diff --git a/core/web/resolver/chain_test.go b/core/web/resolver/chain_test.go
index b172047d865..b7a4b7c8386 100644
--- a/core/web/resolver/chain_test.go
+++ b/core/web/resolver/chain_test.go
@@ -108,6 +108,25 @@ ResendAfterThreshold = '1h0m0s'
 				}
 			}`, configTOMLEscaped),
 		},
+		unauthorizedTestCase(GQLTestCase{query: query}, "chains"),
+		{
+			name:          "no chains",
+			authenticated: true,
+			before: func(f *gqlTestFramework) {
+				f.App.On("GetRelayers").Return(&chainlinkmocks.FakeRelayerChainInteroperators{Relayers: []loop.Relayer{}})
+
+			},
+			query: query,
+			result: `
+			{
+				"chains": {
+					"results": [],
+					"metadata": {
+						"total": 0
+					}
+				}
+			}`,
+		},
 	}
 
 	RunGQLTests(t, testCases)
diff --git a/core/web/resolver/query.go b/core/web/resolver/query.go
index 90975777f97..ccc9da2ab91 100644
--- a/core/web/resolver/query.go
+++ b/core/web/resolver/query.go
@@ -105,6 +105,11 @@ func (r *Resolver) Chains(ctx context.Context, args struct {
 	}
 	count := len(chains)
 
+	if count == 0 {
+		//No chains are configured, return an empty ChainsPayload, so we don't break the UI
+		return NewChainsPayload(nil, 0), nil
+	}
+
 	// bound the chain results
 	if offset >= len(chains) {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("offset %d out of range", offset)