diff --git a/ui/src/alerts/containers/AlertsApp.js b/ui/src/alerts/containers/AlertsApp.js
index 892851628b..ea6833d3d2 100644
--- a/ui/src/alerts/containers/AlertsApp.js
+++ b/ui/src/alerts/containers/AlertsApp.js
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import AlertsTable from '../components/AlertsTable';
 import {getAlerts} from '../apis';
 
 // Kevin: because we were getting strange errors saying
-// "Failed prop type: Required prop `source` was not specified in `AlertsApp`." 
+// "Failed prop type: Required prop `source` was not specified in `AlertsApp`."
 // Tim and I decided to make the source and addFlashMessage props not required.
 // FIXME: figure out why that wasn't working
 const AlertsApp = React.createClass({
@@ -21,16 +21,10 @@ const AlertsApp = React.createClass({
 
   getInitialState() {
     return {
-      alerts: [],
+      alerts: getAlerts(),
     };
   },
 
-  componentDidMount() {
-    this.setState(
-      { alerts:getAlerts() }
-    );
-  },
-
   render() {
     return (
       // I stole this from the Hosts page.