diff --git a/src/api/index.txt b/src/api/index.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9ba09e4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/api/index.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
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+88                               88                                    88
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+88P'    "8a `8b     d8' a8"    `Y88 88P'   "Y8 ""     `Y8 88P'   `"8a  88
+88       88  `8b   d8'  8b       88 88         ,adPPPPP88 88       88  88
+88       88   `8b,d8'   "8a,   ,d88 88         88,    ,88 88       88  88,
+88       88     Y88'     `"8bbdP"Y8 88         `"8bbdP"Y8 88       88  "Y888
+                d8'
+               d8'
+
+this is an atproto relay instance, running the hydrant (https://tangled.org/ptr.pet/hydrant) implementation.
+
+subscribe to the relay at: /xrpc/com.atproto.sync.subscribeRepos
diff --git a/src/api/mod.rs b/src/api/mod.rs
index 24abcd5..636f219 100644
--- a/src/api/mod.rs
+++ b/src/api/mod.rs
@@ -22,7 +22,8 @@ mod xrpc;
 pub async fn serve(hydrant: Hydrant, port: u16) -> miette::Result<()> {
     #[allow(unused_mut)]
     let mut app = Router::new()
-        .route("/health", get(|| async { "OK" }))
+        .route("/", get(async || include_str!("index.txt")))
+        .route("/health", get(async || "OK"))
         .route("/stats", get(stats::get_stats));
     #[cfg(feature = "indexer")]
     let app = app.nest("/stream", stream::router());