diff --git a/web/gui/src/main/java/org/onosproject/ui/impl/ApplicationViewMessageHandler.java b/web/gui/src/main/java/org/onosproject/ui/impl/ApplicationViewMessageHandler.java
index 77a5897..2e1e7a0 100644
--- a/web/gui/src/main/java/org/onosproject/ui/impl/ApplicationViewMessageHandler.java
+++ b/web/gui/src/main/java/org/onosproject/ui/impl/ApplicationViewMessageHandler.java
@@ -66,6 +66,8 @@
 
     // handler for application table requests
     private final class AppDataRequest extends TableRequestHandler {
+        private static final String NO_ROWS_MESSAGE = "No applications found";
+
         private AppDataRequest() {
             super(APP_DATA_REQ, APP_DATA_RESP, APPS);
         }
@@ -76,6 +78,11 @@
         }
 
         @Override
+        protected String noRowsMessage() {
+            return NO_ROWS_MESSAGE;
+        }
+
+        @Override
         protected void populateTable(TableModel tm, ObjectNode payload) {
             ApplicationService as = get(ApplicationService.class);
             for (Application app : as.getApplications()) {