMock