diff --git a/_layouts/default.html b/_layouts/default.html
index 5ff4c4435d33..20d7a0da0289 100644
--- a/_layouts/default.html
+++ b/_layouts/default.html
@@ -57,6 +57,21 @@
     </div>
 
     {% include scripts.html %}
+    <script>
+      async function getHelmiStatus() {
+        let obj
+            const response = await fetch("https://fiqci-backend-fiqci-workspace.rahtiapp.fi/healthcheck")
+            console.log(response)
+            const result = await response.json();
+            if (result && result.data !== null) {
+              const {data: { status }} = result
+              document.getElementById("helmi_status").innerHTML= status ? "🟢" : "🔴"
+            } else{
+              document.getElementById("helmi_status").innerHTML="🔴"
+            }
+          }
+          getHelmiStatus()
+    </script>
 
   </body>
 </html>
diff --git a/_pages/landing-page.md b/_pages/landing-page.md
index 7b70896ab985..47c26a5676c2 100644
--- a/_pages/landing-page.md
+++ b/_pages/landing-page.md
@@ -17,13 +17,13 @@ intro:
   - excerpt: 'Making the power of quantum computing accessible'
 
 feature_row:
-  - image_path: /assets/images/access-icon.png
+  - image_path: /assets/images/access-only-icon.jpg
     title: "How to get access"
     excerpt: "Access to FiQCI is granted through the CSC supercomputing environment"
     url: "/access"
     btn_class: "btn--primary"
     btn_label: "Learn more"
-  - image_path: /assets/images/posts-icon.jpg
+  - image_path: /assets/images/books-icon.jpg
     title: "Posts and publications"
     excerpt: "Blog posts, publications, and other material of interest"
     url: "/publications"
diff --git a/_pages/status.md b/_pages/status.md
index b8098620a361..36cc7dbe789b 100644
--- a/_pages/status.md
+++ b/_pages/status.md
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ Helmi is accessible through the LUMI environment daily between 00:00 EET and 23:
 <tbody>
   <tr>
     <td class="tg-tbqi">LUMI-Helmi</td>
-    <td class="tg-49rs">🟢</td>
+    <td class="tg-49rs" id="helmi_status"></td>
   </tr>
 </tbody>
 </table>
diff --git a/assets/images/access-only-icon.jpg b/assets/images/access-only-icon.jpg
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..7533b8e3381a
Binary files /dev/null and b/assets/images/access-only-icon.jpg differ
diff --git a/assets/images/books-icon.jpg b/assets/images/books-icon.jpg
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..57942dff04bf
Binary files /dev/null and b/assets/images/books-icon.jpg differ
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index c71c518e009d..9d7c70e92296 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -30,6 +30,8 @@
     "uglify": "uglifyjs assets/js/vendor/jquery/jquery-3.5.1.js assets/js/plugins/jquery.fitvids.js assets/js/plugins/jquery.greedy-navigation.js assets/js/plugins/jquery.magnific-popup.js assets/js/plugins/jquery.ba-throttle-debounce.js assets/js/plugins/smooth-scroll.js assets/js/plugins/gumshoe.js assets/js/_main.js -c -m -o assets/js/main.min.js",
     "add-banner": "node banner.js",
     "watch:js": "onchange \"assets/js/**/*.js\" -e \"assets/js/main.min.js\" -- npm run build:js",
-    "build:js": "npm run uglify && npm run add-banner"
+    "update-dev": "bundle update && bundle exec jekyll serve --watch --incremental --config _config.yml",
+    "dev": "bundle exec jekyll serve --watch --incremental --config _config.yml"
+
   }
 }