diff --git a/geoportal-service/src/main/java/org/gcube/application/geoportal/service/rest/GeoportalHealth.java b/geoportal-service/src/main/java/org/gcube/application/geoportal/service/rest/GeoportalHealth.java
index c04fdc6..11cf4ca 100644
--- a/geoportal-service/src/main/java/org/gcube/application/geoportal/service/rest/GeoportalHealth.java
+++ b/geoportal-service/src/main/java/org/gcube/application/geoportal/service/rest/GeoportalHealth.java
@@ -5,11 +5,15 @@ import javax.ws.rs.Path;
 import javax.ws.rs.Produces;
 import javax.ws.rs.QueryParam;
 import javax.ws.rs.core.MediaType;
+import javax.ws.rs.core.Response;
 
 import org.eclipse.microprofile.health.HealthCheckResponse;
 import org.gcube.application.geoportal.service.rest.health.GeoportalHealthCheck;
 import org.gcube.application.geoportal.service.rest.health.MongoHealthCheck;
 
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.core.JsonProcessingException;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;
+
 import lombok.extern.slf4j.Slf4j;
 
 @Path("/health")
@@ -18,10 +22,13 @@ public class GeoportalHealth {
 
 	@GET
 	@Path("")
-	@Produces({ MediaType.TEXT_HTML, MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON })
-	public HealthCheckResponse serviceCheck() {
+	@Produces({ MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON })
+	public String serviceCheck() throws JsonProcessingException {
 		log.info("serviceCheck called");
-		return new GeoportalHealthCheck().call();
+		HealthCheckResponse response = new GeoportalHealthCheck().call();
+		String json = healthCheckSerializer(response);
+		log.info("serviceCheck response is {}", json);
+		return json;
 	}
 
 	@GET
@@ -36,4 +43,10 @@ public class GeoportalHealth {
 		return new MongoHealthCheck(context).call();
 	}
 
+	private String healthCheckSerializer(HealthCheckResponse response) throws JsonProcessingException {
+		ObjectMapper mapper = new ObjectMapper();
+		// Serializes HealthCheckResponse in JSON
+		return mapper.writeValueAsString(response);
+	}
+
 }
diff --git a/geoportal-service/src/main/java/org/gcube/application/geoportal/service/rest/health/GeoportalHealthCheck.java b/geoportal-service/src/main/java/org/gcube/application/geoportal/service/rest/health/GeoportalHealthCheck.java
index d08f6da..466d2fe 100644
--- a/geoportal-service/src/main/java/org/gcube/application/geoportal/service/rest/health/GeoportalHealthCheck.java
+++ b/geoportal-service/src/main/java/org/gcube/application/geoportal/service/rest/health/GeoportalHealthCheck.java
@@ -19,8 +19,6 @@ public class GeoportalHealthCheck implements HealthCheck {
 	public HealthCheckResponse call() {
 		log.info(GeoportalHealthCheck.class.getSimpleName() + " call");
 		HealthCheckResponse response = HealthCheckResponse.named(SERVICE_NAME).state(true).withData("serviceStatus", "healthy").build();
-		log.info("Generated HealthCheckResponse: " + response.toString());
-		log.info("Generated HealthCheckResponse map: " + response.getData()!=null?response.getData().toString():"");
 		return response;
 	}