diff --git a/src/App.jsx b/src/App.jsx
index e8562c2..dc4720b 100644
--- a/src/App.jsx
+++ b/src/App.jsx
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import ApiDocsSpecific from './templates/dataset/api';
 import Publishers from './templates/publishers';
 import '@civicactions/data-catalog-components/dist/index.css';
 import './theme/index.scss';
+import { UserState } from "./config/User/UserState";
 
 import { library } from '@fortawesome/fontawesome-svg-core';
 import { fab } from '@fortawesome/free-brands-svg-icons';
@@ -19,16 +20,18 @@ library.add(fab, fas);
 
 function App() {
   return (
-    <Router>
-      <NotFound default />
-      <Home path="/" />
-      <About path="/about"/>
-      <Publishers path="/publishers" />
-      <SearchTemplate path="/search" />
-      <ApiDocsFull path="/api" />
-      <Dataset path="/dataset/:id" />
-      <ApiDocsSpecific path="/dataset/:id/api" />
-    </Router>
+    <UserState>
+      <Router>
+        <NotFound default />
+        <Home path="/" />
+        <About path="/about"/>
+        <Publishers path="/publishers" />
+        <SearchTemplate path="/search" />
+        <ApiDocsFull path="/api" />
+        <Dataset path="/dataset/:id" />
+        <ApiDocsSpecific path="/dataset/:id/api" />
+      </Router>
+    </UserState>
   );
 }
 
diff --git a/src/config/User/UserAction.js b/src/config/User/UserAction.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bffd5d2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/config/User/UserAction.js
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+import axios from "axios";
+
+// Set Loading
+export const setLoading = (dispatch, status) =>
+  dispatch({ type: "SET_LOADING", payload: status });
+
+// Set Error
+export const setError = (dispatch, error) =>
+  dispatch({
+    type: "SET_ERROR",
+    payload: { error: error.status, message: error.message }
+  });
+
+export const pathToJSONAPI = (apiUrl) => {
+  return apiUrl.replace("api/1", "jsonapi");
+};
+
+// Set User (get user info)
+export const getUser = async dispatch => {
+  setLoading(dispatch, true);
+
+  // do fetch
+  await axios
+    .get(pathToJSONAPI(process.env.REACT_APP_ROOT_URL))
+    .then(res => {
+      const result = res.data;
+      // set user info
+      dispatch({
+        type: "SET_USER",
+        payload: result.meta.links.me
+      });
+    })
+    .catch(error => {
+      const result = error;
+
+      // set error if has any
+      dispatch({
+        type: "SET_ERROR",
+        payload: {
+          error: true,
+          message: result
+        }
+      });
+    });
+};
diff --git a/src/config/User/UserContext.js b/src/config/User/UserContext.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c5d5d2e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/config/User/UserContext.js
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+import { createContext } from "react";
+
+export const UserContext = createContext();
diff --git a/src/config/User/UserReducer.js b/src/config/User/UserReducer.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..de205bb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/config/User/UserReducer.js
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+export default (state, action) => {
+  switch (action.type) {
+    case "SET_USER":
+      return {
+        ...state,
+        user: action.payload
+      };
+    case "SET_ERROR":
+      return {
+        ...state,
+        error: action.payload.error,
+        message: action.payload.message
+      };
+    case "SET_LOADING":
+      return {
+        ...state,
+        loading: action.payload
+      };
+    default:
+      return state;
+  }
+};
diff --git a/src/config/User/UserState.jsx b/src/config/User/UserState.jsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2e1af97
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/config/User/UserState.jsx
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+import React, { useContext, useReducer } from "react";
+import { UserContext } from "./UserContext";
+import UserReducer from "./UserReducer";
+
+export const useUser = () => {
+  const { state, dispatch } = useContext(UserContext);
+  return [state, dispatch];
+};
+
+export const UserState = ({ children }) => {
+  const initialState = {
+    user: {},
+    loading: false,
+    error: false,
+    message: ""
+  };
+
+  const [state, dispatch] = useReducer(UserReducer, initialState);
+
+  return (
+    <UserContext.Provider
+      value={{
+        state: state,
+        dispatch: dispatch
+      }}
+    >
+      {children}
+    </UserContext.Provider>
+  );
+};
diff --git a/src/config/User/user.test.js b/src/config/User/user.test.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..96bb7c5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/config/User/user.test.js
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+import React from 'react';
+import {pathToJSONAPI} from './UserAction';
+
+test('Converts a URL with an API path to one with JSONAPI path.', () => {
+  expect(pathToJSONAPI("http://datamarinescotland.localtest.me/api/1"))
+    .toEqual("http://datamarinescotland.localtest.me/jsonapi");
+});