diff --git a/src/Elastic.Documentation.Site/Assets/web-components/SearchOrAskAi/SearchOrAskAiButton.tsx b/src/Elastic.Documentation.Site/Assets/web-components/SearchOrAskAi/SearchOrAskAiButton.tsx
index 3ca8cdc1c..18f914b47 100644
--- a/src/Elastic.Documentation.Site/Assets/web-components/SearchOrAskAi/SearchOrAskAiButton.tsx
+++ b/src/Elastic.Documentation.Site/Assets/web-components/SearchOrAskAi/SearchOrAskAiButton.tsx
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ export const SearchOrAskAiButton = () => {
     const { data: isApiAvailable } = useQuery({
         queryKey: ['api-health'],
         queryFn: async () => {
-            const response = await fetch('/docs/_api/v1/', { method: 'HEAD' })
+            const response = await fetch('/docs/_api/v1/')
             return response.ok
         },
         staleTime: 5 * 60 * 1000, // 5 minutes
diff --git a/src/api/Elastic.Documentation.Api.Infrastructure/MappingsExstension.cs b/src/api/Elastic.Documentation.Api.Infrastructure/MappingsExstension.cs
index dbbdff5b1..0e49d80c7 100644
--- a/src/api/Elastic.Documentation.Api.Infrastructure/MappingsExstension.cs
+++ b/src/api/Elastic.Documentation.Api.Infrastructure/MappingsExstension.cs
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ public static class MappingsExtension
 {
 	public static void MapElasticDocsApiEndpoints(this IEndpointRouteBuilder group)
 	{
-		_ = group.MapMethods("/", [HttpMethods.Head], () => Results.Empty);
+		_ = group.MapGet("/", () => Results.Empty);
 		MapAskAiEndpoint(group);
 		MapSearchEndpoint(group);
 	}