diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index a521804ad..4d682d477 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ node_modules/
 selenium_server_deploy.jar
 # assets directory
 assets
+.vscode
 
 # Ignoring generated files during the build process
 StandaloneC*/selenium.conf
diff --git a/Video/Dockerfile b/Video/Dockerfile
index ec97388f6..2411f03e0 100644
--- a/Video/Dockerfile
+++ b/Video/Dockerfile
@@ -17,16 +17,19 @@ ENV DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive \
 #========================
 RUN apt-get -qqy update \
   && apt-get -qqy --no-install-recommends install \
-    supervisor x11-xserver-utils \
+    supervisor x11-xserver-utils python3-pip \
   && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/* /var/cache/apt/*
 
 #======================================
-# Add Supervisor configuration file
+# Add Supervisor configuration files
 #======================================
 COPY supervisord.conf /etc
-COPY entry_point.sh video.sh /opt/bin/
+COPY entry_point.sh video.sh video_ready.py /opt/bin/
+RUN cd /opt/bin && pip install psutil
 
 RUN  mkdir -p /var/run/supervisor /var/log/supervisor /videos
 
 ENTRYPOINT ["/opt/bin/entry_point.sh"]
 CMD ["/opt/bin/entry_point.sh"]
+
+EXPOSE 9000
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diff --git a/Video/supervisord.conf b/Video/supervisord.conf
index b0c6615b9..4c79656f9 100644
--- a/Video/supervisord.conf
+++ b/Video/supervisord.conf
@@ -25,3 +25,16 @@ redirect_stderr=true
 stdout_logfile=/dev/stdout
 stdout_logfile_maxbytes=0
 
+[program:video-ready]
+priority=5
+command=python3 /opt/bin/video_ready.py
+autostart=true
+autorestart=false
+startsecs=0
+startretries=0
+stopsignal=INT
+
+;Logs (all activity redirected to stdout so it can be seen through "docker logs"
+redirect_stderr=true
+stdout_logfile=/dev/stdout
+stdout_logfile_maxbytes=0
diff --git a/Video/video_ready.py b/Video/video_ready.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6d2a42619
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Video/video_ready.py
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+from http.server import BaseHTTPRequestHandler,HTTPServer
+from os import environ
+import json
+import psutil
+
+video_ready_port = environ.get('VIDEO_READY_PORT', 9000)
+
+class Handler(BaseHTTPRequestHandler):
+
+    def do_GET(self):
+        video_ready = "ffmpeg" in (p.name().lower() for p in psutil.process_iter())
+        response_code = 200 if video_ready else 404
+        response_text = "ready" if video_ready else "not ready"
+        self.send_response(response_code)
+        self.end_headers()
+        self.wfile.write(json.dumps({'status': response_text}).encode('utf-8'))
+
+httpd = HTTPServer( ('0.0.0.0', video_ready_port), Handler )
+httpd.serve_forever()
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