diff --git a/ui/src/Stores/AlertStore.js b/ui/src/Stores/AlertStore.js
index d8c3ee582..fea8bcc69 100644
--- a/ui/src/Stores/AlertStore.js
+++ b/ui/src/Stores/AlertStore.js
@@ -192,31 +192,32 @@ class AlertStore {
     this.filters.setFilters(initialFilters);
   }
 
-  // fetch is throttled to once per 500ms
-  fetch = action(
-    throttle(() => {
-      this.status.setInProgress();
+  fetch = action(() => {
+    this.status.setInProgress();
 
-      const alertsURI =
-        FormatUnseeBackendURI("alerts.json?") +
-        FormatAPIFilterQuery(this.filters.values.map(f => f.raw));
+    const alertsURI =
+      FormatUnseeBackendURI("alerts.json?") +
+      FormatAPIFilterQuery(this.filters.values.map(f => f.raw));
 
-      fetch(alertsURI)
-        .then(result => result.json())
-        .then(result => {
-          this.parseAPIResponse(result);
-        })
-        .catch(err =>
-          this.handleFetchError(
-            `Request for ${alertsURI} failed with "${err.message}"`
-          )
+    return fetch(alertsURI)
+      .then(result => result.json())
+      .then(result => {
+        return this.parseAPIResponse(result);
+      })
+      .catch(err => {
+        console.trace(err);
+        return this.handleFetchError(
+          `Request for ${alertsURI} failed with "${err.message}"`
         );
-    }, 500)
-  );
+      });
+  });
+
+  fetchWithThrottle = throttle(this.fetch, 500);
 
   parseAPIResponse = action(result => {
     if (result.error) {
       this.handleFetchError(result.error);
+      return;
     }
 
     const queryFilters = new Set(
@@ -226,7 +227,9 @@ class AlertStore {
         .sort()
     );
     const responseFilters = new Set(result.filters.map(m => m.text).sort());
-    if (JSON.stringify(queryFilters) !== JSON.stringify(responseFilters)) {
+    if (
+      JSON.stringify([...queryFilters]) !== JSON.stringify([...responseFilters])
+    ) {
       console.info(
         `Got response with filters=${responseFilters} while expecting results for ${queryFilters}, ignoring`
       );
diff --git a/ui/src/Stores/AlertStore.test.js b/ui/src/Stores/AlertStore.test.js
index f168b0686..67bd24a4a 100644
--- a/ui/src/Stores/AlertStore.test.js
+++ b/ui/src/Stores/AlertStore.test.js
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+import { ConsoleMock } from "__mocks__/Console";
+import { FetchMock, EmptyAPIResponse } from "__mocks__/Fetch";
+
 import {
   AlertStore,
   AlertStoreStatuses,
@@ -5,6 +8,16 @@ import {
   DecodeLocationSearch
 } from "Stores/AlertStore";
 
+beforeEach(() => {
+  // wipe REACT_APP_BACKEND_URI env on each run as it's used by some tests
+  delete process.env.REACT_APP_BACKEND_URI;
+});
+
+afterEach(() => {
+  // same after each
+  delete process.env.REACT_APP_BACKEND_URI;
+});
+
 describe("AlertStore.status", () => {
   it("status is initially idle with no error", () => {
     const store = new AlertStore([]);
@@ -116,11 +129,6 @@ describe("AlertStore.filters", () => {
 });
 
 describe("FormatUnseeBackendURI", () => {
-  beforeEach(() => {
-    // wipe REACT_APP_BACKEND_URI env on each run as it's used by some tests
-    delete process.env.REACT_APP_BACKEND_URI;
-  });
-
   it("FormatUnseeBackendURI without REACT_APP_BACKEND_URI env returns ./ prefixed URIs", () => {
     const uri = FormatUnseeBackendURI("foo/bar");
     expect(uri).toEqual("./foo/bar");
@@ -182,3 +190,88 @@ describe("DecodeLocationSearch", () => {
     });
   });
 });
+
+describe("AlertStore.fetch", () => {
+  it("parseAPIResponse() rejects a response with mismatched filters", () => {
+    const consoleSpy = ConsoleMock("info");
+
+    const response = EmptyAPIResponse();
+    const store = new AlertStore([]);
+    store.parseAPIResponse(response);
+
+    expect(store.status.value).toEqual(AlertStoreStatuses.Idle);
+    // there should be no filters set on AlertStore instance since we started
+    // with 0 and rejected response with 1 filter
+    expect(store.filters.values).toHaveLength(0);
+    // console.info should have been called since we emited a warning
+    expect(consoleSpy).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+
+    consoleSpy.mockRestore();
+  });
+
+  it("parseAPIResponse() works for a single filter 'label=value'", () => {
+    const response = EmptyAPIResponse();
+
+    const store = new AlertStore(["label=value"]);
+    store.parseAPIResponse(response);
+
+    expect(store.status.value).toEqual(AlertStoreStatuses.Idle);
+    expect(store.info.version).toBe("fakeVersion");
+  });
+
+  it("fetch() works with valid response", async () => {
+    const response = EmptyAPIResponse();
+    global.fetch = FetchMock(response);
+
+    const store = new AlertStore(["label=value"]);
+    await expect(store.fetch()).resolves.toBeUndefined();
+
+    expect(global.fetch).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+    expect(store.status.value).toEqual(AlertStoreStatuses.Idle);
+    expect(store.info.version).toBe("fakeVersion");
+
+    global.fetch.mockRestore();
+  });
+
+  it("fetch() handles response with error correctly", async () => {
+    global.fetch = jest.fn().mockImplementation(() =>
+      Promise.resolve({
+        json: () => ({
+          error: "Fetch error"
+        })
+      })
+    );
+
+    const store = new AlertStore([]);
+    await expect(store.fetch()).resolves.toBeUndefined();
+
+    expect(global.fetch).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+    expect(store.status.value).toEqual(AlertStoreStatuses.Failure);
+    expect(store.info.version).toBe("unknown");
+
+    global.fetch.mockRestore();
+  });
+
+  it("fetch() handles response that throws an error correctly", async () => {
+    const consoleSpy = ConsoleMock("trace");
+    global.fetch = jest.fn().mockImplementation(() =>
+      Promise.resolve({
+        json: () => {
+          throw new Error("Failed fetch");
+        }
+      })
+    );
+
+    const store = new AlertStore([]);
+    await expect(store.fetch()).resolves.toHaveProperty("error");
+
+    expect(global.fetch).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+    expect(store.status.value).toEqual(AlertStoreStatuses.Failure);
+    expect(store.info.version).toBe("unknown");
+    // there should be a trace of the error
+    expect(consoleSpy).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+
+    consoleSpy.mockRestore();
+    global.fetch.mockRestore();
+  });
+});