diff --git a/html/status.php b/html/status.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..cc159ab
--- /dev/null
+++ b/html/status.php
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+<?php
+
+if ($db_link = mysqli_connect('localhost', 'nagios', '', '')) {
+
+  mysqli_close($db_link);
+  /* 200 OK */
+  http_response_code(200);
+
+} else {
+
+  /* 503 Service Unavailable */
+  http_response_code(503);
+
+}
diff --git a/install.sh b/install.sh
index dc7579f..19f5489 100755
--- a/install.sh
+++ b/install.sh
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ if [ ! -d "/etc/mysql/" ]; then
   chmod 600 /root/.my.cnf
   mysql -e "SET PASSWORD FOR 'root'@'localhost' = PASSWORD('$MARIADBPWORD');"
   sed -i "s|password = |password = $MARIADBPWORD|g" /etc/mysql/debian.cnf
+  mysql -e "CREATE USER 'nagios'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED WITH mysql_native_password AS '';"
   mysqladmin flush-privileges
 
 fi
@@ -103,6 +104,10 @@ else
   fi
 fi
 
+# install status.php
+cp html/status.php /srv/www/html
+chmod 644 /srv/www/html/status.php
+
 # jailkit
 apt -y install jailkit
 # bugfix, fixed upstream, shouldn't be needed if jailkit package gets updated