diff --git a/server/cinema/bin/server.dart b/server/cinema/bin/server.dart
index 28057fc..a06cba7 100644
--- a/server/cinema/bin/server.dart
+++ b/server/cinema/bin/server.dart
@@ -1,9 +1,8 @@
-import 'dart:async';
 import 'dart:io';
 
 import 'package:cinema/feature/poster/poster.service.dart';
+import 'package:cinema/feature/root/root.service.dart';
 import 'package:cinema/feature/version/version.dart';
-import 'package:cinema/feature/websocket/websocket.service.dart';
 import 'package:cinema/injectable.dart';
 import 'package:shelf/shelf.dart';
 import 'package:shelf/shelf_io.dart' as io;
@@ -16,23 +15,17 @@ void main(List<String> args) async {
 
   final router = Router();
   router.mount("/poster", getIt<PosterService>().router.call);
+  router.mount("/", getIt<RootService>().router.call);
 
   // Configure a pipeline that logs requests.
   final handler = Pipeline().addMiddleware(logRequests()).addHandler(router.call);
 
-  FutureOr<Response> combinedHandler(Request request) {
-    if (request.url.path == 'ws') {
-      return getIt<WebSocketService>().handler(request);
-    }
-    return handler(request);
-  }
-
   // Use any available host or container IP (usually `0.0.0.0`).
   final ip = InternetAddress.anyIPv4;
 
   // For running in containers, we respect the PORT environment variable.
   final port = int.parse(Platform.environment['PORT'] ?? '3000');
-  await io.serve(combinedHandler, ip, port, poweredByHeader: null).then((server) async {
+  await io.serve(handler, ip, port, poweredByHeader: null).then((server) async {
     final bannerFile = File('banner.txt');
     if (await bannerFile.exists()) {
       final banner = await bannerFile.readAsString();
diff --git a/server/cinema/lib/feature/poster/poster.service.dart b/server/cinema/lib/feature/poster/poster.service.dart
index 956517b..dccbb51 100644
--- a/server/cinema/lib/feature/poster/poster.service.dart
+++ b/server/cinema/lib/feature/poster/poster.service.dart
@@ -10,12 +10,12 @@ part 'poster.service.g.dart';
 @injectable
 class PosterService {
   @Route.get('/')
-  Future<Response> listPosters(Request request) async {
+  Future<Response> getRoot(Request request) async {
     return Response.ok('deprecated poster endpoint. use POST /poster instead');
   }
 
   @Route.post('/')
-  Future<Response> createPoster(Request request) async {
+  Future<Response> postRoot(Request request) async {
     final payload = await request.readAsString();
     final body = jsonDecode(payload);
     final params = posterSchema.safeParse(body);
@@ -32,6 +32,5 @@ class PosterService {
     return Response.ok(jsonEncode(params.data), headers: {'Content-Type': 'application/json'});
   }
 
-  // Create router using the generate function defined in 'poster.g.dart'.
   Router get router => _$PosterServiceRouter(this);
 }
diff --git a/server/cinema/lib/feature/root/root.service.dart b/server/cinema/lib/feature/root/root.service.dart
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f56ebc4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/server/cinema/lib/feature/root/root.service.dart
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+import 'package:cinema/feature/websocket/websocket.service.dart';
+import 'package:cinema/injectable.dart';
+import 'package:injectable/injectable.dart';
+import 'package:shelf/shelf.dart';
+import 'package:shelf_router/shelf_router.dart';
+
+part 'root.service.g.dart';
+
+@injectable
+class RootService {
+  @Route.get('/')
+  Future<Response> getRoot(Request request) async {
+    final isWebSocket =
+        request.headers['connection']?.toLowerCase() == 'upgrade' &&
+        request.headers['upgrade']?.toLowerCase() == 'websocket';
+
+    if (isWebSocket) {
+      return getIt<WebSocketService>().handler(request);
+    }
+
+    return Response.ok('REST response');
+  }
+
+  Router get router => _$RootServiceRouter(this);
+}