diff --git a/asset-transfer-basic/rest-api-typescript/src/fabric.ts b/asset-transfer-basic/rest-api-typescript/src/fabric.ts
index ab099842..d96abe9b 100644
--- a/asset-transfer-basic/rest-api-typescript/src/fabric.ts
+++ b/asset-transfer-basic/rest-api-typescript/src/fabric.ts
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ import {
   TransactionError,
   TransactionNotFoundError,
 } from './errors';
+import fabproto6 from 'fabric-protos';
 
 export const getNetwork = async (gateway: Gateway): Promise<Network> => {
   const network = await gateway.getNetwork(config.channelName);
@@ -289,3 +290,19 @@ export const blockEventHandler = (redis: Redis): BlockListener => {
 
   return blockListner;
 };
+
+export const getChainInfo = async (qscc: Contract): Promise<boolean> => {
+  try {
+    const data = await qscc.evaluateTransaction(
+      'GetChainInfo',
+      config.channelName
+    );
+    const info = fabproto6.common.BlockchainInfo.decode(data);
+    const blockHeight = info.height.toString();
+    logger.info('Current block height: %s', blockHeight);
+    return true;
+  } catch (e) {
+    logger.error(e, 'Unable to get blockchain info');
+    return false;
+  }
+};
diff --git a/asset-transfer-basic/rest-api-typescript/src/server.ts b/asset-transfer-basic/rest-api-typescript/src/server.ts
index e2586cba..c0b51a38 100644
--- a/asset-transfer-basic/rest-api-typescript/src/server.ts
+++ b/asset-transfer-basic/rest-api-typescript/src/server.ts
@@ -10,10 +10,17 @@ import pinoMiddleware from 'pino-http';
 import { logger } from './logger';
 import { assetsRouter } from './assets.router';
 import { transactionsRouter } from './transactions.router';
-import { getContracts, getGateway, getNetwork } from './fabric';
+import { getContracts, getGateway, getNetwork, getChainInfo } from './fabric';
 import { redis } from './redis';
+import { Contract } from 'fabric-network';
 
-const { BAD_REQUEST, INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR, NOT_FOUND, OK } = StatusCodes;
+const {
+  BAD_REQUEST,
+  INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR,
+  NOT_FOUND,
+  OK,
+  SERVICE_UNAVAILABLE,
+} = StatusCodes;
 
 export const createServer = async (): Promise<Application> => {
   const app = express();
@@ -63,12 +70,20 @@ export const createServer = async (): Promise<Application> => {
       timestamp: new Date().toISOString(),
     })
   );
-  app.get('/live', (_req, res) =>
-    res.status(OK).json({
-      status: getReasonPhrase(OK),
-      timestamp: new Date().toISOString(),
-    })
-  );
+  app.get('/live', async (_req, res) => {
+    const qscc: Contract = _req.app.get('contracts').qscc;
+    if ((await getChainInfo(qscc)) === true) {
+      res.status(OK).json({
+        status: getReasonPhrase(OK),
+        timestamp: new Date().toISOString(),
+      });
+    } else {
+      res.status(SERVICE_UNAVAILABLE).json({
+        status: getReasonPhrase(SERVICE_UNAVAILABLE),
+        timestamp: new Date().toISOString(),
+      });
+    }
+  });
 
   // TODO delete me
   app.get('/error', (_req, _res) => {