diff --git a/pygeoapi/openapi.py b/pygeoapi/openapi.py
index c3016c828..dce73168a 100644
--- a/pygeoapi/openapi.py
+++ b/pygeoapi/openapi.py
@@ -717,9 +717,29 @@ def get_admin(cfg: dict) -> dict:
 
     paths = {}
 
-    res_eg_key = next(iter(cfg['resources']))
+    res_eg_key = next(iter(cfg['resources'])) if cfg['resources'] else 'example'
     res_eg = {
-        res_eg_key: cfg['resources'][res_eg_key]
+        res_eg_key: cfg['resources'][res_eg_key] 
+    } if cfg['resources'] else {
+        'example': {
+            'type': 'collection',
+            'title': 'Example',
+            'description': 'Example',
+            'keywords': ['example'],
+            'links': [],
+            'linked-data': {},
+            'extents': {
+                'spatial': {
+                    'bbox': [-180,-90,180,90],
+                    'crs': 'http://www.opengis.net/def/crs/OGC/1.3/CRS84'
+                },
+                'temporal': {
+                    'begin': '2000-10-30T18:24:39Z',
+                    'end': '2007-10-30T08:57:29Z',
+                    'trs': 'http://www.opengis.net/def/uom/ISO-8601/0/Gregorian'
+                } 
+            }
+        }
     }
     if 'extents' in res_eg[res_eg_key]:
         res_eg_eg_key = 'extents'
@@ -824,7 +844,7 @@ def get_admin(cfg: dict) -> dict:
                 'description': 'Adds resource to configuration',
                 'content': {
                     'application/json': {
-                        'example': {'new-collection': cfg['resources'][res_eg_key]}, # noqa
+                        'example': {'new-collection': cfg['resources'][res_eg_key] if cfg['resources'] else res_eg['example'] }, # noqa
                         'schema': schema_dict['properties']['resources']['patternProperties']['^.*$']  # noqa
                     }
                 },
diff --git a/tests/other/test_openapi.py b/tests/other/test_openapi.py
index 49f4f70ba..0832ec433 100644
--- a/tests/other/test_openapi.py
+++ b/tests/other/test_openapi.py
@@ -43,6 +43,14 @@ def config():
         return yaml_load(fh)
 
 
+@pytest.fixture()
+def config_admin_empty_resources():
+    with open(
+        get_test_file_path('pygeoapi-test-config-admin-empty-resources.yml')
+    ) as fh:
+        return yaml_load(fh)
+
+
 @pytest.fixture()
 def config_hidden_resources():
     filename = 'pygeoapi-test-config-hidden-resources.yml'
@@ -131,3 +139,8 @@ def test_hidden_resources(config_hidden_resources):
 
     assert '/collections/obs' not in openapi_doc['paths']
     assert '/collections/obs/items' not in openapi_doc['paths']
+
+
+def test_admin_empty_resources(config_admin_empty_resources):
+    openapi_doc = get_oas(config_admin_empty_resources)
+    assert '/admin/config' in openapi_doc['paths']
diff --git a/tests/pygeoapi-test-config-admin-empty-resources.yml b/tests/pygeoapi-test-config-admin-empty-resources.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..202022ad4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/pygeoapi-test-config-admin-empty-resources.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,103 @@
+# =================================================================
+#
+# Authors: Tom Kralidis <tomkralidis@gmail.com>
+#
+# Copyright (c) 2019 Tom Kralidis
+#
+# Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person
+# obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation
+# files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without
+# restriction, including without limitation the rights to use,
+# copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
+# copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the
+# Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following
+# conditions:
+#
+# The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be
+# included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+#
+# THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND,
+# EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES
+# OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND
+# NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT
+# HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY,
+# WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING
+# FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR
+# OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
+#
+# =================================================================
+
+server:
+    bind:
+        host: 0.0.0.0
+        port: 5000
+    url: http://localhost:5000/
+    mimetype: application/json; charset=UTF-8
+    encoding: utf-8
+    gzip: false
+    languages:
+        # First language is the default language
+        - en-US
+        - fr-CA
+    cors: true
+    pretty_print: true
+    limits:
+        default_items: 10
+        max_items: 10
+    # templates: /path/to/templates
+    map:
+        url: https://tile.openstreetmap.org/{z}/{x}/{y}.png
+        attribution: '&copy; <a href="https://openstreetmap.org/copyright">OpenStreetMap contributors</a>'
+    manager:
+        name: TinyDB
+        connection: /tmp/pygeoapi-test-process-manager.db
+        output_dir: /tmp
+    admin: true
+
+logging:
+    level: DEBUG
+    #logfile: /tmp/pygeoapi.log
+
+metadata:
+    identification:
+        title:
+            en: pygeoapi default instance
+            fr: instance par défaut de pygeoapi
+        description:
+            en: pygeoapi provides an API to geospatial data
+            fr: pygeoapi fournit une API aux données géospatiales
+        keywords:
+            en:
+                - geospatial
+                - data
+                - api
+            fr:
+                - géospatiale
+                - données
+                - api
+        keywords_type: theme
+        terms_of_service: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
+        url: http://example.org
+    license:
+        name: CC-BY 4.0 license
+        url: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
+    provider:
+        name: Organization Name
+        url: https://pygeoapi.io
+    contact:
+        name: Lastname, Firstname
+        position: Position Title
+        address: Mailing Address
+        city: City
+        stateorprovince: Administrative Area
+        postalcode: Zip or Postal Code
+        country: Country
+        phone: +xx-xxx-xxx-xxxx
+        fax: +xx-xxx-xxx-xxxx
+        email: you@example.org
+        url: Contact URL
+        hours: Hours of Service
+        instructions: During hours of service.  Off on weekends.
+        role: pointOfContact
+
+resources: {}