diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 4838c4d..ec99e50 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@
     "@types/node": "^14.14.31",
     "@types/react-dom": "^17.0.1",
     "@types/react-redux": "^7.1.16",
+    "@types/redux-mock-store": "^1.0.2",
     "@typescript-eslint/eslint-plugin": "^4.15.2",
     "@typescript-eslint/parser": "^4.15.2",
     "autoprefixer": "^10.2.4",
@@ -60,6 +61,7 @@
     "prettier": "^2.2.1",
     "prettier-quick": "0.0.5",
     "pretty-quick": "^3.1.0",
+    "redux-mock-store": "^1.5.4",
     "sass": "^1.32.8",
     "sass-loader": "^11.0.1",
     "style-loader": "^2.0.0",
diff --git a/src/components/App/App.test.tsx b/src/components/App/App.test.tsx
index 7bacd7f..0d26919 100644
--- a/src/components/App/App.test.tsx
+++ b/src/components/App/App.test.tsx
@@ -1,24 +1,28 @@
 import React from "react";
-import { Provider } from "react-redux";
-import { render } from "@testing-library/react";
-
-import store from "../../state/store";
+import renderConnected from "../../utilities/test/renderConnected";
 
 import App from "./App";
 
-const setup = () => {
-  const container = render(
-    <Provider store={store}>
-      <App />
-    </Provider>
-  );
-  return container;
-};
+const setup = (initialState = {}) =>
+  renderConnected({
+    ui: <App />,
+    initialState,
+  });
 
 describe("App", () => {
-  it("renders app", () => {
-    const { container } = setup();
-
+  it("renders Loader when userProfile not loaded", () => {
+    const { container } = setup({
+      userProfile: {},
+    });
+    const app = container.querySelector(".loader");
+    expect(app).toBeInTheDocument();
+  });
+  it("renders App when userProfile loaded", () => {
+    const { container } = setup({
+      userProfile: {
+        username: "Steve",
+      },
+    });
     const app = container.querySelector(".app");
     expect(app).toBeInTheDocument();
   });
diff --git a/src/components/App/App.tsx b/src/components/App/App.tsx
index 9b3a37c..a7bca60 100644
--- a/src/components/App/App.tsx
+++ b/src/components/App/App.tsx
@@ -1,18 +1,33 @@
 import React, { FC, useEffect } from "react";
-import { useDispatch } from "react-redux";
+import { useDispatch, useSelector } from "react-redux";
 
 import { fetchUserById } from "../../state/userProfile/actions";
+import { getUsername } from "../../state/userProfile/selectors";
+
+import Loader from "../Loader/Loader";
+import UserHeader from "../UserHeader/UserHeader";
 
 import "../../styles/app.scss";
 
 const App: FC = () => {
   const dispatch = useDispatch();
+  const username = useSelector(getUsername);
+
   useEffect(() => {
-    dispatch(fetchUserById());
+    if (!username) {
+      dispatch(fetchUserById());
+    }
   }, [dispatch]);
+
+  const isPageReady = username;
+
+  if (!isPageReady) {
+    return <Loader />;
+  }
+
   return (
     <div className="app bg-gray-50 min-h-screen">
-      <p>App</p>
+      <UserHeader />
     </div>
   );
 };
diff --git a/src/components/Loader/Loader.tsx b/src/components/Loader/Loader.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..478cb07
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/components/Loader/Loader.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+import React, { FC } from "react";
+
+const Loader: FC = () => (
+  <div className="loader">
+    <p>Loading...</p>
+  </div>
+);
+
+export default Loader;
diff --git a/src/components/UserHeader/UserHeader.test.tsx b/src/components/UserHeader/UserHeader.test.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..90501f7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/components/UserHeader/UserHeader.test.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+import React from "react";
+import { screen } from "@testing-library/react";
+import renderConnected from "../../utilities/test/renderConnected";
+
+import UserHeader from "./UserHeader";
+
+const setup = (initialState = {}) =>
+  renderConnected({
+    ui: <UserHeader />,
+    initialState,
+  });
+
+describe("UserHeader", () => {
+  it("should display username", () => {
+    setup({
+      userProfile: {
+        username: "Steve",
+      },
+    });
+    const userHeaderText = screen.getByText("Logged in as Steve");
+    expect(userHeaderText).toBeInTheDocument();
+  });
+});
diff --git a/src/components/UserHeader/UserHeader.tsx b/src/components/UserHeader/UserHeader.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8f6862b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/components/UserHeader/UserHeader.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+import React, { FC } from "react";
+import { useSelector } from "react-redux";
+
+import { getUsername } from "../../state/userProfile/selectors";
+
+const UserHeader: FC = () => {
+  const userName = useSelector(getUsername);
+  return <div className="user-profile">Logged in as {userName}</div>;
+};
+
+export default UserHeader;
diff --git a/src/state/userProfile/reducer.ts b/src/state/userProfile/reducer.ts
index 725a468..ec0751f 100644
--- a/src/state/userProfile/reducer.ts
+++ b/src/state/userProfile/reducer.ts
@@ -4,10 +4,10 @@ import { fetchUserById } from "./actions";
 
 interface UserState {
   name?: string;
-  userName?: string;
+  username?: string;
 }
 
-const initialState = {} as UserState;
+export const initialState = {} as UserState;
 
 const userProfileReducer = createReducer(initialState, (builder) => {
   builder.addCase(fetchUserById.fulfilled, (state, action) => {
diff --git a/src/state/userProfile/selectors.ts b/src/state/userProfile/selectors.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d12acfc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/state/userProfile/selectors.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+import { RootState } from "../rootReducer";
+
+export const getUsername = (state: RootState): string => state.userProfile.username;
diff --git a/src/utilities/test/renderConnected.tsx b/src/utilities/test/renderConnected.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b0f5d48
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/utilities/test/renderConnected.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+import React from "react";
+import { render, RenderResult } from "@testing-library/react";
+import { Provider } from "react-redux";
+import configureStore, { MockStore } from "redux-mock-store";
+import thunk from "redux-thunk";
+
+interface RenderConnected {
+  ui: JSX.Element;
+  initialState: Record<string, unknown>;
+  store?: MockStore;
+}
+
+interface RenderConnectedWithStore extends RenderResult {
+  store: MockStore;
+}
+
+const middleware = [thunk];
+const mockStore = configureStore(middleware);
+
+export const makeStore = (initialState: Record<string, unknown>): MockStore =>
+  mockStore(initialState);
+
+const renderConnected = ({
+  ui,
+  initialState = {},
+  store = makeStore(initialState),
+}: RenderConnected): RenderConnectedWithStore => {
+  const rendered = render(<Provider store={store}>{ui}</Provider>);
+  return {
+    ...rendered,
+    store,
+  };
+};
+
+export default renderConnected;