diff --git a/priv/frontend/src/components/App.js b/priv/frontend/src/components/App.js
index 7428b9a..6f5dffa 100644
--- a/priv/frontend/src/components/App.js
+++ b/priv/frontend/src/components/App.js
@@ -3,8 +3,9 @@ import React, { Component } from 'react'
 import './App.css'
 import Service from './Service.js'
 import ServicePlaceholder from './ServicePlaceholder.js'
+import DegradedNotice from './DegradedNotice.js'
 import OP from '../ws/op.js'
-import { log } from '../util.js'
+import { log, objectFromEntries } from '../util.js'
 import { domain as DOMAIN } from '../config.json'
 
 export default class App extends Component {
@@ -153,20 +154,31 @@ export default class App extends Component {
   }
 
   render () {
-    const metrics = !this.state.metrics ? null : (
-      <div className="services">
-        {Object.entries(this.state.metrics.status)
-          .map(([name, info]) => (
-            <Service
-              name={name}
-              key={name}
-              graph={this.state.metrics.graph[name]}
-              {...info}
-            />
-          ))
-        }
-      </div>
-    )
+    let metrics = null
+
+    if (this.state.metrics) {
+      const allServices = Object.entries(this.state.metrics.status)
+      const graphs = this.state.metrics.graph
+
+      const services = allServices.map(([name, info]) => (
+        <Service name={name} key={name} graph={graphs[name]} {...info}/>
+      ))
+
+      let notice = null
+      const down = allServices.filter(([, { status }]) => !status)
+
+      if (down.length !== 0) {
+        // a service is down :(
+        notice = <DegradedNotice services={objectFromEntries(down)}/>
+      }
+
+      metrics = (
+        <div className="services">
+          {notice}
+          {services}
+        </div>
+      )
+    }
 
     return (
       <div className="dashboard">
diff --git a/priv/frontend/src/components/DegradedNotice.css b/priv/frontend/src/components/DegradedNotice.css
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b9268cd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/priv/frontend/src/components/DegradedNotice.css
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+.degraded-notice {
+  border-radius: 0.25rem;
+  padding: 1rem;
+  margin: 1rem 0;
+  border: solid 1px hsla(0, 100%, 80%, 1);
+  background: hsla(0, 100%, 90%, 1);
+}
+
+.degraded-notice header {
+  font-size: 1.35rem;
+  font-weight: 700;
+  margin-bottom: 0.5em;
+}
+
+.degraded-notice p {
+  margin-bottom: 0;
+}
diff --git a/priv/frontend/src/components/DegradedNotice.js b/priv/frontend/src/components/DegradedNotice.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d83777c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/priv/frontend/src/components/DegradedNotice.js
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+import React from 'react'
+import PropTypes from 'prop-types'
+
+import './DegradedNotice.css'
+
+const DegradedNotice = ({ services }) => {
+  const keys = Object.keys(services)
+  const serviceNames = keys.join(', ')
+  const plural = keys.length === 1 ? '' : 's'
+
+  return (
+    <div className="degraded-notice">
+      <header>{keys.length} service{plural} are unreachable</header>
+      <p>
+        elstat is having trouble contacting <strong>{serviceNames}</strong>.
+      </p>
+    </div>
+  )
+}
+
+DegradedNotice.propTypes = {
+  services: PropTypes.object.isRequired,
+}
+
+export default DegradedNotice
diff --git a/priv/frontend/src/util.js b/priv/frontend/src/util.js
index 213298a..fc9bec2 100644
--- a/priv/frontend/src/util.js
+++ b/priv/frontend/src/util.js
@@ -6,3 +6,10 @@ export function log (...args) {
     ...args,
   )
 }
+
+export function objectFromEntries (entries) {
+  return entries.reduce(
+    (object, [key, value]) => ({ ...object, [key]: value }),
+    {}
+  )
+}