diff --git a/src/components/app/index.js b/src/components/app/index.js
index 4c5469005..a5dade165 100644
--- a/src/components/app/index.js
+++ b/src/components/app/index.js
@@ -13,28 +13,32 @@ import Dialog from '../dialog';
 import Toaster from '../toaster';
 import Tabs from '../tabs';
 import LoadingBar from '../loadingBar';
+import OfflineWrapper from '../offlineWrapper';
+import offlineStyle from '../offlineWrapper/offlineWrapper.css';
 
 const App = () => (
-  <section className={`${grid.row} ${styles['body-wrapper']}`}>
-    <div className={`${grid['col-xs-12']} ${grid['col-sm-12']} ${grid['col-md-10']} ${grid['col-md-offset-1']}`}>
-      <Header />
-      <main>
-        <PrivateRoutes path='/main' render={ ({ match }) => (
-          <main>
-            <Account />
-            <Tabs />
-            <Route path={`${match.url}/transactions`} component={Transactions} />
-            <Route path={`${match.url}/voting`} component={Voting} />
-            <Route path={`${match.url}/forging`} component={Forging} />
-          </main>
-        )} />
-        <Route exact path="/" component={Login} />
-      </main>
-      <Dialog />
-      <Toaster />
-      <LoadingBar />
-    </div>
-  </section>
+  <OfflineWrapper>
+    <section className={`${grid.row} ${styles['body-wrapper']}`}>
+      <div className={`${grid['col-xs-12']} ${grid['col-sm-12']} ${grid['col-md-10']} ${grid['col-md-offset-1']}`}>
+        <Header />
+        <main>
+          <PrivateRoutes path='/main' render={ ({ match }) => (
+            <main className={offlineStyle.disableWhenOffline}>
+              <Account />
+              <Tabs />
+              <Route path={`${match.url}/transactions`} component={Transactions} />
+              <Route path={`${match.url}/voting`} component={Voting} />
+              <Route path={`${match.url}/forging`} component={Forging} />
+            </main>
+          )} />
+          <Route exact path="/" component={Login} />
+        </main>
+        <Dialog />
+        <Toaster />
+        <LoadingBar />
+      </div>
+    </section>
+  </OfflineWrapper>
 );
 
 export default App;
diff --git a/src/components/header/headerElement.js b/src/components/header/headerElement.js
index 31b184055..740f858b9 100644
--- a/src/components/header/headerElement.js
+++ b/src/components/header/headerElement.js
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import RegisterDelegate from '../registerDelegate';
 import Send from '../send';
 import PrivateWrapper from '../privateWrapper';
 import SecondPassphraseMenu from '../secondPassphrase';
+import offlineStyle from '../offlineWrapper/offlineWrapper.css';
 
 const HeaderElement = props => (
   <header className={`${grid.row} ${grid['between-xs']} ${styles.wrapper}`} >
@@ -18,7 +19,7 @@ const HeaderElement = props => (
     </div>
     <PrivateWrapper>
       <IconMenu
-        className={`${styles.iconButton} main-menu-icon-button`}
+        className={`${styles.iconButton} main-menu-icon-button ${offlineStyle.disableWhenOffline}`}
         icon="more_vert"
         position="topRight"
         menuRipple
@@ -27,12 +28,12 @@ const HeaderElement = props => (
         {
           !props.account.isDelegate &&
             <MenuItem caption="Register as delegate"
-            className='register-as-delegate'
-            onClick={() => props.setActiveDialog({
-              title: 'Register as delegate',
-              childComponent: RegisterDelegate,
-            })}
-          />
+              className='register-as-delegate'
+              onClick={() => props.setActiveDialog({
+                title: 'Register as delegate',
+                childComponent: RegisterDelegate,
+              })}
+            />
         }
         <SecondPassphraseMenu />
         <MenuItem caption="Sign message"
@@ -54,7 +55,7 @@ const HeaderElement = props => (
         />
       </IconMenu>
       <Button className={`${styles.button} logout-button`} raised onClick={props.logOut}>logout</Button>
-      <Button className={`${styles.button} send-button`}
+      <Button className={`${styles.button} send-button ${offlineStyle.disableWhenOffline}`}
         raised primary
         onClick={() => props.setActiveDialog({
           title: 'Send',
diff --git a/src/components/offlineWrapper/index.js b/src/components/offlineWrapper/index.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..786094495
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/components/offlineWrapper/index.js
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+import React from 'react';
+import { connect } from 'react-redux';
+import styles from './offlineWrapper.css';
+
+export const OfflineWrapperComponent = props => (
+  <span className={props.offline && styles.isOffline}>
+    { props.children }
+  </span>
+);
+
+
+const mapStateToProps = state => ({
+  offline: state.loading && state.loading.indexOf('offline') > -1,
+});
+
+export default connect(mapStateToProps)(OfflineWrapperComponent);
diff --git a/src/components/offlineWrapper/index.test.js b/src/components/offlineWrapper/index.test.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d1c82a913
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/components/offlineWrapper/index.test.js
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+import React from 'react';
+import { expect } from 'chai';
+import { mount, shallow } from 'enzyme';
+import { Provider } from 'react-redux';
+import configureStore from 'redux-mock-store';
+import OfflineWrapper, { OfflineWrapperComponent } from './index';
+import styles from './offlineWrapper.css';
+
+const fakeStore = configureStore();
+
+describe('OfflineWrapperComponent', () => {
+  it('renders props.children inside a span with "offline" class if props.offline', () => {
+    const wrapper = shallow(
+      <OfflineWrapperComponent offline={true}><h1 /> </OfflineWrapperComponent>);
+    expect(wrapper).to.contain(<h1 />);
+    expect(wrapper).to.have.className(styles.isOffline);
+  });
+
+  it('renders without "offline" class if props.offline', () => {
+    const wrapper = shallow(
+      <OfflineWrapperComponent offline={false}><h1 /> </OfflineWrapperComponent>);
+    expect(wrapper).not.to.have.className(styles.isOffline);
+  });
+});
+
+describe('OfflineWrapper', () => {
+  it('should set props.offline = false if "offline" is not in store.loading', () => {
+    const store = fakeStore({
+      loading: [],
+    });
+    const wrapper = mount(<Provider store={store}><OfflineWrapper /></Provider>);
+    expect(wrapper.find(OfflineWrapperComponent).props().offline).to.equal(false);
+  });
+
+  it('should set props.offline = true if "offline" is in store.loading', () => {
+    const store = fakeStore({
+      loading: ['offline'],
+    });
+    const wrapper = mount(<Provider store={store}><OfflineWrapper /></Provider>);
+    expect(wrapper.find(OfflineWrapperComponent).props().offline).to.equal(true);
+  });
+});
diff --git a/src/components/offlineWrapper/offlineWrapper.css b/src/components/offlineWrapper/offlineWrapper.css
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a1e8feaf7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/components/offlineWrapper/offlineWrapper.css
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+.isOffline .disableWhenOffline {
+  opacity: 0.5;
+  pointer-events: none;
+}
diff --git a/src/store/middlewares/index.js b/src/store/middlewares/index.js
index 89ad89fba..92f18ee23 100644
--- a/src/store/middlewares/index.js
+++ b/src/store/middlewares/index.js
@@ -1,11 +1,13 @@
 import metronomeMiddleware from './metronome';
 import accountMiddleware from './account';
 import loginMiddleware from './login';
+import offlineMiddleware from './offline';
 import notificationMiddleware from './notification';
 
 export default [
   loginMiddleware,
   metronomeMiddleware,
   accountMiddleware,
+  offlineMiddleware,
   notificationMiddleware,
 ];
diff --git a/src/store/middlewares/offline.js b/src/store/middlewares/offline.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9923594dd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/store/middlewares/offline.js
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+import actionsType from '../../constants/actions';
+import { successToastDisplayed, errorToastDisplayed } from '../../actions/toaster';
+import { loadingStarted, loadingFinished } from '../../utils/loading';
+
+const offlineMiddleware = store => next => (action) => {
+  const state = store.getState();
+  switch (action.type) {
+    case actionsType.activePeerUpdate:
+      if (action.data.online === false && state.peers.status.online === true) {
+        const address = `${state.peers.data.currentPeer}:${state.peers.data.port}`;
+        store.dispatch(errorToastDisplayed({ label: `Failed to connect to node ${address}` }));
+        loadingStarted('offline');
+      } else if (action.data.online === true && state.peers.status.online === false) {
+        store.dispatch(successToastDisplayed({ label: 'Connection re-established' }));
+        loadingFinished('offline');
+      }
+      if (action.data.online !== state.peers.status.online) {
+        next(action);
+      }
+      break;
+    default:
+      next(action);
+      break;
+  }
+};
+
+export default offlineMiddleware;
diff --git a/src/store/middlewares/offline.test.js b/src/store/middlewares/offline.test.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..bea699508
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/store/middlewares/offline.test.js
@@ -0,0 +1,77 @@
+import { expect } from 'chai';
+import { spy, stub } from 'sinon';
+import middleware from './offline';
+import { successToastDisplayed, errorToastDisplayed } from '../../actions/toaster';
+import actionType from '../../constants/actions';
+
+
+describe('Offline middleware', () => {
+  let store;
+  let next;
+  let action;
+  let peers;
+
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    store = stub();
+    store.dispatch = spy();
+    next = spy();
+    action = {
+      type: actionType.activePeerUpdate,
+      data: {},
+    };
+    peers = {
+      data: {
+        port: 4000,
+        currentPeer: 'localhost',
+      },
+      status: {},
+    };
+    store.getState = () => ({ peers });
+  });
+
+  it('should pass the action to next middleware on some random action', () => {
+    const randomAction = {
+      type: 'TEST_ACTION',
+    };
+
+    middleware(store)(next)(randomAction);
+    expect(next).to.have.been.calledWith(randomAction);
+  });
+
+  it(`should dispatch errorToastDisplayed on ${actionType.activePeerUpdate} action if !action.data.online and state.peer.status.online`, () => {
+    peers.status.online = true;
+    action.data.online = false;
+
+    middleware(store)(next)(action);
+    expect(store.dispatch).to.have.been.calledWith(errorToastDisplayed({
+      label: `Failed to connect to node ${peers.data.currentPeer}:${peers.data.port}`,
+    }));
+  });
+
+  it(`should dispatch successToastDisplayed on ${actionType.activePeerUpdate} action if action.data.online and !state.peer.status.online`, () => {
+    peers.status.online = false;
+    action.data.online = true;
+
+    middleware(store)(next)(action);
+    expect(store.dispatch).to.have.been.calledWith(successToastDisplayed({
+      label: 'Connection re-established',
+    }));
+  });
+
+  it(`should not call next() on ${actionType.activePeerUpdate} action if action.data.online === state.peer.status.online`, () => {
+    peers.status.online = false;
+    action.data.online = false;
+
+    middleware(store)(next)(action);
+    expect(next).not.to.have.been.calledWith();
+  });
+
+  it(`should call next() on ${actionType.activePeerUpdate} action if action.data.online !== state.peer.status.online`, () => {
+    peers.status.online = true;
+    action.data.online = false;
+
+    middleware(store)(next)(action);
+    expect(next).to.have.been.calledWith(action);
+  });
+});
+
diff --git a/src/store/reducers/peers.js b/src/store/reducers/peers.js
index 0d25389e5..005119555 100644
--- a/src/store/reducers/peers.js
+++ b/src/store/reducers/peers.js
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import actionTypes from '../../constants/actions';
  *
  * @returns {Object} - Next state object
  */
-const peers = (state = {}, action) => {
+const peers = (state = { status: {} }, action) => {
   switch (action.type) {
     case actionTypes.activePeerSet:
       return Object.assign({}, state, { data: action.data });