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@@ -68,6 +68,7 @@ For more details, see [Usage](#usage)
   - [Exposing Gatus on a custom port](#exposing-gatus-on-a-custom-port)
   - [Uptime Badges (ALPHA)](#uptime-badges)
   - [API](#API)
+  - [High level design overview](#high-level-design-overview)
 - [Sponsors](#sponsors)
 
 ## Why Gatus?
@@ -1067,6 +1068,10 @@ The API will return a JSON payload with the `Content-Type` response header set t
 No such header is required to query the API.
 
 
+### High level design overview
+![Gatus diagram](.github/assets/gatus-diagram.png)
+
+
 ## Sponsors
 You can find the full list of sponsors [here](https://github.com/sponsors/TwinProduction).