diff --git a/scm-ui/public/locales/en/config.json b/scm-ui/public/locales/en/config.json
index c6bd8c6db7..dd87bdcae2 100644
--- a/scm-ui/public/locales/en/config.json
+++ b/scm-ui/public/locales/en/config.json
@@ -1,7 +1,11 @@
 {
   "config": {
+    "navigation-title": "Navigation"
+  },
+  "global-config": {
     "title": "Configuration",
-    "navigation-title": "Navigation",
-    "globalConfig-label": "Global Configuration"
+    "navigation-label": "Global Configuration",
+    "error-title": "Error",
+    "error-subtitle": "Unknown Config Error"
   }
 }
diff --git a/scm-ui/src/config/containers/Config.js b/scm-ui/src/config/containers/Config.js
index a5266a6680..0a7d112192 100644
--- a/scm-ui/src/config/containers/Config.js
+++ b/scm-ui/src/config/containers/Config.js
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ class Config extends React.Component<Props> {
           <div className="column">
             <Navigation>
               <Section label={t("config.navigation-title")}>
-                <NavLink to={`${url}`} label={t("config.globalConfig-label")} />
+                <NavLink to={`${url}`} label={t("global-config.navigation-label")} />
               </Section>
             </Navigation>
           </div>
diff --git a/scm-ui/src/config/containers/GlobalConfig.js b/scm-ui/src/config/containers/GlobalConfig.js
index e0877e3a09..a3fcca70d5 100644
--- a/scm-ui/src/config/containers/GlobalConfig.js
+++ b/scm-ui/src/config/containers/GlobalConfig.js
@@ -1,18 +1,69 @@
 import React from "react";
 import { translate } from "react-i18next";
 import Title from "../../components/layout/Title";
+import {
+  fetchConfig,
+  getFetchConfigFailure,
+  isFetchConfigPending
+} from "../modules/config";
+import connect from "react-redux/es/connect/connect";
+import ErrorPage from "../../components/ErrorPage";
+import Loading from "../../components/Loading";
 
 type Props = {
+  loading: boolean,
+  error: Error,
+
   // context objects
-  t: string => string
+  t: string => string,
+  fetchConfig: void => void
 };
 
 class GlobalConfig extends React.Component<Props> {
-  render() {
-    const { t } = this.props;
+  componentDidMount() {
+    this.props.fetchConfig();
+  }
 
-    return <Title title={t("config.title")} />;
+  render() {
+    const { t, error, loading } = this.props;
+
+    if (error) {
+      return (
+        <ErrorPage
+          title={t("global-config.error-title")}
+          subtitle={t("global-config.error-subtitle")}
+          error={error}
+        />
+      );
+    }
+
+    if (loading) {
+      return <Loading />;
+    }
+
+    return <Title title={t("global-config.title")} />;
   }
 }
 
-export default translate("config")(GlobalConfig);
+const mapDispatchToProps = dispatch => {
+  return {
+    fetchConfig: () => {
+      dispatch(fetchConfig());
+    }
+  };
+};
+
+const mapStateToProps = state => {
+  const loading = isFetchConfigPending(state);
+  const error = getFetchConfigFailure(state);
+
+  return {
+    loading,
+    error
+  };
+};
+
+export default connect(
+  mapStateToProps,
+  mapDispatchToProps
+)(translate("config")(GlobalConfig));
diff --git a/scm-ui/src/config/modules/config.js b/scm-ui/src/config/modules/config.js
index b951d33ed3..062be6fc95 100644
--- a/scm-ui/src/config/modules/config.js
+++ b/scm-ui/src/config/modules/config.js
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 import { apiClient } from "../../apiclient";
 import * as types from "../../modules/types";
 import type { Action } from "../../types/Action";
+import { isPending } from "../../modules/pending";
+import { getFailure } from "../../modules/failure";
 
 export const FETCH_CONFIG = "scm/groups/FETCH_CONFIG";
 export const FETCH_CONFIG_PENDING = `${FETCH_CONFIG}_${types.PENDING_SUFFIX}`;
@@ -69,3 +71,13 @@ function reducer(state: any = {}, action: any = {}) {
 }
 
 export default reducer;
+
+// selectors
+
+export function isFetchConfigPending(state: Object) {
+  return isPending(state, FETCH_CONFIG);
+}
+
+export function getFetchConfigFailure(state: Object) {
+  return getFailure(state, FETCH_CONFIG);
+}
diff --git a/scm-ui/src/config/modules/config.test.js b/scm-ui/src/config/modules/config.test.js
index f81df3d522..86b5db7cbf 100644
--- a/scm-ui/src/config/modules/config.test.js
+++ b/scm-ui/src/config/modules/config.test.js
@@ -4,11 +4,14 @@ import thunk from "redux-thunk";
 import fetchMock from "fetch-mock";
 
 import reducer, {
+  FETCH_CONFIG,
   FETCH_CONFIG_PENDING,
   FETCH_CONFIG_SUCCESS,
   FETCH_CONFIG_FAILURE,
   fetchConfig,
-  fetchConfigSuccess
+  fetchConfigSuccess,
+  getFetchConfigFailure,
+  isFetchConfigPending
 } from "./config";
 
 const CONFIG_URL = "/scm/api/rest/v2/config";
@@ -114,3 +117,31 @@ describe("config reducer", () => {
     expect(newState.config.entries).toBe(config);
   });
 });
+
+describe("selector tests", () => {
+  it("should return true, when fetch config is pending", () => {
+    const state = {
+      pending: {
+        [FETCH_CONFIG]: true
+      }
+    };
+    expect(isFetchConfigPending(state)).toEqual(true);
+  });
+
+  it("should return false, when fetch config is not pending", () => {
+    expect(isFetchConfigPending({})).toEqual(false);
+  });
+
+  it("should return error when fetch config did fail", () => {
+    const state = {
+      failure: {
+        [FETCH_CONFIG]: error
+      }
+    };
+    expect(getFetchConfigFailure(state)).toEqual(error);
+  });
+
+  it("should return undefined when fetch config did not fail", () => {
+    expect(getFetchConfigFailure({})).toBe(undefined);
+  });
+});