diff --git a/CHECKS b/CHECKS
deleted file mode 100644
index dc323c62..00000000
--- a/CHECKS
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-WAIT=1
-TIMEOUT=1
-ATTEMPTS=30
-
-/health
diff --git a/app.json b/app.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..5a0c05b1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app.json
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+{
+  "healthchecks": {
+    "web": [
+      {
+        "type":     "startup",
+        "path":     "/health",
+        "attempts": 30,
+        "timeout":  1,
+        "wait":     1
+      }
+    ]
+  }
+}