diff --git a/web/Gemfile b/web/Gemfile
index a141bc9ef..c407c7d6e 100644
--- a/web/Gemfile
+++ b/web/Gemfile
@@ -94,7 +94,9 @@ gem 'react-rails', '~> 1.0'
 gem "browserify-rails", "~> 0.7"
 
 source 'https://rails-assets.org' do
-  gem 'rails-assets-fluxxor'
+  #gem 'rails-assets-fluxxor'
+  gem 'rails-assets-es5-shim'
+  gem 'rails-assets-reflux'
 end
 
 group :development, :test do
diff --git a/web/app/assets/javascripts/application.js b/web/app/assets/javascripts/application.js
index 958491cb7..62d5148b5 100644
--- a/web/app/assets/javascripts/application.js
+++ b/web/app/assets/javascripts/application.js
@@ -38,8 +38,8 @@
 //= require jquery.exists
 //= require jquery.payment
 //= require jquery.visible
-//= require fluxxor
-//= require react-components
+//= require es5-shim
+//= require reflux
 //= require howler.core.js
 //= require jstz
 //= require class
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@
 //= require utils
 //= require subscription_utils
 //= require custom_controls
+//= require react-components
 //= require web/signup_helper
 //= require web/signin_helper
 //= require web/signin
diff --git a/web/app/assets/javascripts/client_init.js.coffee b/web/app/assets/javascripts/client_init.js.coffee
index 20d0e76cc..9dd28a8d7 100644
--- a/web/app/assets/javascripts/client_init.js.coffee
+++ b/web/app/assets/javascripts/client_init.js.coffee
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ $ = jQuery
 context = window
 context.JK ||= {};
 
+broadcastActions = BroadcastNotificationActions # require('./react-components/actions/BroadcastNotificationActions')
+
 context.JK.ClientInit = class ClientInit
   constructor: () ->
     @logger = context.JK.logger
@@ -14,5 +16,14 @@ context.JK.ClientInit = class ClientInit
     if context.gon.isNativeClient
       this.nativeClientInit()
 
+    setTimeout(this.checkBroadcastNotification, 3000)
+
+  checkBroadcastNotification: () =>
+    console.log("broadcastActions", broadcastActions)
+    broadcastActions.load.triggerPromise()
+
+
   nativeClientInit: () =>
     @gearUtils.bootstrapDefaultPlaybackProfile();
+
+
diff --git a/web/app/assets/javascripts/jam_rest.js b/web/app/assets/javascripts/jam_rest.js
index a44e3b13d..820dd360c 100644
--- a/web/app/assets/javascripts/jam_rest.js
+++ b/web/app/assets/javascripts/jam_rest.js
@@ -1939,9 +1939,7 @@
         this.createAlert = createAlert;
         this.signup = signup;
         this.portOverCarts = portOverCarts;
-
         return this;
     };
 
-
 })(window,jQuery);
diff --git a/web/app/assets/javascripts/react-components.js b/web/app/assets/javascripts/react-components.js
index e534d5c8c..9b3a9c63e 100644
--- a/web/app/assets/javascripts/react-components.js
+++ b/web/app/assets/javascripts/react-components.js
@@ -3,7 +3,5 @@
 
 React = require('react');
 
-// note that this is a global assignment, it will be discussed further below
-DemoComponent = require('./components/DemoComponent');
-
-// //= require_tree ./react-components
+BroadcastNotificationActions = require('./react-components/actions/BroadcastNotificationActions')
+BroadcastNotification = require('./react-components/BroadcastNotification')
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/web/app/assets/javascripts/react-components/BroadcastNotification.jsx b/web/app/assets/javascripts/react-components/BroadcastNotification.jsx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..841b3be4e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/web/app/assets/javascripts/react-components/BroadcastNotification.jsx
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+var React = require('react');
+
+var BroadcastNotificationStore = require('./stores/BroadcastNotificationStore');
+
+var BroadcastNotification = React.createClass({displayName: 'Broadcast Notification',
+  mixins: [Reflux.connect(BroadcastNotificationStore, 'notification')],
+  render: function() {
+    if(!this.state.notification) {
+      return <div>HAHAHAAH</div>
+    }
+
+    return <div className="broadcast-notification">
+      <div className="message" dangerouslySetInnerHTML={this.state.notification.message}/>
+      <div className="actions">
+        <a className="button-orange"
+           href={this.state.notification.button_url}>{this.state.notification.button_label}</a>
+        <a className="not-now" href="#">not now, thanks</a>
+      </div>
+    </div>
+
+  }
+});
+
+// each file will export exactly one component
+module.exports = BroadcastNotification;
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/web/app/assets/javascripts/react-components/actions/BroadcastNotificationActions.js b/web/app/assets/javascripts/react-components/actions/BroadcastNotificationActions.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..cf5e97b01
--- /dev/null
+++ b/web/app/assets/javascripts/react-components/actions/BroadcastNotificationActions.js
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+//var rest = context.JK.Rest()
+
+var BroadcastNotificationActions = Reflux.createActions({
+  load: {asyncResult: true}
+})
+
+module.exports = BroadcastNotificationActions
+
diff --git a/web/app/assets/javascripts/react-components/stores/BroadcastNotificationStore.js.coffee b/web/app/assets/javascripts/react-components/stores/BroadcastNotificationStore.js.coffee
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..943dd5564
--- /dev/null
+++ b/web/app/assets/javascripts/react-components/stores/BroadcastNotificationStore.js.coffee
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+$ = jQuery
+context = window
+logger = context.JK.logger
+broadcastActions = BroadcastNotificationActions # require('../actions/BroadcastNotificationActions')
+
+rest = context.JK.Rest()
+
+# see if this shows up elsewhere
+broadcastActions.blah = 'hahah'
+
+broadcastActions.load.listenAndPromise(rest.getBroadcastNotification);
+
+console.log("broadcastActions!!", broadcastActions)
+BroadcastNotificationStore = Reflux.createStore(
+  {
+    listenables: broadcastActions
+
+    init: () =>
+      logger.debug("broadcast notification store init")
+      #this.listenTo(broadcastActions.load, 'onSync')
+
+    onLoad: () =>
+      logger.debug("loading broadcast notification...")
+
+    onLoadCompleted: () =>
+      logger.debug("broadcast notification sync completed")
+
+    onLoadFailed: () =>
+      logger.error("broadcast notification sync failed")
+  }
+)
+
+module.exports = BroadcastNotificationStore
+
diff --git a/web/app/views/clients/index.html.erb b/web/app/views/clients/index.html.erb
index 78f1547dc..804a1eb75 100644
--- a/web/app/views/clients/index.html.erb
+++ b/web/app/views/clients/index.html.erb
@@ -81,8 +81,7 @@
 <%= render 'dialogs/dialogs' %>
 <div id="fb-root"></div>
 
-<h1>/app/views/pages/index.html.erb</h1>
-<%= react_component 'DemoComponent', {} %>
+<%= react_component 'BroadcastNotification', {} %>
 
 <script type="text/javascript">
     $(function() {