diff --git a/RELEASE_NOTES.md b/RELEASE_NOTES.md
index b41d37df..1a068170 100644
--- a/RELEASE_NOTES.md
+++ b/RELEASE_NOTES.md
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 - Replaced entity with getter (#652)
 - Resolved TODO in Dockerfile (#680)
 - Resolved TODO at src/reporter/tests/test_timescale_types.py (#667)
+- Resolved TODO at src/reporter/health.py (#705)
 
 ### Bug fixes
 
diff --git a/src/reporter/health.py b/src/reporter/health.py
index 284eca2d..f87552e8 100644
--- a/src/reporter/health.py
+++ b/src/reporter/health.py
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 from geocoding.factory import get_geo_cache, is_geo_coding_available
 from cache.factory import get_cache, is_cache_available
 from translators.factory import CRATE_BACKEND, TIMESCALE_BACKEND, \
-    default_backend
+    default_backend, secondary_backend
 
 
 def check_db(db=CRATE_BACKEND):
@@ -20,6 +20,11 @@ def check_db(db=CRATE_BACKEND):
         with postgres_translator_instance() as trans:
             health = trans.get_health()
             return health
+    if db2 == TIMESCALE_BACKEND:
+        from translators.timescale import postgres_translator_instance
+        with postgres_translator_instance() as trans:
+            health = trans.get_health()
+            return health
 
 
 def check_cache():
@@ -82,14 +87,18 @@ def get_health(with_geocoder=False):
 
     # Check defaultDB (critical)
     db = default_backend().lower()
+    db2 = secondary_backend().lower()
+    if db2 is None:
+        res = _check_critical(check_db(db2), res, db2)
+    else:
+        res = _check_not_critical(check_db(db2), res, db2)
     try:
         res = _check_critical(check_db(db), res, db)
+
     except Exception:
         res['status'] = 'fail'
         res.setdefault('details', {})[db] = 'cannot reach ' + db
 
-    # TODO add not critical check if a secondary db is configured
-
     # Check cache (not critical)
     res = _check_not_critical(check_cache(), res, 'redis')
 
diff --git a/src/translators/factory.py b/src/translators/factory.py
index 15f622c5..3ff23757 100644
--- a/src/translators/factory.py
+++ b/src/translators/factory.py
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@
 
 QL_DEFAULT_DB_ENV_VAR = 'QL_DEFAULT_DB'
 
+QL_SECONDARY_DB_ENV_VAR = 'QL_SECONDARY_DB'
+
 
 def log():
     return logging.getLogger(__name__)
@@ -44,6 +46,19 @@ def default_backend() -> MaybeString:
     return env_backend or config_backend or CRATE_BACKEND
 
 
+def secondary_backend() -> MaybeString:
+    cfg_reader = YamlReader(log=log().debug)
+    env_reader = EnvReader(log=log().debug)
+
+    config = cfg_reader.from_env_file(QL_CONFIG_ENV_VAR, defaults={})
+
+    config_backend = maybe_string_match(config, 'secondary-backend')
+
+    env_backend = env_reader.read(StrVar(QL_DEFAULT_DB_ENV_VAR, None))
+
+    return env_backend or config_backend or TIMESCALE_BACKEND
+
+
 def backend_id_for(fiware_service: str) -> str:
     backend = lookup_backend(fiware_service)
     backend = backend.strip().lower() if backend is not None else ''
diff --git a/timescale-container/quantumleap-db-setup.py b/timescale-container/quantumleap-db-setup.py
index 84ab0501..4b7c1027 100644
--- a/timescale-container/quantumleap-db-setup.py
+++ b/timescale-container/quantumleap-db-setup.py
@@ -205,7 +205,7 @@ class CreateDb:
     OWNER ${db_user}
     ENCODING 'UTF8';
 
-\connect ${db_name}
+\\connect ${db_name}
 
 CREATE EXTENSION IF NOT EXISTS postgis CASCADE;
 CREATE EXTENSION IF NOT EXISTS timescaledb CASCADE;