diff --git a/src/RootApp.tsx b/src/RootApp.tsx
index 0159b155ab..a44e25d565 100644
--- a/src/RootApp.tsx
+++ b/src/RootApp.tsx
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import React from 'react';
 import StableApp from './apps/stable/App';
 import { HistoryRouter } from './components/router/HistoryRouter';
 import { ApiProvider } from './hooks/useApi';
+import { WebConfigProvider } from './hooks/useWebConfig';
 
 const ExperimentalApp = loadable(() => import('./apps/experimental/App'));
 
@@ -13,13 +14,15 @@ const RootApp = ({ history }: { history: History }) => {
 
     return (
         <ApiProvider>
-            <HistoryRouter history={history}>
-                {
-                    layoutMode === 'experimental' ?
-                        <ExperimentalApp /> :
-                        <StableApp />
-                }
-            </HistoryRouter>
+            <WebConfigProvider>
+                <HistoryRouter history={history}>
+                    {
+                        layoutMode === 'experimental' ?
+                            <ExperimentalApp /> :
+                            <StableApp />
+                    }
+                </HistoryRouter>
+            </WebConfigProvider>
         </ApiProvider>
     );
 };
diff --git a/src/hooks/useWebConfig.tsx b/src/hooks/useWebConfig.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..528afcee0f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/hooks/useWebConfig.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+import React, { createContext, FC, useContext, useEffect, useState } from 'react';
+
+import type { WebConfig } from '../types/webConfig';
+import defaultConfig from '../config.json';
+import fetchLocal from '../utils/fetchLocal';
+
+export const WebConfigContext = createContext<WebConfig>(defaultConfig);
+export const useWebConfig = () => useContext(WebConfigContext);
+
+export const WebConfigProvider: FC = ({ children }) => {
+    const [ config, setConfig ] = useState<WebConfig>(defaultConfig);
+
+    useEffect(() => {
+        const fetchConfig = async () => {
+            try {
+                const response = await fetchLocal('config.json', { cache: 'no-cache' });
+
+                if (!response.ok) {
+                    throw new Error('network response was not ok');
+                }
+
+                const configData = await response.json();
+                setConfig(configData);
+            } catch (err) {
+                console.warn('[WebConfigProvider] failed to fetch config file', err);
+            }
+        };
+
+        fetchConfig()
+            .catch(() => {
+                // This should never happen since fetchConfig catches errors internally
+            });
+    }, [ setConfig ]);
+
+    return (
+        <WebConfigContext.Provider value={config}>
+            {children}
+        </WebConfigContext.Provider>
+    );
+};
diff --git a/src/types/webConfig.ts b/src/types/webConfig.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5ef164c247
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/types/webConfig.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+interface Theme {
+    name: string
+    id: string
+    color: string
+}
+
+interface MenuLink {
+    name: string
+    icon?: string
+    url: string
+}
+
+export interface WebConfig {
+    includeCorsCredentials?: boolean
+    multiserver?: boolean
+    themes?: Theme[]
+    menuLinks?: MenuLink[]
+    servers?: string[]
+    plugins?: string[]
+}