diff --git a/index.android.js b/index.android.js
index ad75f2c..cb5d3ae 100755
--- a/index.android.js
+++ b/index.android.js
@@ -14,10 +14,10 @@ import AppViewContainer from './src/modules/AppViewContainer'
 class DailyDrip extends Component {
   componentWillMount() {
     // Load existing store state from async storage
-    console.log('loading storage')
-    storageLoader(store)
-        .then((newState) => console.log('Loaded state:', newState))
-        .catch((e) => console.log('Failed to load previous state', e))
+    // console.log('loading storage')
+    // storageLoader(store)
+    //     .then((newState) => console.log('Loaded state:', newState))
+    //     .catch((e) => console.log('Failed to load previous state', e))
   }
 
   render() {
diff --git a/src/actions/index.js b/src/actions/index.js
index be49e65..3413cf9 100644
--- a/src/actions/index.js
+++ b/src/actions/index.js
@@ -1,22 +1,39 @@
 export const FETCH_TOPICS = 'FETCH_TOPICS'
 export const FETCH_DRIPS = 'FETCH_DRIPS'
+export const SET_TOPICS = 'SET_TOPICS'
+export const SET_DRIPS = 'SET_DRIPS'
 export const SELECT_TOPIC = 'SELECT_TOPIC'
+export const NO_OP = 'NO_OP'
 
 const setTopics = (topics) => {
   return {
-    type: FETCH_TOPICS,
+    type: SET_TOPICS,
     topics,
   }
 }
 
 const setDrips = (topicId, drips) => {
   return {
-    type: FETCH_DRIPS,
+    type: SET_DRIPS,
     topicId,
     drips,
   }
 }
 
+const fetchTopics = () => {
+  return {
+    type: FETCH_TOPICS
+  }
+}
+
+const fetchDrips = (topicId) => {
+  return {
+    type: FETCH_DRIPS,
+    topicId
+  }
+}
+
+
 const selectTopic = (topicId) => {
   return {
     type: SELECT_TOPIC,
@@ -24,10 +41,16 @@ const selectTopic = (topicId) => {
   }
 }
 
-const Actions = {
+const noOp = () => {
+  return {
+    type: NO_OP
+  }
+}
+
+export const Actions = {
   setTopics,
   setDrips,
   selectTopic,
+  fetchTopics,
+  fetchDrips
 }
-
-export default Actions
diff --git a/src/components/Drawer/DrawerContainer.js b/src/components/Drawer/DrawerContainer.js
index cafd16f..786069b 100644
--- a/src/components/Drawer/DrawerContainer.js
+++ b/src/components/Drawer/DrawerContainer.js
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { connect } from 'react-redux'
-import Actions from '../../actions'
+import { Actions } from '../../actions'
 import Drawer from '../Drawer'
 
 const mapStateToProps = (state) => {
diff --git a/src/modules/AppView.android.js b/src/modules/AppView.android.js
index f2cdf80..b867425 100644
--- a/src/modules/AppView.android.js
+++ b/src/modules/AppView.android.js
@@ -58,9 +58,10 @@ class App extends Component {
   }
 
   checkAuth(navigate) {
+    let { fetchTopics } = this.props
     AsyncStorage.getItem('auth_token').then((value) => {
       if (value) {
-        this.props.fetchTopics()
+        fetchTopics()
       } else {
         if (navigate) {
           navigate.to('login')
diff --git a/src/modules/AppViewContainer.js b/src/modules/AppViewContainer.js
index 9f12bff..489d27c 100644
--- a/src/modules/AppViewContainer.js
+++ b/src/modules/AppViewContainer.js
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import { connect } from 'react-redux'
 import AppView from './AppView'
 import Immutable from 'immutable'
-import Actions from '../actions'
+import { Actions } from '../actions'
 import API from '../api'
 
 export default connect(
@@ -9,15 +9,8 @@ export default connect(
   dispatch => {
     return {
       fetchTopics: () => {
-        API.getTopics().then((response) => {
-          const topicsMap = response.data.topics.reduce((acc, topic) => {
-            return acc.set(topic.id, Immutable.fromJS(topic))
-          }, Immutable.Map())
-          dispatch(Actions.setTopics(topicsMap))
-        }).catch((error) => {
-          console.log(error)
-        })
-      },
+        dispatch(Actions.fetchTopics())
+      }
     }
   }
 )(AppView)
diff --git a/src/scenes/Login/LoginContainer.js b/src/scenes/Login/LoginContainer.js
index 9974cb4..575ca52 100644
--- a/src/scenes/Login/LoginContainer.js
+++ b/src/scenes/Login/LoginContainer.js
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import Login from './index'
 import { connect } from 'react-redux'
 import API from '../../api'
-import Actions from '../../actions'
+import { Actions } from '../../actions'
 
 const mapStateToProps = () => {
   return {}
diff --git a/src/scenes/Topic/TopicContainer.js b/src/scenes/Topic/TopicContainer.js
index 66a00d5..b2ea69e 100644
--- a/src/scenes/Topic/TopicContainer.js
+++ b/src/scenes/Topic/TopicContainer.js
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 import Topic from './index'
 import { connect } from 'react-redux'
-import API from '../../api'
-import Actions from '../../actions'
+import { Actions } from '../../actions'
 import Immutable from 'immutable'
 
 const mapStateToProps = (state) => {
@@ -17,14 +16,7 @@ const mapStateToProps = (state) => {
 const mapDispatchToProps = (dispatch) => {
   return {
     fetchDrips: (topicId) => {
-      API.getDrips(topicId).then((response) => {
-        const dripsMap = response.data.drips.reduce((acc, drip) => {
-          return acc.set(drip.id, Immutable.fromJS(drip))
-        }, Immutable.Map())
-        dispatch(Actions.setDrips(topicId, dripsMap))
-      }).catch((error) => {
-        console.log(error)
-      })
+      dispatch(Actions.fetchDrips(topicId))
     },
   }
 }
diff --git a/src/scenes/Topics/TopicsContainer.js b/src/scenes/Topics/TopicsContainer.js
index 7b95b83..f422a9a 100644
--- a/src/scenes/Topics/TopicsContainer.js
+++ b/src/scenes/Topics/TopicsContainer.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import { connect } from 'react-redux'
 import Topics from './index'
-import Actions from '../../actions'
+import { Actions } from '../../actions'
 
 const mapStateToProps = (state) => {
   const topics = state.get('topics')
diff --git a/src/store/index.js b/src/store/index.js
index 11fd760..7848f42 100644
--- a/src/store/index.js
+++ b/src/store/index.js
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { createStore, applyMiddleware, compose } from 'redux'
-import { combineReducers } from 'redux-immutablejs'
+//import { combineReducers } from 'redux-immutablejs'
 import * as storage from 'redux-storage'
 import createEngine from 'redux-storage-engine-reactnativeasyncstorage'
 import merger from 'redux-storage-merger-immutablejs'
@@ -19,17 +19,17 @@ import Immutable from 'immutable'
 import * as reducers from './reducers'
 
 // LOG OUT STATE CHANGES
-// import createLogger from 'redux-logger'
-// const loggerMiddleware = createLogger({
-//   stateTransformer: state => state && state.toJS(),
-// })
+import createLogger from 'redux-logger'
+const loggerMiddleware = createLogger({
+  stateTransformer: state => state && state.toJS(),
+})
 // END LOG OUT STATE CHANGES
 
 // STORE REDUX STATE
-const reducer = storage.reducer(combineReducers(reducers), merger)
-const storageEngine = createEngine('@DAILYDRIP.reduxStore')
-const storageMiddleware = storage.createMiddleware(storageEngine)
-export const storageLoader = storage.createLoader(storageEngine)
+// const reducer = storage.reducer(combineReducers(reducers), merger)
+// const storageEngine = createEngine('@DAILYDRIP.reduxStore')
+// const storageMiddleware = storage.createMiddleware(storageEngine)
+// export const storageLoader = storage.createLoader(storageEngine)
 // END STORE REDUX STATE
 
 const initialState = Immutable.fromJS({
@@ -37,14 +37,26 @@ const initialState = Immutable.fromJS({
   selectedTopic: {}, // NOTE: This is presently intended to end up as just a map with a basic `id` key - this is because you can't do immutable ints and I wanted to use createReducer throughout, but it's probably dumb...
 })
 
+console.log('initialState', initialState)
+
 const enhancer = compose(
-  // applyMiddleware(loggerMiddleware, storageMiddleware),
-  applyMiddleware(storageMiddleware),
+  //applyMiddleware(loggerMiddleware, storageMiddleware),
+  applyMiddleware(loggerMiddleware),
   Loop.install(),
-  devTools()
+  devTools(),
+)
+
+const store = createStore(
+  Loop.combineReducers(
+    reducers,
+    Immutable.Map(),
+    (state, key) => state.get(key),
+    (state, key, value) => state.set(key, value)
+  ),
+  initialState,
+  enhancer
 )
 
-const store = createStore(reducer, initialState, enhancer)
 devTools.updateStore(store)
 
 export default store
diff --git a/src/store/reducers/topics.js b/src/store/reducers/topics.js
index a573bcd..b42e247 100644
--- a/src/store/reducers/topics.js
+++ b/src/store/reducers/topics.js
@@ -1,24 +1,87 @@
-import { createReducer } from 'redux-immutablejs'
 import Immutable from 'immutable'
-import { FETCH_TOPICS, FETCH_DRIPS } from '../../actions'
-
-export default createReducer(Immutable.Map(), {
-  [FETCH_TOPICS]: (state, action) => {
-    return action.topics.map((topic) => {
-      // Look in the store and pull in any drips we already know about, since
-      // we don't have them here but we'd like to keep them for faster startup
-      // from storage
-      const existingTopic = state.get(topic.get('id').toString())
-      let newTopic
-      if (existingTopic) {
-        newTopic = topic.set('drips', existingTopic.get('drips'))
-      } else {
-        newTopic = topic
-      }
-      return newTopic
+import { Actions, SET_TOPICS, SET_DRIPS, FETCH_TOPICS, FETCH_DRIPS } from '../../actions'
+import { loop, Effects } from 'redux-loop';
+import API from '../../api'
+
+
+let fetchTopics = () => (
+  API.getTopics()
+    .then((response) => {
+      return Actions.setTopics(
+        response.data.topics
+          .reduce((acc, topic) => {
+            return acc
+              .set(topic.id, Immutable.fromJS(topic))
+          }, Immutable.Map())
+      )
+    })
+    .catch((err) => {
+      console.error(err)
+      return Actions.noOp()
     })
-  },
-  [FETCH_DRIPS]: (state, { topicId, drips }) => {
-    return state.setIn([topicId, 'drips'], drips)
-  },
-})
+)
+
+let fetchDrips = (topicId) => {
+  return API.getDrips(topicId)
+    .then((response) => {
+      return Actions.setDrips(
+        topicId,
+        response.data.drips
+          .reduce((acc, drip) => (
+            acc.set(drip.id, Immutable.fromJS(drip))
+          ), Immutable.Map())
+      )})
+    .catch((err) => {
+      console.error(err)
+      return Actions.noOp()
+    })
+}
+
+export default function(state, action){
+  switch (action.type) {
+    case FETCH_TOPICS:
+      return loop(
+        state,
+        Effects.promise(fetchTopics)
+      )
+
+    case SET_TOPICS:
+      const topics = action.topics.map((topic) => {
+        // Look in the store and pull in any drips we already know about, since
+        // we don't have them here but we'd like to keep them for faster startup
+        // from storage
+        const existingTopic = state.get(topic.get('id').toString())
+        let newTopic
+        if (existingTopic) {
+          newTopic = topic.set('drips', existingTopic.get('drips'))
+        } else {
+          newTopic = topic
+        }
+        return newTopic
+      })
+
+    return loop(
+      topics,
+      Effects.none()
+    )
+
+  case FETCH_DRIPS:
+    return loop(
+      state,
+      Effects.promise(fetchDrips, action.topicId)
+    )
+
+  case SET_DRIPS:
+    return loop(
+      state
+        .setIn([action.topicId, 'drips'], action.drips),
+      Effects.none()
+    )
+
+  default:
+    return loop(
+      state,
+      Effects.none()
+    )
+  }
+}