diff --git a/src/app.ts b/src/app.ts
index 56e2511..3f31999 100644
--- a/src/app.ts
+++ b/src/app.ts
@@ -37,6 +37,8 @@ export const createApp = async (
     );
   }
 
+  app.use("/", express.static("static"));
+
   const api = new OpenAPIBackend({
     definition: process.env["SPEC_FILE"] ?? "./specs/moddedccapi_20240906.json",
     strict: false,
diff --git a/static/index.html b/static/index.html
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..11061c7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/static/index.html
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+<!DOCTYPE html>
+<html>
+<head>
+<title>cc-api-sandbox</title>
+<style>
+    code {
+        background-color: lightgray;
+        color: black;
+        padding: 0.1em 0.2em 0.1em 0.2em;
+    }
+</style>
+</head>
+<body>
+<h1>cc-api-sandbox</h1>
+The API server is running and working correctly! You can use <code>curl -X "&lt;METHOD&gt;" http://127.0.0.1:9000/&lt;api path&gt;</code>
+to access the API endpoints.
+</body>
+</html>
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