diff --git a/processor/src/app.ts b/processor/src/app.ts
index 6e13a1d8c9..4da670c7ac 100644
--- a/processor/src/app.ts
+++ b/processor/src/app.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import { watch } from './watcher.js'
+import { checkPartInfoHealth } from './healthChecks.js'
 import { createWorkers } from './workers.js'
 
 export interface KitspaceProcessorApp {
@@ -14,6 +15,8 @@ export async function createApp(repoDir: string): Promise<KitspaceProcessorApp>
     },
   }
 
+  await checkPartInfoHealth()
+
   const unwatch = await watch(repoDir)
   app.cleanup.push(unwatch)
 
diff --git a/processor/src/healthChecks.ts b/processor/src/healthChecks.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..770c79843b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/processor/src/healthChecks.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+import fetch from 'node-fetch'
+
+import { log } from './log.js'
+
+/**
+ * Check the health of the partinfo.kitspace.org by checking the graphql IDE
+ */
+export async function checkPartInfoHealth() {
+  const endpoint = 'https://partinfo.kitspace.org/graphql'
+  const res = await fetch(endpoint, {
+    headers: {
+      accept: 'text/html',
+    },
+  })
+  if (res.status !== 200) {
+    throw new Error(`${endpoint} health check failed with status ${res.status}`)
+  } else {
+    log.debug(`${endpoint} health check passed`)
+  }
+}