diff --git a/app/main.py b/app/main.py
index 42bff85..5a596a7 100644
--- a/app/main.py
+++ b/app/main.py
@@ -40,6 +40,16 @@
 app.middleware("http")(add_correlation_id)
 register_exception_handlers(app)
 
+
+@app.get("/")
+async def root():
+    return {
+        "message": f"Welcome to the {settings.app_name}",
+        "description": settings.app_description,
+        "version": settings.app_version,
+    }
+
+
 # include routers
 app.include_router(tiles.router)
 app.include_router(jobs_status.router)
diff --git a/tests/test_root.py b/tests/test_root.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0b6136e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test_root.py
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+def test_root(client):
+    response = client.get("/")
+
+    assert response.status_code == 200