diff --git a/modules/wave_survival/health_status.cpp b/modules/wave_survival/health_status.cpp
index 3a325d30..5720a2fb 100644
--- a/modules/wave_survival/health_status.cpp
+++ b/modules/wave_survival/health_status.cpp
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ void HealthStatus::_bind_methods() {
 
 	ADD_SIGNAL(MethodInfo(sig_death));
 	ADD_SIGNAL(MethodInfo(sig_health_changed, PropertyInfo(Variant::INT, "remaining"), PropertyInfo(Variant::INT, "delta")));
+	ClassDB::bind_method(D_METHOD("get_max_health"), &self_type::get_max_health);
 }
 
 void HealthStatus::ready() {
@@ -30,12 +31,20 @@ void HealthStatus::_notification(int what) {
 
 void HealthStatus::set_health(int value) {
 	this->health = value;
+	if (!is_ready() || Engine::get_singleton()->is_editor_hint()) {
+		// if setting health as serialized, set max_health as well
+		this->max_health = value;
+	}
 }
 
 int HealthStatus::get_health() const {
 	return this->health;
 }
 
+int HealthStatus::get_max_health() const {
+	return this->max_health;
+}
+
 void HealthStatus::damage(int amount) {
 	if (this->health > 0) {
 		amount = Math::abs(amount);
diff --git a/modules/wave_survival/health_status.h b/modules/wave_survival/health_status.h
index 496b446e..79a5e00d 100644
--- a/modules/wave_survival/health_status.h
+++ b/modules/wave_survival/health_status.h
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ protected:
 public:
 	void set_health(int health);
 	int get_health() const;
+	int get_max_health() const;
 
 	void damage(int amount);
 	void heal(int amount);
diff --git a/project/objects/player.tscn b/project/objects/player.tscn
index 978e5a8a..2d3fb96b 100644
--- a/project/objects/player.tscn
+++ b/project/objects/player.tscn
@@ -10,6 +10,12 @@ script/source = "extends HealthStatus
 
 func _on_death() -> void:
 	get_tree().change_scene_to_file.call_deferred(\"res://guis/main_menu.tscn\")
+
+
+func _on_health_changed(remaining: int, _delta: int) -> void:
+	var hud := HeadsUpDisplay.get_singleton()
+	if hud:
+		hud.set_health_percentage(float(remaining) / float(self.get_max_health()))
 "
 
 [sub_resource type="CapsuleShape3D" id="CapsuleShape3D_bxedw"]
@@ -61,3 +67,4 @@ transform = Transform3D(1, 0, 0, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0, 1, 0, 1, 0)
 shape = SubResource("CapsuleShape3D_eqqp1")
 
 [connection signal="death" from="HealthStatus" to="HealthStatus" method="_on_death"]
+[connection signal="health_changed" from="HealthStatus" to="HealthStatus" method="_on_health_changed"]