diff --git a/test.sh b/test.sh
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index 0000000..611e016
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+#! /bin/bash
+
+HEROKU_APP_NAME="limitless-reaches-59900"
+HTTPCODE=`curl -s -o /dev/null -w "%{http_code}" https://$HEROKU_APP_NAME.herokuapp.com/`
+if [ "$HTTPCODE" -ne 200 ];then
+    echo "heroku app not responding, failing deploy"
+    exit 1
+fi