diff --git a/docs/core/app-config.service.md b/docs/core/app-config.service.md
index fb4728092d..05d615c5d6 100644
--- a/docs/core/app-config.service.md
+++ b/docs/core/app-config.service.md
@@ -98,3 +98,28 @@ The supported variables are:
 | ------------- | ------------- |
 | hostname | `location.hostname` |
 | port | `location.port` |
+
+## App Config onLoad Stream
+When the app config is loaded correctly an onChange event is sent with the whole set app config properties. This comes in handy when a component wants to react to some property change or interact with the app config when it's correctly loaded.
+
+```ts
+
+    appConfig.onLoad.subscribe((appConfig) => {
+        console.log(appConfig); //this is the representation of the app-config
+    });
+```
+
+We have added also the `select` method where the user can give the property name which wants to be notified the when the app config is loaded and get the value.
+
+```json
+    appconfig : {
+        logLevel : 'trace'
+    }
+```
+
+```ts
+    
+    appConfig.select('logLevel').subscribe((logLevelValue) => {
+        console.log(logLevelValue); //this will be 'trace';
+    });
+```
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/lib/core/app-config/app-config.service.spec.ts b/lib/core/app-config/app-config.service.spec.ts
index 755dd0bfa8..17af4a76e6 100644
--- a/lib/core/app-config/app-config.service.spec.ts
+++ b/lib/core/app-config/app-config.service.spec.ts
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
  */
 
 import { HttpClientModule } from '@angular/common/http';
-import { inject, TestBed } from '@angular/core/testing';
+import { async, inject, TestBed } from '@angular/core/testing';
 import { AppConfigService } from './app-config.service';
 import { AppConfigModule } from './app-config.module';
 
@@ -72,6 +72,20 @@ describe('AppConfigService', () => {
         expect(appConfigService).toBeDefined();
     });
 
+    it('should stream only the selected attribute changes when using select', async(() => {
+        appConfigService.config.testProp = true;
+        appConfigService.select('testProp').subscribe((property) => {
+            expect(property).toBeTruthy();
+        });
+    }));
+
+    it('should stream the page size value when is set', async(() => {
+        appConfigService.config.testProp = true;
+        appConfigService.onLoad.subscribe((config) => {
+            expect(config.testProp).toBeTruthy();
+        });
+    }));
+
     it('should skip the optional port number', () => {
         appConfigService.config.testUrl = 'http://{hostname}{:port}';
 
diff --git a/lib/core/app-config/app-config.service.ts b/lib/core/app-config/app-config.service.ts
index 47cdbc8e64..276842329e 100644
--- a/lib/core/app-config/app-config.service.ts
+++ b/lib/core/app-config/app-config.service.ts
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@
 import { HttpClient } from '@angular/common/http';
 import { Injectable } from '@angular/core';
 import { ObjectUtils } from '../utils/object-utils';
+import { BehaviorSubject } from 'rxjs/BehaviorSubject';
+import { Observable } from 'rxjs/Observable';
 
 @Injectable()
 export class AppConfigService {
@@ -34,7 +36,16 @@ export class AppConfigService {
         alfrescoRepositoryName: 'alfresco-1'
     };
 
+    private onLoadSubject: BehaviorSubject<any>;
+    onLoad: Observable<any>;
+
     constructor(private http: HttpClient) {
+        this.onLoadSubject = new BehaviorSubject(this.config);
+        this.onLoad = this.onLoadSubject.asObservable();
+    }
+
+    select(property: string): Observable<any> {
+        return this.onLoadSubject.map((config) => config[property]).distinctUntilChanged();
     }
 
     get<T>(key: string, defaultValue?: T): T {
@@ -65,6 +76,7 @@ export class AppConfigService {
             this.http.get('app.config.json').subscribe(
                 (data: any) => {
                     this.config = Object.assign({}, this.config, data || {});
+                    this.onLoadSubject.next(this.config);
                     resolve(this.config);
                 },
                 () => {
diff --git a/lib/core/services/user-preferences.service.ts b/lib/core/services/user-preferences.service.ts
index 90b87b16c6..5b4be14a6a 100644
--- a/lib/core/services/user-preferences.service.ts
+++ b/lib/core/services/user-preferences.service.ts
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ export class UserPreferencesService {
         private storage: StorageService,
         private apiService: AlfrescoApiService
     ) {
-        this.initUserPreferenceStatus();
+        this.appConfig.onLoad.subscribe(this.initUserPreferenceStatus.bind(this));
         this.localeSubject = new BehaviorSubject(this.defaults.locale);
         this.locale$ = this.localeSubject.asObservable();
         this.onChangeSubject = new BehaviorSubject(this.userPreferenceStatus);