diff --git a/packages/health-check/src/api/disabled.js b/packages/health-check/src/api/disabled.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..6471ad2f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/health-check/src/api/disabled.js
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+const db = require("../db");
+
+// returns a disabled flag status
+module.exports = (req, res) => {
+  const disabled = db.get("disabled").value();
+
+  res.send({ disabled });
+};
diff --git a/packages/health-check/src/checks/critical.js b/packages/health-check/src/checks/critical.js
index f737995f..d8e41251 100644
--- a/packages/health-check/src/checks/critical.js
+++ b/packages/health-check/src/checks/critical.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 const superagent = require("superagent");
 const { StatusCodes } = require("http-status-codes");
-const { getTimeDiff } = require("../utils");
+const { calculateElapsedTime } = require("../utils");
 
 // uploadCheck returns the result of uploading a sample file
 async function uploadCheck(done) {
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ async function uploadCheck(done) {
         name: "upload_file",
         up: statusCode === StatusCodes.OK,
         statusCode,
-        time: getTimeDiff(time),
+        time: calculateElapsedTime(time),
         critical: true,
       });
     });
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ async function downloadCheck(done) {
     name: "download_file",
     up: statusCode === StatusCodes.OK,
     statusCode,
-    time: getTimeDiff(time),
+    time: calculateElapsedTime(time),
     critical: true,
   });
 }
diff --git a/packages/health-check/src/checks/verbose.js b/packages/health-check/src/checks/verbose.js
index 26c5ab71..3374cd0a 100644
--- a/packages/health-check/src/checks/verbose.js
+++ b/packages/health-check/src/checks/verbose.js
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 const superagent = require("superagent");
 const hash = require("object-hash");
 const { detailedDiff } = require("deep-object-diff");
-const { isEqual, isEmpty } = require("lodash");
-const { getTimeDiff } = require("../utils");
+const { isEqual } = require("lodash");
+const { calculateElapsedTime } = require("../utils");
 
 // audioExampleCheck returns the result of trying to download the skylink
 // for the Example audio file on siasky.net
@@ -564,30 +564,31 @@ function skylinkVerification(done, { name, skylink, bodyHash, metadata }) {
     .responseType("blob")
     .then(
       (response) => {
-        const entry = { name, up: true, statusCode: response.statusCode, time: getTimeDiff(time) };
+        const entry = { name, up: true, statusCode: response.statusCode, time: calculateElapsedTime(time) };
         const info = {};
 
         // Check if the response body is valid by checking against the known hash
-        if (hash(response.body) !== bodyHash) {
+        const currentBodyHash = hash(response.body);
+        if (currentBodyHash !== bodyHash) {
           entry.up = false;
-          info.body = { valid: false, hash: { expected: bodyHash, current: hash(response.body) } };
+          info.bodyHash = { expected: bodyHash, current: currentBodyHash };
         }
 
         // Check if the metadata is valid by deep comparing expected value with response
-        const expectedMetadata =
+        const currentMetadata =
           response.header["skynet-file-metadata"] && JSON.parse(response.header["skynet-file-metadata"]);
-        if (!isEqual(expectedMetadata, metadata)) {
+        if (!isEqual(currentMetadata, metadata)) {
           entry.up = false;
-          info.metadata = { valid: false, diff: detailedDiff(expectedMetadata, metadata) };
+          info.metadata = detailedDiff(currentMetadata, metadata);
         }
 
-        if (!isEmpty(info)) entry.info = info; // add info only if it exists
+        if (Object.keys(info).length) entry.info = info; // add info only if it exists
 
         done(entry); // Return the entry information
       },
       (error) => {
         const statusCode = error.statusCode || error.status;
-        const entry = { name, up: false, statusCode, time: getTimeDiff(time) };
+        const entry = { name, up: false, statusCode, time: calculateElapsedTime(time) };
 
         done(entry); // Return the entry information
       }
diff --git a/packages/health-check/src/index.js b/packages/health-check/src/index.js
index f39c3308..28838845 100644
--- a/packages/health-check/src/index.js
+++ b/packages/health-check/src/index.js
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ server.use(bodyparser.json());
 server.get("/health-check", require("./api/index"));
 server.get("/health-check/recent", require("./api/recent"));
 server.get("/health-check/all", require("./api/all"));
+server.get("/health-check/disabled", require("./api/disabled"));
 
 server.listen(port, host, (error) => {
   if (error) throw error;
diff --git a/packages/health-check/src/utils.js b/packages/health-check/src/utils.js
index e6cc72f4..d95880c1 100644
--- a/packages/health-check/src/utils.js
+++ b/packages/health-check/src/utils.js
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 // return the time between start and now in milliseconds
-function getTimeDiff(start) {
+function calculateElapsedTime(start) {
   const diff = process.hrtime(start);
 
   return Math.round((diff[0] * 1e9 + diff[1]) / 1e6); // msec
 }
 
-module.exports = { getTimeDiff };
+module.exports = { calculateElapsedTime };