diff --git a/src/components/login/login.js b/src/components/login/login.js
index fcb99ac04..b9845a2d8 100644
--- a/src/components/login/login.js
+++ b/src/components/login/login.js
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ app.component('login', {
     /* eslint no-param-reassign: ["error", { "props": false }] */
 
     constructor($scope, $rootScope, $timeout, $document, $mdMedia,
-      $cookies, $location, Passphrase, $state, Account, Peers) {
+      $cookies, $location, Passphrase, $state, Account, Peers, dialog) {
       this.$scope = $scope;
       this.$rootScope = $rootScope;
       this.$timeout = $timeout;
@@ -19,9 +19,11 @@ app.component('login', {
       this.$state = $state;
       this.account = Account;
       this.peers = Peers;
+      this.dialog = dialog;
 
       this.Passphrase = Passphrase;
       this.generatingNewPassphrase = false;
+      this.$rootScope.loggingIn = false;
 
       this.networks = [{
         name: 'Mainnet',
@@ -58,14 +60,20 @@ app.component('login', {
      * @param {String} [_passphrase=this.input_passphrase]
      */
     passConfirmSubmit(_passphrase = this.input_passphrase) {
+      this.$rootScope.loggingIn = true;
       if (this.Passphrase.normalize.constructor === Function) {
-        this.peers.setActive(this.network);
-
-        this.account.set({
-          passphrase: this.Passphrase.normalize(_passphrase),
-          network: this.network,
+        this.peers.setActive(this.network).then(() => {
+          this.$rootScope.loggingIn = false;
+          if (this.peers.online) {
+            this.account.set({
+              passphrase: this.Passphrase.normalize(_passphrase),
+              network: this.network,
+            });
+            this.$state.go(this.$rootScope.landingUrl || 'main.transactions');
+          } else {
+            this.dialog.errorToast(`Failed to connect to node ${this.network.address}`);
+          }
         });
-        this.$state.go(this.$rootScope.landingUrl || 'main.transactions');
       }
     }
 
diff --git a/src/components/login/login.pug b/src/components/login/login.pug
index 98ad3406e..4323ee87a 100644
--- a/src/components/login/login.pug
+++ b/src/components/login/login.pug
@@ -20,5 +20,5 @@ md-card
       md-content(layout='row', layout-align='center center')
         // md-button(ng-disabled='$ctrl.generatingNewPassphrase', ng-click='$ctrl.devTestAccount()') Dev Test Account
         md-button.md-primary.new-account-button(ng-disabled='$ctrl.random || $ctrl.generatingNewPassphrase', ng-click='$ctrl.generatePassphrase()') NEW ACCOUNT
-        md-button.md-raised.md-primary.login-button(md-autofocus, ng-disabled='$ctrl.valid != undefined && $ctrl.valid !== 1', type='submit') Login
+        md-button.md-raised.md-primary.login-button(md-autofocus, ng-disabled='($ctrl.valid != undefined && $ctrl.valid !== 1) || $root.loggingIn', type='submit') Login
     passphrase(ng-if='$ctrl.generatingNewPassphrase', data-on-login='$ctrl.onLogin', data-target='primary-pass')
diff --git a/src/index.pug b/src/index.pug
index 8a46cee4e..a74c42ebd 100644
--- a/src/index.pug
+++ b/src/index.pug
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ html
     div.body-wrapper
       md-content(id="main", flex='100', flex-gt-sm='80', flex-offset-gt-sm='10')
         header
-        div.absolutely-positioned-loading(layout='row', layout-align='space-around', ng-show='prelogged')
+        div.absolutely-positioned-loading(layout='row', layout-align='space-around', ng-show='prelogged || loggingIn')
           md-progress-circular.md-warn(md-mode='indeterminate', md-diameter='80')
         div(ng-class='{ online: $root.peers.online, offline: !$root.peers.online }')
           div(data-ui-view)
diff --git a/src/services/api/peers.js b/src/services/api/peers.js
index 45e1f35d7..6b57e2424 100644
--- a/src/services/api/peers.js
+++ b/src/services/api/peers.js
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ app.factory('Peers', ($timeout, $cookies, $location, $q, $rootScope) => {
         conf = network;
         if (network.address) {
           conf.node = network.address.split(':')[1].replace('//', '');
-          conf.port = network.address.match(/:([0-9]{1,5})$/)[1];
+          conf.port = network.address.match(/:([0-9]{1,5})\/?$/) && network.address.match(/:([0-9]{1,5})\/?$/)[1];
           conf.ssl = network.address.split(':')[0] === 'https';
         }
         if (conf.testnet === undefined && conf.port !== undefined) {
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ app.factory('Peers', ($timeout, $cookies, $location, $q, $rootScope) => {
       }
 
       this.active = lisk.api(conf);
-      this.check();
+      return this.check();
     }
 
     /**
@@ -95,9 +95,7 @@ app.factory('Peers', ($timeout, $cookies, $location, $q, $rootScope) => {
      * @method check
      */
     check() {
-      this.reset();
-
-      this.sendRequestPromise('loader/status', {})
+      return this.sendRequestPromise('loader/status', {})
         .then(() => this.online = true)
         .catch(() => this.online = false);
     }
diff --git a/test/components/login/login.spec.js b/test/components/login/login.spec.js
index b7c02493f..73eb076f3 100644
--- a/test/components/login/login.spec.js
+++ b/test/components/login/login.spec.js
@@ -69,9 +69,10 @@ describe('Login controller', () => {
   /* eslint-disable no-unused-vars */
   let $timeout;
   /* eslint-enable no-unused-vars */
+  let $q;
 
   beforeEach(inject((_$componentController_, _$rootScope_, _$state_,
-    _Passphrase_, _$cookies_, _$timeout_, _Account_) => {
+    _Passphrase_, _$cookies_, _$timeout_, _Account_, _$q_) => {
     $componentController = _$componentController_;
     $rootScope = _$rootScope_;
     $state = _$state_;
@@ -81,6 +82,7 @@ describe('Login controller', () => {
     /* eslint-disable no-unused-vars */
     $timeout = _$timeout_;
     /* eslint-enable no-unused-vars */
+    $q = _$q_;
   }));
 
   beforeEach(() => {
@@ -122,15 +124,29 @@ describe('Login controller', () => {
   });
 
   describe('passConfirmSubmit()', () => {
+    let peersMock;
+    let deferred;
+
+    beforeEach(() => {
+      deferred = $q.defer();
+      peersMock = sinon.mock(controller.peers);
+      peersMock.expects('setActive').returns(deferred.promise);
+      controller.peers.online = true;
+    });
+
     it('sets account.phassphrase as this.input_passphrase processed by normalizer', () => {
       controller.input_passphrase = '\tTEST  PassPHrASe  ';
       controller.passConfirmSubmit();
+      deferred.resolve();
+      $scope.$apply();
       expect(account.get().passphrase).to.equal('test passphrase');
     });
 
     it('calls Passphrase.normalize()', () => {
       const spy = sinon.spy(Passphrase, 'normalize');
       controller.passConfirmSubmit();
+      deferred.resolve();
+      $scope.$apply();
       expect(spy).to.have.been.calledWith();
     });
 
@@ -138,8 +154,19 @@ describe('Login controller', () => {
       controller.input_passphrase = testPassphrase;
       const spy = sinon.spy($state, 'go');
       controller.passConfirmSubmit();
+      deferred.resolve();
+      $scope.$apply();
       expect(spy).to.have.been.calledWith();
     });
+
+    it('shows error toast if peers.setActive sets peers.online = false', () => {
+      const spy = sinon.spy(controller.dialog, 'errorToast');
+      controller.peers.online = false;
+      controller.passConfirmSubmit();
+      deferred.resolve();
+      $scope.$apply();
+      expect(spy).to.have.been.calledWith(`Failed to connect to node ${controller.network.address}`);
+    });
   });
 
   describe('devTestAccount()', () => {