diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index 2d66c37..8feaff4 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -11,3 +11,21 @@ services:
       - '5432:5432'
     volumes:
       - ./pgdata:/var/lib/postgresql/data
+
+  redis:
+    image: redis:7.2.3
+    ports:
+      - '6379:6379'
+    volumes:
+      - redis:/data
+
+  redis-queue:
+    image: redis:7.2.3
+    ports:
+      - '6380:6380'
+    volumes:
+      - redis:/queue-data
+
+volumes:
+  redis:
+  redis-queue:
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 511043b..0b4f85d 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
   "name": "express-prisma-boilerplate",
   "version": "1.0.0",
   "main": "index.ts",
-  "type": "module",
   "license": "MIT",
   "author": "Rishit",
   "scripts": {
diff --git a/src/app.ts b/src/app.ts
index 4c4ceb4..dd536ba 100644
--- a/src/app.ts
+++ b/src/app.ts
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import JwtStrategy from './core/passport';
 import { NotFound } from './utils/ApiError';
 import { StartAllJobs } from './jobs';
 import { errorConverter, errorHandler } from './core/middlewares/error';
+import { ValidateApiStatus } from './core/middlewares/apiStatus';
 
 const app = express();
 
@@ -35,6 +36,7 @@ app.use((req, res, next) => {
 
 app.use(errorConverter);
 app.use(errorHandler);
+app.use(ValidateApiStatus);
 
 StartAllJobs();
 
diff --git a/src/controllers/apiManagement.controller.ts b/src/controllers/apiManagement.controller.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29
diff --git a/src/core/config.ts b/src/core/config.ts
index df3c160..be0d0ae 100644
--- a/src/core/config.ts
+++ b/src/core/config.ts
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ const envVarsSchema = Joi.object()
     QUEUE_CONCURRENCY: Joi.number().default(1),
     AWS_REGION: Joi.string().default(''),
     AWS_SES_API_VERSION: Joi.string().default(''),
+    API_STATUS: Joi.string().default(''),
   })
   .unknown();
 
@@ -38,6 +39,9 @@ export default {
   environment: envVars.ENVIRONMENT,
   port: envVars.PORT,
   redisUrl: envVars.REDIS_URL,
+  api: {
+    status: envVars.API_STATUS,
+  },
   logging: {
     showSqlQueries: envVars.SHOW_SQL_QUERIES,
   },
diff --git a/src/core/middlewares/apiStatus.ts b/src/core/middlewares/apiStatus.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c095e67
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/core/middlewares/apiStatus.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+import { Request, Response, NextFunction } from 'express';
+import config from '../config';
+import { ApiStatus } from '../../types/apiMetadata';
+import { ApiUnavailable } from '../../utils/ApiError';
+
+export const ValidateApiStatus = async (req: Request, res: Response, next: NextFunction) => {
+  // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-unused-vars
+  (async () => {
+    if (config.api.status === ApiStatus.Maintenance) throw new ApiUnavailable();
+  })()
+    .then(() => next())
+    // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-unused-vars
+    .catch((error) => next(new ApiUnavailable()));
+};
diff --git a/src/jobs/apiMaintenanace.job.ts b/src/jobs/apiMaintenanace.job.ts
index b0a8f61..049e5ae 100644
--- a/src/jobs/apiMaintenanace.job.ts
+++ b/src/jobs/apiMaintenanace.job.ts
@@ -1,10 +1,18 @@
 import * as cron from 'node-cron';
+import apiMetadataRepository from '../repositories/apiMetadata';
 import logger from '../core/logger';
+import config from '../core/config';
+import { ApiStatus } from '../types/apiMetadata';
 
 export const ApiMaintenanceJob = cron.schedule(
-  '10 * * * * *',
-  () => {
-    logger.info('API maintenance job started...');
+  '*/10 * * * * *',
+  async () => {
+    let apiStatus = await apiMetadataRepository.getApiMetadata('status');
+    if (!apiStatus) {
+      logger.warn('Api status is null, adding status immediately.');
+      apiStatus = await apiMetadataRepository.createApiMetadata('status', ApiStatus.Maintenance);
+    }
+    config.api.status = apiStatus.value;
   },
   {
     scheduled: false,
diff --git a/src/jobs/index.ts b/src/jobs/index.ts
index 2aa5000..3e41ebb 100644
--- a/src/jobs/index.ts
+++ b/src/jobs/index.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
+import logger from '../core/logger';
 import { ApiMaintenanceJob } from './apiMaintenanace.job';
 
 export const StartAllJobs = () => {
   ApiMaintenanceJob.start();
+  logger.info('API maintenance job started...');
 };
 
 export const StopAllJobs = () => {
diff --git a/src/types/apiMetadata.ts b/src/types/apiMetadata.ts
index 081fc81..0c5d380 100644
--- a/src/types/apiMetadata.ts
+++ b/src/types/apiMetadata.ts
@@ -11,3 +11,8 @@ export const ApiMetadatReturn = include<ApiMetadataModel, Key>([
   'created',
   'updated',
 ]);
+
+export enum ApiStatus {
+  Live = 'live',
+  Maintenance = 'Maintenance',
+}
diff --git a/src/utils/ApiError.ts b/src/utils/ApiError.ts
index d236ae7..9166f15 100644
--- a/src/utils/ApiError.ts
+++ b/src/utils/ApiError.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { NOT_FOUND, UNAUTHORIZED, FORBIDDEN, BAD_REQUEST } from 'http-status';
+import { NOT_FOUND, UNAUTHORIZED, FORBIDDEN, BAD_REQUEST, SERVICE_UNAVAILABLE } from 'http-status';
 
 class ApiError extends Error {
   statusCode: number;
@@ -56,6 +56,14 @@ class BadRequest extends ApiError {
   }
 }
 
+class ApiUnavailable extends ApiError {
+  message: string;
+  constructor(message: string = 'Api is on maintenance mode.') {
+    super(SERVICE_UNAVAILABLE, message);
+    this.message = message;
+  }
+}
+
 export default ApiError;
 
-export { Unauthorized, Forbidden, BadRequest, NotFound };
+export { Unauthorized, Forbidden, BadRequest, NotFound, ApiUnavailable };
diff --git a/tsconfig.json b/tsconfig.json
index ba24498..a90a1d2 100644
--- a/tsconfig.json
+++ b/tsconfig.json
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
     // "useDefineForClassFields": true,                  /* Emit ECMAScript-standard-compliant class fields. */
     // "moduleDetection": "auto",                        /* Control what method is used to detect module-format JS files. */
     /* Modules */
-    "module": "CommonJS", /* Specify what module code is generated. */
+    "module": "commonjs", /* Specify what module code is generated. */
     // "rootDir": "./",                                  /* Specify the root folder within your source files. */
     // "moduleResolution": "node10",                     /* Specify how TypeScript looks up a file from a given module specifier. */
     // "baseUrl": "./",                                  /* Specify the base directory to resolve non-relative module names. */