diff --git a/ui/src/kapacitor/apis/index.js b/ui/src/kapacitor/apis/index.js
index 5056365dad..5f2e83838d 100644
--- a/ui/src/kapacitor/apis/index.js
+++ b/ui/src/kapacitor/apis/index.js
@@ -102,27 +102,13 @@ export const updateTask = async (
 }
 
 export const getLogStream = kapacitor =>
-  fetch(`${kapacitor.links.proxy}?path=/kapacitor/v1/logs`, {
+  fetch(`${kapacitor.links.proxy}?path=/kapacitor/v1preview/logs`, {
     method: 'GET',
     headers: {'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
   })
 
 export const getLogStreamByRuleID = (kapacitor, ruleID) =>
-  fetch(`${kapacitor.links.proxy}?path=/kapacitor/v1/logs?task=${ruleID}`, {
+  fetch(`${kapacitor.links.proxy}?path=/kapacitor/v1preview/logs?task=${ruleID}`, {
     method: 'GET',
     headers: {'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
   })
-
-export const pingKapacitorVersion = async kapacitor => {
-  try {
-    const result = await AJAX({
-      method: 'GET',
-      url: `${kapacitor.links.proxy}?path=/kapacitor/v1/ping`,
-    })
-    const kapVersion = result.headers['x-kapacitor-version']
-    return kapVersion === '' ? null : kapVersion
-  } catch (error) {
-    console.error(error)
-    throw error
-  }
-}
diff --git a/ui/src/kapacitor/constants/index.js b/ui/src/kapacitor/constants/index.js
index 181543e683..92815bd865 100644
--- a/ui/src/kapacitor/constants/index.js
+++ b/ui/src/kapacitor/constants/index.js
@@ -219,3 +219,5 @@ export const ALERT_NODES_ACCESSORS = {
       )
       .join('.'),
 }
+
+export const KAPACITOR_LOGS_NOT_FOUND = 404
diff --git a/ui/src/kapacitor/containers/TickscriptPage.js b/ui/src/kapacitor/containers/TickscriptPage.js
index 2ad6b46595..15ec313ac9 100644
--- a/ui/src/kapacitor/containers/TickscriptPage.js
+++ b/ui/src/kapacitor/containers/TickscriptPage.js
@@ -7,7 +7,8 @@ import Tickscript from 'src/kapacitor/components/Tickscript'
 import * as kapactiorActionCreators from 'src/kapacitor/actions/view'
 import * as errorActionCreators from 'shared/actions/errors'
 import {getActiveKapacitor} from 'src/shared/apis'
-import {getLogStreamByRuleID, pingKapacitorVersion} from 'src/kapacitor/apis'
+import {getLogStreamByRuleID} from 'src/kapacitor/apis'
+import {KAPACITOR_LOGS_NOT_FOUND} from 'src/kapacitor/constants'
 import {publishNotification} from 'shared/actions/notifications'
 
 class TickscriptPage extends Component {
@@ -39,6 +40,21 @@ class TickscriptPage extends Component {
     try {
       const response = await getLogStreamByRuleID(kapacitor, ruleID)
 
+      if (response.status === KAPACITOR_LOGS_NOT_FOUND) {
+        this.setState({
+          areLogsEnabled: false,
+        })
+        this.shouldFetch = false
+        notify('warning', 'Could not use logging, requires Kapacitor version 1.4')
+        return
+      }
+      else {
+        this.setState({
+          areLogsEnabled: true,
+        })
+        this.shouldFetch = true
+      }
+
       const reader = await response.body.getReader()
       const decoder = new TextDecoder()
 
@@ -93,25 +109,7 @@ class TickscriptPage extends Component {
       this.setState({task: {tickscript, dbrps, type, status, name, id}})
     }
 
-    try {
-      const version = await pingKapacitorVersion(kapacitor)
-
-      // Check minor version number for Kapacitor 1.4
-      if (version && version.split('.')[1] === '4') {
-        this.shouldFetch = true
-        this.fetchChunkedLogs(kapacitor, ruleID)
-        this.setState({
-          areLogsEnabled: true,
-        })
-      } else {
-        this.setState({
-          areLogsEnabled: false,
-        })
-      }
-    } catch (err) {
-      console.error(err)
-      this.props.notify('error', err)
-    }
+    this.fetchChunkedLogs(kapacitor, ruleID)
 
     this.setState({kapacitor})
   }