diff --git a/client/galaxy/scripts/apps/admin.js b/client/galaxy/scripts/apps/admin.js
index 831c65c54cd..f3d2ba2b54e 100644
--- a/client/galaxy/scripts/apps/admin.js
+++ b/client/galaxy/scripts/apps/admin.js
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ import DataTables from "components/admin/DataTables.vue";
 import DataTypes from "components/admin/DataTypes.vue";
 import DataManagerView from "components/admin/DataManager/DataManagerView.vue";
 import DataManagerRouter from "components/admin/DataManager/DataManagerRouter.vue";
+import ErrorStack from "components/admin/ErrorStack.vue";
 import DisplayApplications from "components/admin/DisplayApplications.vue";
 import Vue from "vue";
 import { serverPath } from "utils/serverPath";
@@ -34,6 +35,7 @@ window.app = function app(options, bootstrapped) {
             "(/)admin(/)users": "show_users",
             "(/)admin(/)roles": "show_roles",
             "(/)admin(/)groups": "show_groups",
+            "(/)admin(/)error_stack": "show_error_stack",
             "(/)admin(/)display_applications": "show_display_applications",
             "(/)admin(/)tool_versions": "show_tool_versions",
             "(/)admin(/)quotas": "show_quotas",
@@ -129,6 +131,10 @@ window.app = function app(options, bootstrapped) {
             this._display_vue_helper(DataTypes);
         },
 
+        show_error_stack: function() {
+            this._display_vue_helper(ErrorStack);
+        },
+
         show_display_applications: function() {
             this._display_vue_helper(DisplayApplications);
         },
diff --git a/client/galaxy/scripts/apps/panels/admin-panel.js b/client/galaxy/scripts/apps/panels/admin-panel.js
index dbd4eb4c4f9..bf44e4175a9 100644
--- a/client/galaxy/scripts/apps/panels/admin-panel.js
+++ b/client/galaxy/scripts/apps/panels/admin-panel.js
@@ -133,7 +133,8 @@ var AdminPanel = Backbone.View.extend({
                     },
                     {
                         title: _l("View error logs"),
-                        url: "admin/tool_errors"
+                        url: "admin/error_stack",
+                        target: "__use_router__"
                     }
                 ]
             }
diff --git a/client/galaxy/scripts/components/admin/AdminServices.js b/client/galaxy/scripts/components/admin/AdminServices.js
index 965f188a11a..22c0c1c2e33 100644
--- a/client/galaxy/scripts/components/admin/AdminServices.js
+++ b/client/galaxy/scripts/components/admin/AdminServices.js
@@ -1,6 +1,11 @@
 import { getAppRoot } from "onload/loadConfig";
 import axios from "axios";
 
+export function getErrorStack() {
+    let url = `${getAppRoot()}api/tools/error_stack`;
+    return axios.get(url);
+}
+
 export function getDisplayApplications() {
     let url = `${getAppRoot()}api/display_applications`;
     return axios.get(url);
diff --git a/client/galaxy/scripts/components/admin/ErrorStack.vue b/client/galaxy/scripts/components/admin/ErrorStack.vue
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..d594074daed
--- /dev/null
+++ b/client/galaxy/scripts/components/admin/ErrorStack.vue
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+<template>
+    <div>
+        <b-alert :show="messageVisible" variant="danger">
+            {{ messageText }}
+        </b-alert>
+        <b-alert :show="infoVisible" variant="info">
+            No errors available.
+        </b-alert>
+        <b-table striped v-if="errorStackVisible"
+            :fields="errorStackAttributes"
+            :items="errorStack"/>
+    </div>
+</template>
+<script>
+import { getErrorStack } from "./AdminServices.js"
+
+export default {
+    data() {
+        return {
+            errorStack: [],
+            errorStackLoaded: false,
+            errorStackAttributes: [
+                { key: 'time', sortable: true },
+                { key: 'phase', sortable: true },
+                { key: 'file', sortable: true },
+                { key: 'error' }
+            ],
+            messageText: null
+        };
+    },
+    computed: {
+        errorStackVisible: function() {
+            return this.errorStack.length > 0;
+        },
+        messageVisible: function() {
+            return this.messageText != null;
+        },
+        infoVisible: function() {
+            return !this.errorStackVisible && this.errorStackLoaded;
+        }
+    },
+    created() {
+        getErrorStack()
+            .then(response => {
+                this.errorStack = response.data;
+                this.errorStackLoaded = true;
+            })
+            .catch(e => {
+                let message = e && e.response && e.response.data && e.response.data.err_msg;
+                this.messageText = message || "Request failed for an unknown reason.";
+            });
+    }
+};
+</script>
diff --git a/lib/galaxy/webapps/galaxy/api/tools.py b/lib/galaxy/webapps/galaxy/api/tools.py
index 30372025c0e..c439f0d2041 100644
--- a/lib/galaxy/webapps/galaxy/api/tools.py
+++ b/lib/galaxy/webapps/galaxy/api/tools.py
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ from json import dumps
 import galaxy.queue_worker
 from galaxy import exceptions, managers, util, web
 from galaxy.managers.collections_util import dictify_dataset_collection_instance
+from galaxy.tools import global_tool_errors
 from galaxy.util.json import safe_dumps
 from galaxy.util.odict import odict
 from galaxy.visualization.genomes import GenomeRegion
@@ -424,6 +425,15 @@ class ToolsController(BaseAPIController, UsesVisualizationMixin):
         create_payload.update(files_payload)
         return self._create(trans, create_payload, **kwd)
 
+    @expose_api
+    @web.require_admin
+    def error_stack(self, trans, **kwd):
+        """
+        GET /api/tools/error_stack
+        Returns global tool error stack
+        """
+        return global_tool_errors.error_stack
+
     @expose_api_anonymous
     def create(self, trans, payload, **kwd):
         """
diff --git a/lib/galaxy/webapps/galaxy/buildapp.py b/lib/galaxy/webapps/galaxy/buildapp.py
index 9d1153c15f0..e0566679756 100644
--- a/lib/galaxy/webapps/galaxy/buildapp.py
+++ b/lib/galaxy/webapps/galaxy/buildapp.py
@@ -102,6 +102,7 @@ def app_factory(global_conf, load_app_kwds={}, **kwargs):
     webapp.add_client_route('/admin/data_tables', 'admin')
     webapp.add_client_route('/admin/data_types', 'admin')
     webapp.add_client_route('/admin/data_manager{path_info:.*}', 'admin')
+    webapp.add_client_route('/admin/error_stack', 'admin')
     webapp.add_client_route('/admin/users', 'admin')
     webapp.add_client_route('/admin/display_applications', 'admin')
     webapp.add_client_route('/admin/roles', 'admin')
@@ -320,6 +321,7 @@ def populate_api_routes(webapp, app):
 
     webapp.mapper.connect('/api/tools/fetch', action='fetch', controller='tools', conditions=dict(method=["POST"]))
     webapp.mapper.connect('/api/tools/all_requirements', action='all_requirements', controller="tools")
+    webapp.mapper.connect('/api/tools/error_stack', action='error_stack', controller="tools")
     webapp.mapper.connect('/api/tools/{id:.+?}/build', action='build', controller="tools")
     webapp.mapper.connect('/api/tools/{id:.+?}/reload', action='reload', controller="tools")
     webapp.mapper.connect('/api/tools/tests_summary', action='tests_summary', controller="tools")
diff --git a/lib/galaxy/webapps/galaxy/controllers/admin.py b/lib/galaxy/webapps/galaxy/controllers/admin.py
index e03bfe0288c..b06bfa4841e 100644
--- a/lib/galaxy/webapps/galaxy/controllers/admin.py
+++ b/lib/galaxy/webapps/galaxy/controllers/admin.py
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@ from galaxy import (
 from galaxy.actions.admin import AdminActions
 from galaxy.exceptions import ActionInputError, MessageException
 from galaxy.model import tool_shed_install as install_model
-from galaxy.tools import global_tool_errors
 from galaxy.util import (
     nice_size,
     sanitize_text,
@@ -903,11 +902,6 @@ class AdminGalaxy(controller.JSAppLauncher, AdminActions, UsesQuotaMixin, QuotaP
                                    message=message,
                                    status=status)
 
-    @web.expose
-    @web.require_admin
-    def tool_errors(self, trans, **kwd):
-        return trans.fill_template('admin/tool_errors.mako', tool_errors=global_tool_errors.error_stack)
-
     @web.expose
     @web.require_admin
     def center(self, trans, **kwd):
diff --git a/templates/admin/tool_errors.mako b/templates/admin/tool_errors.mako
deleted file mode 100644
index 7843f0034ff..00000000000
--- a/templates/admin/tool_errors.mako
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,27 +0,0 @@
-<%inherit file="/base.mako"/>
-
-<%def name="title()">Tool Errors</%def>
-
-<h2>Tool Errors</h2>
-
-<p>
-Internal Tool Error log
-</p>
-
-<table class="manage-table colored" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%">
-<tr class="header">
-<td>Time</td>
-<td>Phase</td>
-<td>File</td>
-<td>Error</td>
-</tr>
-%for error in tool_errors:
-<tr>
-    <td>${error['time']}</td>
-    <td>${error['phase']}</td>
-    <td>${error['file']}</td>
-    <td>${error['error']}</td>
-</tr>
-%endfor
-</table>
-