diff --git a/react/features/app/actions.js b/react/features/app/actions.js
index 3c0082d19..aca96b65f 100644
--- a/react/features/app/actions.js
+++ b/react/features/app/actions.js
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import type { Dispatch } from 'redux';
 import { setRoom } from '../base/conference';
 import {
     configWillLoad,
+    createFakeConfig,
     loadConfigError,
     restoreConfig,
     setConfig,
@@ -101,9 +102,15 @@ export function appNavigate(uri: ?string) {
                 config = restoreConfig(baseURL);
 
                 if (!config) {
-                    dispatch(loadConfigError(error, locationURL));
+                    if (room) {
+                        dispatch(loadConfigError(error, locationURL));
 
-                    return;
+                        return;
+                    }
+
+                    // If there is no room (we are on the welcome page), don't fail, just create a fake one.
+                    logger.warn('Failed to load config but there is no room, applying a fake one');
+                    config = createFakeConfig(baseURL);
                 }
             }
         }
diff --git a/react/features/base/config/functions.any.js b/react/features/base/config/functions.any.js
index be2bf038a..7b7643a50 100644
--- a/react/features/base/config/functions.any.js
+++ b/react/features/base/config/functions.any.js
@@ -155,6 +155,29 @@ const WHITELISTED_KEYS = [
 export { default as getRoomName } from './getRoomName';
 export { parseURLParams };
 
+/**
+ * Create a "fake" configuration object for the given base URL. This is used in case the config
+ * couldn't be loaded in the welcome page, so at least we have something to try with.
+ *
+ * @param {string} baseURL - URL of the deployment for which we want the fake config.
+ * @returns {Object}
+ */
+export function createFakeConfig(baseURL: string) {
+    const url = new URL(baseURL);
+
+    return {
+        hosts: {
+            domain: url.hostname,
+            muc: `conference.${url.hostname}`
+        },
+        bosh: `${baseURL}http-bind`,
+        clientNode: 'https://jitsi.org/jitsi-meet',
+        p2p: {
+            enabled: true
+        }
+    };
+}
+
 /**
  * Promise wrapper on obtain config method. When HttpConfigFetch will be moved
  * to React app it's better to use load config instead.