diff --git a/src/main/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/app/remote/SparkServer.kt b/src/main/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/app/remote/SparkServer.kt
index b37e6209..ac908e82 100644
--- a/src/main/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/app/remote/SparkServer.kt
+++ b/src/main/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/app/remote/SparkServer.kt
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ class SparkServer(val initCallback: (String) -> List<Project>, val cleanUpCallba
 
     override fun run(port: Int) {
         Spark.port(port)
-        Spark.get("/hello", { req, res -> "Hello world" })
+        Spark.get("/ping", { req, res -> "The Kobalt server is up and running" })
         Spark.get("/v0/getDependencies", "application/json", Route { request, response ->
             val buildFile = request.queryParams("buildFile")
             initCallback(buildFile)