diff --git a/services/recom-backend/src/main/java/com/recom/api/HeartbeatController.java b/services/recom-backend/src/main/java/com/recom/api/HeartbeatController.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..8a14caba
--- /dev/null
+++ b/services/recom-backend/src/main/java/com/recom/api/HeartbeatController.java
@@ -0,0 +1,70 @@
+package com.recom.api;
+
+import com.recom.api.commons.HttpCommons;
+import com.recom.dto.authentication.AccountRequestDto;
+import com.recom.dto.authentication.AuthenticationRequestDto;
+import com.recom.dto.authentication.AuthenticationResponseDto;
+import com.recom.service.AuthenticationService;
+import com.recom.service.ReforgerPayloadParserService;
+import io.swagger.v3.oas.annotations.Operation;
+import io.swagger.v3.oas.annotations.media.Content;
+import io.swagger.v3.oas.annotations.responses.ApiResponse;
+import io.swagger.v3.oas.annotations.responses.ApiResponses;
+import io.swagger.v3.oas.annotations.tags.Tag;
+import jakarta.validation.Valid;
+import lombok.NonNull;
+import lombok.RequiredArgsConstructor;
+import lombok.extern.slf4j.Slf4j;
+import org.springframework.http.CacheControl;
+import org.springframework.http.HttpStatus;
+import org.springframework.http.MediaType;
+import org.springframework.http.ResponseEntity;
+import org.springframework.validation.annotation.Validated;
+import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.*;
+
+import java.util.Map;
+
+@Slf4j
+@Validated
+@RestController
+@RequiredArgsConstructor
+@Tag(name = "Heartbeat")
+@RequestMapping("/api/v1/heartbeat")
+public class HeartbeatController {
+
+    @Operation(
+            summary = "Heartbeat",
+            description = "Sends an is-alive message."
+    )
+    @ApiResponses(value = {
+            @ApiResponse(responseCode = HttpCommons.OK_CODE, description = HttpCommons.OK),
+            @ApiResponse(responseCode = HttpCommons.UNAUTHORIZED_CODE, description = HttpCommons.UNAUTHORIZED, content = {@Content()}),
+    })
+    @PostMapping(path = "/form", produces = MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON_VALUE, consumes = MediaType.APPLICATION_FORM_URLENCODED_VALUE)
+    public ResponseEntity<Void> heartbeatForm(
+            @RequestParam(required = true)
+            @NonNull final Map<String, String> payload
+    ) {
+        log.debug("Requested POST /api/v1/authenticate (FORM)");
+
+        return heartbeatJSON();
+    }
+
+    @Operation(
+            summary = "Heartbeat",
+            description = "Sends an is-alive message."
+    )
+    @ApiResponses(value = {
+            @ApiResponse(responseCode = HttpCommons.OK_CODE, description = HttpCommons.OK),
+            @ApiResponse(responseCode = HttpCommons.UNAUTHORIZED_CODE, description = HttpCommons.UNAUTHORIZED, content = {@Content()}),
+    })
+    @PostMapping(path = "", produces = MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON_VALUE, consumes = MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON_VALUE)
+    public ResponseEntity<Void> heartbeatJSON() {
+        log.debug("Requested POST /api/v1/heartbeat (JSON)");
+
+        return ResponseEntity.status(HttpStatus.OK)
+                .cacheControl(CacheControl.noCache())
+                .build();
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/services/recom-backend/src/main/resources/application-local.properties b/services/recom-backend/src/main/resources/application-local.properties
index 3315de99..9641e368 100644
--- a/services/recom-backend/src/main/resources/application-local.properties
+++ b/services/recom-backend/src/main/resources/application-local.properties
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@ logging.level.com.recom.service.gameMap.TopographyMapDataService=INFO
 logging.level.com.recom.service.dbcached=INFO
 logging.level.com.recom.persistence.dbcached=DEBUG
 
+logging.level.com.recom.api.AuthenticationController=DEBUG
+logging.level.com.recom.api.HeartbeatController=DEBUG
 #logging.level.org.hibernate.SQL=DEBUG
 #logging.level.org.hibernate.com.jdbc.bind=TRACE
 logging.level.com.vladmihalcea.hibernate.type.util.LogUtils=DEBUG
diff --git a/services/recom-backend/src/main/resources/application.properties b/services/recom-backend/src/main/resources/application.properties
index 7fe40ca0..61fa2245 100644
--- a/services/recom-backend/src/main/resources/application.properties
+++ b/services/recom-backend/src/main/resources/application.properties
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ recom.ehcache-base-dir=${recom.data-base-dir}/ehcache
 recom.ehcache-appcache-base-dir=${recom.data-base-dir}/ehcache_appcache
 
 recom.security.jwt-issuer=RECOM DEV Backend
-recom.security.jwt-expiration-time=60m
+recom.security.jwt-expiration-time=60s
 recom.security.key-path=${recom.data-base-dir}/RECOMKey
 
 recom.async.core-pool-size=1