diff --git a/api/health/service.go b/api/health/service.go
index 27a15f7..b59cf7e 100644
--- a/api/health/service.go
+++ b/api/health/service.go
@@ -39,11 +39,11 @@ func (h *Health) Handler() *common.HTTPHandler {
 	newServer.RegisterCodec(codec, "application/json;charset=UTF-8")
 	newServer.RegisterService(h, "health")
 	handler := http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
-		if r.Method == http.MethodGet { // GET request --> return 200 if getLiveness returns true, else 500
+		if r.Method == http.MethodGet { // GET request --> return 200 if getLiveness returns true, else 503
 			if _, healthy := h.health.Results(); healthy {
 				w.WriteHeader(http.StatusOK)
 			} else {
-				w.WriteHeader(http.StatusInternalServerError)
+				w.WriteHeader(http.StatusServiceUnavailable)
 			}
 		} else {
 			newServer.ServeHTTP(w, r) // Other request --> use JSON RPC