diff --git a/bin/process_pending_btc_transactions b/bin/process_pending_btc_transactions
index 1fc8cbe4a5d3cb32ac0673be7dc96bda61430ee2..964e0c5bda0ea32decbcff40f21bde8d467eaa82 100755
--- a/bin/process_pending_btc_transactions
+++ b/bin/process_pending_btc_transactions
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 # frozen_string_literal: true
 
 # Usage: bin/process_pending-btc_transactions '{
+#        healthchecks_url = "https://hc-ping.com/...",
 #        oxr_app_id = "",
 #        required_confirmations = 3,
 #        notify_using = {
@@ -30,6 +31,8 @@ CONFIG =
 	.new(safe: Dhall::Coder::JSON_LIKE + [Symbol, Proc])
 	.load(ARGV[0], transform_keys: :to_sym)
 
+Net::HTTP.post_form(URI("#{CONFIG[:healthchecks_url]}/start"), {})
+
 REDIS = Redis.new
 ELECTRUM = Electrum.new(**CONFIG[:electrum])
 
@@ -241,3 +244,5 @@ REDIS.hgetall("pending_btc_transactions").each do |(txid, customer_id)|
 		end
 	end
 end
+
+Net::HTTP.post_form(URI(CONFIG[:healthchecks_url].to_s), {})