diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 0c1769f..65e103e 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -49,3 +49,12 @@ Use the [python-script]() as a command to execute, you can pass *protocol*, *hos
  	    assign where host.name == "your_host"
     }
 
+Icinga won't have a direct line to an actual host. You can define the remote hosts normally but change the alive check from *hostalive* to *http* and check the gateway availability instead. This will also prevent an error flood if the gateway ever becomes unreachable. The gateway has the */alive* for this purpose.
+
+    object Host "laptop_1"{
+        display_name = "Sheppy's Laptop"
+        address = "localhost"
+        check_command = "http"
+        groups = ["gateway-host", "linux-generic"]
+    }
+
diff --git a/server.py b/server.py
index 6ecd030..5c959ca 100755
--- a/server.py
+++ b/server.py
@@ -44,6 +44,11 @@ def buildReponseDict(status, service=None):
                  "timestamp" : status.timestamp,
                  "info"      : status.info_text }
 
+@app.route('/alive')
+def additionalDates():
+    # simple location for icinga alive checks via HTTP #
+    return ("", 204)
+
 @app.route('/', methods=["GET", "POST"])
 def additionalDates():
     if flask.request.method == "GET":