diff --git a/netbox/core/views.py b/netbox/core/views.py
index e454f109e..9697a7352 100644
--- a/netbox/core/views.py
+++ b/netbox/core/views.py
@@ -555,7 +555,7 @@ class SystemView(UserPassesTestMixin, View):
             config = ConfigRevision.objects.get(pk=cache.get('config_version'))
         except ConfigRevision.DoesNotExist:
             # Fall back to using the active config data if no record is found
-            config = ConfigRevision(data=get_config().defaults)
+            config = get_config()
 
         # Raw data export
         if 'export' in request.GET:
diff --git a/netbox/templates/core/system.html b/netbox/templates/core/system.html
index 320038ac6..4ffeb5025 100644
--- a/netbox/templates/core/system.html
+++ b/netbox/templates/core/system.html
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@
     <div class="col col-md-12">
       <div class="card">
         <h5 class="card-header">{% trans "Current Configuration" %}</h5>
-        {% include 'core/inc/config_data.html' with config=config.data %}
+        {% include 'core/inc/config_data.html' %}
       </div>
 
     </div>