diff --git a/src/app/app.module.ts b/src/app/app.module.ts
index 3ded6fc..cabe1b5 100644
--- a/src/app/app.module.ts
+++ b/src/app/app.module.ts
@@ -103,7 +103,18 @@ import { FilterPipeModule } from 'ngx-filter-pipe';
 })
 
 export class AppModule {
-  constructor () {
+  constructor (
+    private api: ApiService,
+  ) {
+    this.api.checkDatabaseConnection().subscribe(
+      result => {
+      },
+      error => {
+        document.location = '#/500';
+        throw new Error('Server connection fail');
+      }
+    );
+
     if (environment.enableAnalytics) {
       (<any>window).ga('create', environment.analyticsKey, 'auto');
     }
diff --git a/src/app/pages/500.component.html b/src/app/pages/500.component.html
index e09fae4..79ff5ec 100644
--- a/src/app/pages/500.component.html
+++ b/src/app/pages/500.component.html
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
         <div class="clearfix">
           <h1 class="float-left display-3 mr-4">500</h1>
           <h4 class="pt-3">Houston, we have a problem!</h4>
-          <p class="text-muted">The page you are looking for is temporarily unavailable.</p>
+          <p class="text-muted">Server connection unavailable.</p>
         </div>
         <span class="input-group-btn">
           <button class="btn btn-primary btn-lg" type="button"(click)="goBack()">Go Back</button>
diff --git a/src/app/providers/api-service.ts b/src/app/providers/api-service.ts
index dd398e0..59b9e61 100644
--- a/src/app/providers/api-service.ts
+++ b/src/app/providers/api-service.ts
@@ -41,6 +41,13 @@ export class ApiService {
     localStorage.removeItem('sessionKey');
   }
 
+  public checkDatabaseConnection() {
+    return this.http.post<any>(
+      this.apiUrl,
+      null
+    );
+  }
+
   public register(data) {
     return this.http.post<any>(
       this.apiUrl + '/register',