diff --git a/health/echo.go b/health/echo.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..2615229a88573329214a06f3beed04dc136abdd8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/health/echo.go
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+package health
+
+func Echo(message string) string {
+	return message
+}
diff --git a/health/go.mod b/health/go.mod
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index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..e8f340d2416991fe57505c4a26e3126154f913d7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/health/go.mod
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+module gitlab.reutlingen-university.de/romano/go-health
+
+go 1.18