diff --git a/nginx.conf b/nginx.conf
index 59ae356..ab84b5f 100644
--- a/nginx.conf
+++ b/nginx.conf
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ http {
 
         location /ping {
             access_log off;
-            return 200;
+            return 200 "PONG";
         }
 
         location ~* \.(png|jpg|gif|svg|txt)$ {