diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 9a2c4cc8..0d509d1d 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ COPY --from=build /src/bin/neko /usr/bin/neko
 #
 # add healthcheck
 HEALTHCHECK --interval=10s --timeout=5s --retries=8 \
-    CMD wget -O - http://localhost:${NEKO_SERVER_BIND#*:}/api/health || exit 1
+    CMD wget -O - http://localhost:${NEKO_SERVER_BIND#*:}/health || exit 1
 
 #
 # run neko
diff --git a/internal/api/router.go b/internal/api/router.go
index c7d171b9..b05115fd 100644
--- a/internal/api/router.go
+++ b/internal/api/router.go
@@ -57,11 +57,6 @@ func (api *ApiManagerCtx) Route(r types.Router) {
 			r.Route(path, router)
 		}
 	})
-
-	r.Get("/health", func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) error {
-		_, err := w.Write([]byte("true"))
-		return err
-	})
 }
 
 func (api *ApiManagerCtx) Authenticate(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) (context.Context, error) {
diff --git a/internal/http/logger.go b/internal/http/logger.go
index 3714568e..783caede 100644
--- a/internal/http/logger.go
+++ b/internal/http/logger.go
@@ -17,8 +17,8 @@ type logFormatter struct {
 }
 
 func (l *logFormatter) NewLogEntry(r *http.Request) middleware.LogEntry {
-	// exclude healthcheck from logs
-	if r.RequestURI == "/api/health" {
+	// exclude health & metrics from logs
+	if r.RequestURI == "/health" || r.RequestURI == "/metrics" {
 		return &nulllog{}
 	}
 
diff --git a/internal/http/manager.go b/internal/http/manager.go
index d81f695e..5175f09e 100644
--- a/internal/http/manager.go
+++ b/internal/http/manager.go
@@ -42,6 +42,11 @@ func New(WebSocketManager types.WebSocketManager, ApiManager types.ApiManager, c
 		return config.AllowOrigin(r.Header.Get("Origin"))
 	}))
 
+	router.Get("/health", func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) error {
+		_, err := w.Write([]byte("true"))
+		return err
+	})
+
 	router.Get("/metrics", func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) error {
 		promhttp.Handler().ServeHTTP(w, r)
 		return nil