diff --git a/ui/src/kapacitor/components/AlertTabs.js b/ui/src/kapacitor/components/AlertTabs.js
index 7889ba0290..af6250d5cd 100644
--- a/ui/src/kapacitor/components/AlertTabs.js
+++ b/ui/src/kapacitor/components/AlertTabs.js
@@ -92,20 +92,19 @@ class AlertTabs extends Component {
     }
   }
 
-  handleTestConfig = section => () => {
-    testAlertOutput(this.props.kapacitor, section, {})
-      .then(() => {
-        this.props.addFlashMessage({
-          type: 'success',
-          text: `Successfully relayed an alert to ${section}.`,
-        })
+  handleTestConfig = section => async () => {
+    try {
+      await testAlertOutput(this.props.kapacitor, section, {})
+      this.props.addFlashMessage({
+        type: 'success',
+        text: `Successfully relayed an alert to ${section}.`,
       })
-      .catch(() => {
-        this.props.addFlashMessage({
-          type: 'error',
-          text: `There was an error relaying an alert to ${section}.`,
-        })
+    } catch (error) {
+      this.props.addFlashMessage({
+        type: 'error',
+        text: `There was an error relaying an alert to ${section}.`,
       })
+    }
   }
 
   sanitizeProperties = (section, properties) => {
diff --git a/ui/src/shared/apis/index.js b/ui/src/shared/apis/index.js
index e2d6979b0b..8e7b867125 100644
--- a/ui/src/shared/apis/index.js
+++ b/ui/src/shared/apis/index.js
@@ -152,15 +152,18 @@ export function updateKapacitorConfigSection(kapacitor, section, properties) {
   })
 }
 
-export function testAlertOutput(kapacitor, outputName, properties) {
-  return kapacitorProxy(
-    kapacitor,
-    'GET',
-    '/kapacitor/v1/service-tests'
-  ).then(({data: {services}}) => {
+export const testAlertOutput = async (kapacitor, outputName) => {
+  try {
+    const {data: {services}} = await kapacitorProxy(
+      kapacitor,
+      'GET',
+      '/kapacitor/v1/service-tests'
+    )
     const service = services.find(s => s.name === outputName)
     return kapacitorProxy(kapacitor, 'POST', service.link.href, {})
-  })
+  } catch (error) {
+    // empty
+  }
 }
 
 export function createKapacitorTask(kapacitor, id, type, dbrps, script) {