diff --git a/services/web/app/coffee/infrastructure/Server.coffee b/services/web/app/coffee/infrastructure/Server.coffee
index 4c031a8bd1..c42590b15f 100644
--- a/services/web/app/coffee/infrastructure/Server.coffee
+++ b/services/web/app/coffee/infrastructure/Server.coffee
@@ -161,16 +161,24 @@ app.get "/heapdump", (req, res)->
 logger.info ("creating HTTP server").yellow
 server = require('http').createServer(app)
 
-# process api routes first, if nothing matched fall though and use
-# web middlewear + routes
-app.use(apiRouter)
-app.use(ErrorController.handleApiError)
-app.use(webRouter)
-app.use(ErrorController.handleError)
+# provide settings for separate web and api processes
+# if enableApiRouter and enableWebRouter are not defined they default
+# to true.
+notDefined = (x) -> !x?
+enableApiRouter = Settings.web?.enableApiRouter
+if enableApiRouter or notDefined(enableApiRouter)
+	logger.info("providing api router");
+	app.use(apiRouter)
+	app.use(ErrorController.handleApiError)
+
+enableWebRouter = Settings.web?.enableWebRouter
+if enableWebRouter or notDefined(enableWebRouter)
+	logger.info("providing web router");
+	app.use(webRouter)
+	app.use(ErrorController.handleError)
 
 router = new Router(webRouter, apiRouter)
 
-
 module.exports =
 	app: app
 	server: server
diff --git a/services/web/app/coffee/router.coffee b/services/web/app/coffee/router.coffee
index 3679b29a40..e04356e78b 100644
--- a/services/web/app/coffee/router.coffee
+++ b/services/web/app/coffee/router.coffee
@@ -271,16 +271,21 @@ module.exports = class Router
 		apiRouter.get '/perfTest', (req,res)->
 			res.send("hello")
 
-		apiRouter.get '/status', (req,res)->
+		webRouter.get '/status', (req,res)->
 			res.send("websharelatex is up")
+		apiRouter.get '/status', (req,res)->
+			res.send("websharelatex api is up")
 
 		webRouter.get '/dev/csrf', (req, res) ->
 			res.send res.locals.csrfToken
 
+		webRouter.get '/health_check', HealthCheckController.check
 		apiRouter.get '/health_check', HealthCheckController.check
+
+		webRouter.get '/health_check/redis', HealthCheckController.checkRedis
 		apiRouter.get '/health_check/redis', HealthCheckController.checkRedis
 
-		apiRouter.get "/status/compiler/:Project_id", AuthorizationMiddlewear.ensureUserCanReadProject, (req, res) ->
+		webRouter.get "/status/compiler/:Project_id", AuthorizationMiddlewear.ensureUserCanReadProject, (req, res) ->
 			project_id = req.params.Project_id
 			sendRes = _.once (statusCode, message)->
 				res.status statusCode
@@ -303,7 +308,7 @@ module.exports = class Router
 				else
 					sendRes 500, "Compiler returned failure #{status}"
 
-		apiRouter.get "/ip", (req, res, next) ->
+		webRouter.get "/ip", (req, res, next) ->
 			res.send({
 				ip: req.ip
 				ips: req.ips