diff --git a/frontend/src/component/application/ApplicationList/PaginatedApplicationList.test.tsx b/frontend/src/component/application/ApplicationList/PaginatedApplicationList.test.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..67d9bb3d81
--- /dev/null
+++ b/frontend/src/component/application/ApplicationList/PaginatedApplicationList.test.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+import { screen } from '@testing-library/react';
+import { render } from 'utils/testRenderer';
+import { testServerRoute, testServerSetup } from 'utils/testServer';
+import { PaginatedApplicationList } from './PaginatedApplicationList';
+import { ApplicationSchema } from '../../../openapi';
+
+const server = testServerSetup();
+
+const setupApi = (applications: ApplicationSchema[]) => {
+    testServerRoute(server, '/api/admin/metrics/applications', {
+        applications,
+        total: applications.length,
+    });
+    testServerRoute(server, '/api/admin/ui-config', {});
+};
+
+test('Display applications list', async () => {
+    setupApi([{ appName: 'myApp1' }, { appName: 'myApp2' }]);
+    render(<PaginatedApplicationList />);
+
+    await screen.findByText('myApp1');
+    await screen.findByText('myApp2');
+    const nameColumn = screen.queryAllByText('Name')[0];
+
+    nameColumn.click();
+    expect(window.location.href).toContain(
+        '?offset=0&sortBy=appName&sortOrder=desc',
+    );
+});
+
+test('Display no applications', async () => {
+    setupApi([]);
+    render(<PaginatedApplicationList />);
+
+    await screen.findByText('Warning');
+});
diff --git a/frontend/src/component/application/ApplicationList/PaginatedApplicationList.tsx b/frontend/src/component/application/ApplicationList/PaginatedApplicationList.tsx
index 9a88ab9c4b..081c0ef5d2 100644
--- a/frontend/src/component/application/ApplicationList/PaginatedApplicationList.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/component/application/ApplicationList/PaginatedApplicationList.tsx
@@ -136,10 +136,6 @@ export const PaginatedApplicationList = () => {
 
     const bodyLoadingRef = useLoading(loading);
 
-    if (!data) {
-        return <CircularProgress variant='indeterminate' />;
-    }
-
     return (
         <>
             <PageContent