diff --git a/.circleci/config.yml b/.circleci/config.yml
index 247551b..097229b 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 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
@@ -173,4 +177,3 @@ workflows:
           filters:
             branches:
               only: main
-