diff --git a/conf/backup-with-borg b/conf/backup-with-borg
index d9d6a9d..0a67467 100644
--- a/conf/backup-with-borg
+++ b/conf/backup-with-borg
@@ -17,12 +17,21 @@ filter_hooks() {
     sudo ls /usr/share/yunohost/hooks/backup/ /etc/yunohost/hooks.d/backup/ | grep "\-$1_" | cut -d"-" -f2 | uniq 2>> "$err_file"
 }
 
+healthcheck_url="$(sudo yunohost app setting "${borg_id}" healthcheck_url)"
+healthcheck() {
+    if [[ -n "$healthcheck_url" ]]; then
+        curl -s -m 10 -o /dev/null --data-raw "$(echo $2 | tail --bytes=10000)" "$healthcheck_url/$1"
+    fi
+}
+
 fail_if_partially_failed() {
     grep Skipped|Error
 }
 sudo yunohost app setting "${borg_id}" last_run -v "${current_date}"
 sudo yunohost app setting "${borg_id}" state -v "ongoing"
 
+healthcheck "start"
+
 # Backup system part conf
 conf=$(sudo yunohost app setting "${borg_id}" conf)
 if [[ "$conf" = "1" ]]; then
@@ -74,8 +83,10 @@ repository="$(sudo yunohost app setting "${borg_id}" repository)"
 mailalert="$(sudo yunohost app setting "${borg_id}" mailalert)"
 if [[ -n "$errors" ]]; then
     sudo yunohost app setting "${borg_id}" state -v "failed"
+    healthcheck "fail" "$errors"
 else
     sudo yunohost app setting "${borg_id}" state -v "successful"
+    healthcheck
 fi
 
 if [[ -n "$errors" && $mailalert != "never" ]]; then
diff --git a/config_panel.toml b/config_panel.toml
index 888f261..431abd8 100644
--- a/config_panel.toml
+++ b/config_panel.toml
@@ -46,6 +46,12 @@ services = []
         choices.errors_only = "Only if an error occured"
         choices.never = "Never alert me"
         help = "Alerts are sent to the first user of this server"
+
+        [main.general.healthcheck_url]
+        ask.en = "Healthcheck URL"
+        type = "url"
+        help = "Use a healthcheck to detect silent failures. It's optional, if you don't know what it is, just leave it blank or look it up: https://healthchecks.io"
+        optional = "true"
         
     [main.content]
     name = "What should be backed up?"
diff --git a/manifest.toml b/manifest.toml
index c76c02b..d4c82be 100644
--- a/manifest.toml
+++ b/manifest.toml
@@ -78,6 +78,13 @@ ram.runtime = "50M"
     choices = ["always", "errors_only", "never"]
     default = "errors_only"
 
+    [install.healthcheck_url]
+    ask.en = "Optional - you may specify a healthcheck URL to check against silent failures."
+    ask.fr = "Optionnel - vous pouvez spécifier une URL de vérification de l'état pour vérifier les pannes silencieuses."
+    type = "string"
+    default = ""
+    optional = true
+
 [resources]
     [resources.sources.main]
     url = "https://github.com/borgbackup/borg/archive/refs/tags/1.4.0.tar.gz"
@@ -96,6 +103,7 @@ ram.runtime = "50M"
 
     [resources.apt]
     packages = [
+        "curl",
         "python3-pip",
         "python3-dev",
         "python3-jinja2",