diff --git a/src/reducers/index.js b/src/reducers/index.js
index b9ca4b06..d14223aa 100644
--- a/src/reducers/index.js
+++ b/src/reducers/index.js
@@ -1,17 +1,18 @@
 import { combineReducers, createStore, applyMiddleware } from 'redux';
 import updateURLMiddleware from "../middleware/updateURLMiddleware";
-import cells from './cells';
-import onURLchange from "./onURLchange";
+import thunk from "redux-thunk";
+import cells from "./cells";
+import url from "./url";
 
 const Reducer = combineReducers({
   cells,
-  onURLchange,
+  url,
 })
 
 let store = createStore(
   Reducer,
   window.__REDUX_DEVTOOLS_EXTENSION__ && window.__REDUX_DEVTOOLS_EXTENSION__(),
-  applyMiddleware(updateURLMiddleware)
+  applyMiddleware(thunk, updateURLMiddleware)
 );
 
 export default store;
diff --git a/src/reducers/onURLchange.js b/src/reducers/onURLchange.js
deleted file mode 100644
index cef99125..00000000
--- a/src/reducers/onURLchange.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,25 +0,0 @@
-import URI from "urijs";
-/*
-  https://www.npmjs.com/package/url-parse
-*/
-
-const onURLchange = (
-  state = {},
-  action
-) => {
-  switch (action.type) {
-    case 'url changed': {
-      const {url} = action;
-
-      const parsed = URI.parseQuery(window.location.search);
-
-      console.log("onURLchange sees: ", parsed)
-
-      return state;
-    }
-  }
-
-  return state;
-}
-
-export default onURLchange;
diff --git a/src/reducers/url.js b/src/reducers/url.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e1d50e85
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/reducers/url.js
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+import uri from "urijs";
+/*
+  https://www.npmjs.com/package/url-parse
+*/
+
+const url = (
+  state = {},
+  action
+) => {
+  switch (action.type) {
+    case "url changed": {
+      const {url} = action;
+
+      // const parsed = uri.parseQuery(window.location.search);
+
+      // console.log("onURLchange sees: ", state, parsed)
+
+      return state;
+    }
+    case "category changed": {
+      /* TODO catch categories here and store a representation of them */
+      return state;
+    }
+    default:
+      return state;
+  }
+
+  return state;
+}
+
+export default url;