diff --git a/.circleci/config.yml b/.circleci/config.yml
index dc0fb67..e4051b0 100644
--- a/.circleci/config.yml
+++ b/.circleci/config.yml
@@ -124,7 +124,11 @@ jobs:
           command: git push https://heroku:$HEROKU_API_KEY@git.heroku.com/$HEROKU_APP_NAME.git HEAD:main
       - run:
           name: Smoke Test
-          command: echo todo && false
+          command: 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
 
 workflows:
   version: 2