diff --git a/src/components/layout/Footer.tsx b/src/components/layout/Footer.tsx
deleted file mode 100644
index f1b58cd2a..000000000
--- a/src/components/layout/Footer.tsx
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,74 +0,0 @@
-import React, { useEffect } from 'react';
-import { createStyles, Footer as FooterComponent } from '@mantine/core';
-import { showNotification } from '@mantine/notifications';
-import { IconAlertCircle as AlertCircle } from '@tabler/icons';
-import { CURRENT_VERSION, REPO_URL } from '../../../data/constants';
-
-const useStyles = createStyles((theme) => ({
-  footer: {
-    borderTop: `1px solid ${
-      theme.colorScheme === 'dark' ? theme.colors.dark[5] : theme.colors.gray[2]
-    }`,
-  },
-
-  inner: {
-    display: 'flex',
-    justifyContent: 'space-between',
-    alignItems: 'center',
-    padding: `${theme.spacing.md}px ${theme.spacing.md}px`,
-
-    [theme.fn.smallerThan('sm')]: {
-      flexDirection: 'column',
-    },
-  },
-
-  links: {
-    [theme.fn.smallerThan('sm')]: {
-      marginTop: theme.spacing.lg,
-      marginBottom: theme.spacing.sm,
-    },
-  },
-}));
-
-interface FooterCenteredProps {
-  links: { link: string; label: string }[];
-}
-
-export function Footer({ links }: FooterCenteredProps) {
-  useEffect(() => {
-    // Fetch Data here when component first mounted
-    fetch(`https://api.github.com/repos/${REPO_URL}/releases/latest`).then((res) => {
-      res.json().then((data) => {
-        if (data.tag_name > CURRENT_VERSION) {
-          showNotification({
-            color: 'yellow',
-            autoClose: false,
-            title: 'New version available',
-            icon: <AlertCircle />,
-            message: `Version ${data.tag_name} is available, update now!`,
-          });
-        } else if (data.tag_name < CURRENT_VERSION) {
-          showNotification({
-            color: 'orange',
-            autoClose: 5000,
-            title: 'You are using a development version',
-            icon: <AlertCircle />,
-            message: 'This version of Homarr is still in development! Bugs are expected 🐛',
-          });
-        }
-      });
-    });
-  }, []);
-
-  return (
-    <FooterComponent
-      height="auto"
-      style={{
-        background: 'none',
-        border: 'none',
-        clear: 'both',
-      }}
-      children={undefined}
-    />
-  );
-}
diff --git a/src/pages/api/modules/ping.ts b/src/pages/api/modules/ping.ts
index e5f5f606b..7b0baea76 100644
--- a/src/pages/api/modules/ping.ts
+++ b/src/pages/api/modules/ping.ts
@@ -13,10 +13,10 @@ async function Get(req: NextApiRequest, res: NextApiResponse) {
 
   // Return 200 if the alive property is true
   if (response.alive) {
-    return res.status(200).end();
+    return res.status(200).json({ alive: true });
   }
   // Return 404 if the alive property is false
-  return res.status(404).end();
+  return res.status(404).json({ alive: false });
 }
 
 export default async (req: NextApiRequest, res: NextApiResponse) => {