diff --git a/src/containers/login.js b/src/containers/login.js
index 7f62ab4..9453900 100644
--- a/src/containers/login.js
+++ b/src/containers/login.js
@@ -10,10 +10,12 @@
 import React, { Component } from 'react';
 import { Container } from 'flux/utils';
 import { PageHeader } from 'react-bootstrap';
+import NotificationSystem from 'react-notification-system';
 
 import LoginForm from '../components/login-form';
 import Header from '../components/header';
 import Footer from '../components/footer';
+import NotificationsDataManager from '../data-managers/notifications-data-manager';
 
 import AppDispatcher from '../app-dispatcher';
 import UserStore from '../stores/user-store';
@@ -30,6 +32,10 @@ class Login extends Component {
     };
   }
 
+  componentDidMount() {
+    NotificationsDataManager.setSystem(this.refs.notificationSystem);
+  }
+
   componentWillUpdate(nextProps, nextState) {
     // if token stored locally, request user
     if (nextState.token == null) {
@@ -56,6 +62,8 @@ class Login extends Component {
   render() {
     return (
       <div>
+        <NotificationSystem ref="notificationSystem" />
+
         <Header />
 
         <div className="login-container">
diff --git a/src/stores/user-store.js b/src/stores/user-store.js
index c2111b7..a0765f7 100644
--- a/src/stores/user-store.js
+++ b/src/stores/user-store.js
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import { ReduceStore } from 'flux/utils';
 
 import AppDispatcher from '../app-dispatcher';
 import UsersDataManager from '../data-managers/users-data-manager';
+import NotificationsDataManager from '../data-managers/notifications-data-manager';
 
 class UserStore extends ReduceStore {
   constructor() {
@@ -50,7 +51,12 @@ class UserStore extends ReduceStore {
         return Object.assign({}, state, { currentUser: null, token: null });
 
       case 'users/login-error':
-        console.log(action);
+        // server offline
+        NotificationsDataManager.addNotification({
+          title: 'Server offline',
+          message: 'The server is offline. Please try again later.',
+          level: 'error'
+        });
         return state;
 
       default: