diff --git a/src/contexts/GlobalContext.js b/src/contexts/GlobalContext.js
index 719f703bf1596d116b7797623890f4a30badcde0..3be75b913464f8fd5a31622d6d4110a867be8a7e 100644
--- a/src/contexts/GlobalContext.js
+++ b/src/contexts/GlobalContext.js
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ function setProfileState(api_host,
     })
 
     .catch((error) => {
-
+        alert(error)
         // when the token is no longer valid, getting with credentials will fail
         // mark the user as being logged out
         localStorage.removeItem('esap_logged_in')
diff --git a/src/contexts/QueryContext.js b/src/contexts/QueryContext.js
index 9aa243a04b09ae247af8c2aa50cfce7ec4cd9cff..911546d4447a567f0d2cba6ec285ee897213a0cd 100644
--- a/src/contexts/QueryContext.js
+++ b/src/contexts/QueryContext.js
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import React, { createContext, useState, useEffect, useContext } from "react";
+import { Alert } from "react-bootstrap";
 import axios from "axios";
 import useMap from "../hooks/useMap";
 import { GlobalContext } from "./GlobalContext";
@@ -10,7 +11,7 @@ export function QueryContextProvider({ children }) {
   const queryMap = useMap();
   const [formData, setFormData] = useState();
   const [page, setPage] = useState(1);
-  const [url, setURL] = useState("https://uilennest.net/astrobase/data/191231001/3836665.fits");
+  const [url, setURL] = useState("");
   const [dplevel, setDPLevel] = useState();
   const [collection, setCollection] = useState();
   const [config, setConfig] = useState();
@@ -45,7 +46,11 @@ export function QueryContextProvider({ children }) {
           return null;
         });
         setConfig(config);
-      });
+      })
+        .catch((error) => {
+            let description = ". Configuration not loaded. Is ESAP-API online? " + api_host
+            alert(error.toString() + description)
+        });
   }, [api_host, configName]);
   //}, [api_host, configName, dplevel, collection]);
 
diff --git a/src/routes/Routes.js b/src/routes/Routes.js
index 0ca92ea2d0bd14517a460732527c0cdc04a74c29..d8e28aa971832a1988ad675f876734c130790ed1 100644
--- a/src/routes/Routes.js
+++ b/src/routes/Routes.js
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ export default function Routes() {
 
         </Switch>
 
-      <footer><small>esap-gui version 12 jul 2021 - 11:00</small></footer>
+      <footer><small>esap-gui version 13 jul 2021 - 8:00</small></footer>
     </Router>
   );
 }