diff --git a/src/app/_services/init.service.ts b/src/app/_services/init.service.ts
index 7c00b006..e88a5435 100644
--- a/src/app/_services/init.service.ts
+++ b/src/app/_services/init.service.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { HttpClient } from "@angular/common/http";
+import { HttpClient, HttpResponse } from "@angular/common/http";
 import { Injectable } from "@angular/core";
 import { Observable } from "rxjs";
 
@@ -9,7 +9,8 @@ export class InitService {
 
   constructor(private http: HttpClient) { }
 
-  fetchInfo(): Observable<{ initialized: boolean }> {
-    return this.http.get<{ initialized: boolean }>("info");
+  fetchInfo(): Observable<HttpResponse<{ initialized: boolean }>> {
+    return this.http.get<{ initialized: boolean }>("info", { observe: "response" });
   }
+
 }
diff --git a/src/app/login/login.component.ts b/src/app/login/login.component.ts
index c46cffe7..f35fde3b 100644
--- a/src/app/login/login.component.ts
+++ b/src/app/login/login.component.ts
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ import { ActivatedRoute, Router } from "@angular/router";
 import { AuthenticationService } from "../_services/authentication.service";
 import { first } from "rxjs/operators";
 import { InitService } from "../_services/init.service";
+import { NotificationService } from "../_services/notification.service";
+import { NotificationMessage } from "../notification/notification-messages";
 
 @Component({
   selector: "app-login",
@@ -24,7 +26,10 @@ export class LoginComponent implements OnInit {
     private router: Router,
     private authenticationService: AuthenticationService,
     private initService: InitService,
-    ) { }
+    private notification: NotificationMessage,
+    private notificationService: NotificationService,
+  ) {
+  }
 
   ngOnInit() {
     // reset login status
@@ -32,12 +37,17 @@ export class LoginComponent implements OnInit {
 
     // slow down to give top panel time to disappear
     new Promise(resolve => setTimeout(resolve, 0)).then();
-    this.initService.fetchInfo().subscribe((res) => {
-      if (res.initialized === false) {
-        this.router.navigate(["init"]);
-      }
-      this.initLoaded = true;
-    });
+    this.initService.fetchInfo()
+      .subscribe((res) => {
+        if (res?.body?.initialized === false) {
+          this.router.navigate(["init"]);
+        }
+        this.initLoaded = true;
+      }, (res) => {
+        const message = this.notification.appInitialization(res);
+        this.notificationService.showNotification(message);
+
+      });
 
 
     this.loginForm = this.formBuilder.group({
diff --git a/src/app/notification/notification-messages.ts b/src/app/notification/notification-messages.ts
index c4b2a8cf..59230713 100644
--- a/src/app/notification/notification-messages.ts
+++ b/src/app/notification/notification-messages.ts
@@ -82,6 +82,10 @@ export class NotificationMessage {
     return this.statusCodeMessage(response, "Thresholds were updated");
   }
 
+  appInitialization(response) {
+    return this.statusCodeMessage(response, "")
+  }
+
   private statusCodeMessage(response, successMessage) {
     let message = { success: false, message:  (typeof response === "string" && response?.includes("Unexpected error")) ? response : "Unexpected error occurred" };
     if (response.status >= 200 && response.status < 300) {