diff --git a/app/helpers/admin/dashboard_helper.rb b/app/helpers/admin/dashboard_helper.rb
index 791b430d..1b209fb8 100644
--- a/app/helpers/admin/dashboard_helper.rb
+++ b/app/helpers/admin/dashboard_helper.rb
@@ -7,8 +7,15 @@ module Admin
     end
 
     def docker_data
+      pool_size = begin
+        Runner.strategy_class.pool_size
+      rescue Runner::Error => e
+        Rails.logger.debug { "Runner error while fetching current pool size: #{e.message}" }
+        []
+      end
+
       ExecutionEnvironment.order(:id).select(:id, :pool_size).map do |execution_environment|
-        execution_environment.attributes.merge(quantity: DockerContainerPool.quantities[execution_environment.id])
+        execution_environment.attributes.merge(quantity: pool_size[execution_environment.id])
       end
     end
   end
diff --git a/lib/runner/strategy/docker_container_pool.rb b/lib/runner/strategy/docker_container_pool.rb
index df47fac0..fdfe945a 100644
--- a/lib/runner/strategy/docker_container_pool.rb
+++ b/lib/runner/strategy/docker_container_pool.rb
@@ -100,11 +100,24 @@ class Runner::Strategy::DockerContainerPool < Runner::Strategy
   end
 
   def self.release
-    nil
+    url = "#{config[:pool][:location]}/docker_container_pool/dump_info"
+    response = Faraday.get(url)
+    JSON.parse(response.body)['release']
+  rescue Faraday::Error => e
+    raise Runner::Error::FaradayError.new("Request to DockerContainerPool failed: #{e.inspect}")
+  rescue JSON::ParserError => e
+    raise Runner::Error::UnexpectedResponse.new("DockerContainerPool returned invalid JSON: #{e.inspect}")
   end
 
   def self.pool_size
-    {}
+    url = "#{config[:pool][:location]}/docker_container_pool/quantities"
+    response = Faraday.get(url)
+    pool_size = JSON.parse(response.body)
+    pool_size.transform_keys(&:to_i)
+  rescue Faraday::Error => e
+    raise Runner::Error::FaradayError.new("Request to DockerContainerPool failed: #{e.inspect}")
+  rescue JSON::ParserError => e
+    raise Runner::Error::UnexpectedResponse.new("DockerContainerPool returned invalid JSON: #{e.inspect}")
   end
 
   def self.websocket_header
diff --git a/spec/helpers/admin/dashboard_helper_spec.rb b/spec/helpers/admin/dashboard_helper_spec.rb
index a0594a13..22307561 100644
--- a/spec/helpers/admin/dashboard_helper_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/helpers/admin/dashboard_helper_spec.rb
@@ -10,7 +10,12 @@ describe Admin::DashboardHelper do
   end
 
   describe '#docker_data' do
-    before { FactoryBot.create(:ruby) }
+    before do
+      FactoryBot.create(:ruby)
+      dcp = instance_double 'docker_container_pool'
+      allow(Runner).to receive(:strategy_class).and_return dcp
+      allow(dcp).to receive(:pool_size).and_return([])
+    end
 
     it 'contains an entry for every execution environment' do
       expect(docker_data.length).to eq(ExecutionEnvironment.count)
@@ -21,7 +26,6 @@ describe Admin::DashboardHelper do
     end
 
     it 'contains the number of available containers for every execution environment' do
-      expect(DockerContainerPool).to receive(:quantities).exactly(ExecutionEnvironment.count).times.and_call_original
       expect(docker_data.first).to include(:quantity)
     end
   end