diff --git a/server/services/DestinationsService.js b/server/services/DestinationsService.js
index 345c2b1ee..92bbfd98d 100644
--- a/server/services/DestinationsService.js
+++ b/server/services/DestinationsService.js
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
  */
 
 import _ from 'lodash';
+import { isIndexNotFoundError } from './utils/helpers';
 
 export default class DestinationsService {
   constructor(esDriver) {
@@ -198,6 +199,11 @@ export default class DestinationsService {
         },
       });
     } catch (err) {
+      if (isIndexNotFoundError(err)) {
+        return res.ok({
+          body: { ok: true, resp: { totalDestinations: 0, destinations: [] } },
+        });
+      }
       return res.ok({
         body: {
           ok: false,
diff --git a/server/services/MonitorService.js b/server/services/MonitorService.js
index b2567cdc9..a83979d87 100644
--- a/server/services/MonitorService.js
+++ b/server/services/MonitorService.js
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
 import _ from 'lodash';
 
 import { INDEX } from '../../utils/constants';
+import { isIndexNotFoundError } from './utils/helpers';
 
 export default class MonitorService {
   constructor(esDriver) {
@@ -350,6 +351,11 @@ export default class MonitorService {
       });
     } catch (err) {
       console.error('Alerting - MonitorService - getMonitors', err);
+      if (isIndexNotFoundError(err)) {
+        return res.ok({
+          body: { ok: false, resp: { totalMonitors: 0, monitors: [] } },
+        });
+      }
       return res.ok({
         body: {
           ok: false,
diff --git a/server/services/utils/helpers.js b/server/services/utils/helpers.js
index e022e3381..fbf0f8630 100644
--- a/server/services/utils/helpers.js
+++ b/server/services/utils/helpers.js
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
  *   permissions and limitations under the License.
  */
 
-import { map, mapKeys, mapValues, isPlainObject, snakeCase, camelCase } from 'lodash';
+import { get, map, mapKeys, mapValues, isPlainObject, snakeCase, camelCase } from 'lodash';
 
 export function mapKeysDeep(obj, fn) {
   if (Array.isArray(obj)) {
@@ -39,3 +39,11 @@ export function mapKeysDeep(obj, fn) {
 export const toSnake = (value, key) => snakeCase(key);
 
 export const toCamel = (value, key) => camelCase(key);
+
+export const isIndexNotFoundError = (err) => {
+  return (
+    err.statusCode === 404 &&
+    get(err, 'body.error.reason', '') ===
+      'Configured indices are not found: [.opendistro-alerting-config]'
+  );
+};