diff --git a/pages/api/hello.ts b/pages/api/hello.ts
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index 941d4fa..0000000
--- a/pages/api/hello.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-// Next.js API route support: https://nextjs.org/docs/api-routes/introduction
-import type { NextApiRequest, NextApiResponse } from "next";
-
-type Data = {
-  name: string
-}
-
-export default function handler(
-  req: NextApiRequest,
-  res: NextApiResponse<Data>
-) {
-  res.status(200).json({ name: "John Doe" });
-}
diff --git a/pages/api/ping.ts b/pages/api/ping.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..cfdba75
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pages/api/ping.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+// Next.js API route support: https://nextjs.org/docs/api-routes/introduction
+import type { NextApiRequest, NextApiResponse } from "next";
+
+export default function handler(_req: NextApiRequest, res: NextApiResponse<string>) {
+    res.status(200).send("Pong!");
+    res.end();
+}