diff --git a/react/actions/show.js b/react/actions/show.js
index a3847c6b..cae8c4e3 100644
--- a/react/actions/show.js
+++ b/react/actions/show.js
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 import * as actions from 'constants/show_action_types';
 
+import { CHANNEL, ASSET_LITE, ASSET_DETAILS } from 'constants/show_request_types';
+
 // basic request parsing
 export function onRequestError (error) {
   return {
@@ -8,19 +10,22 @@ export function onRequestError (error) {
   };
 }
 
-export function onParsedChannelRequest (name, id) {
-  const requestId = `cr#${name}#${id}`;
+export function onNewChannelRequest (channelName, channelId) {
+  const requestType = CHANNEL;
+  const requestId = `cr#${channelName}#${channelId}`;
   return {
-    type: actions.REQUEST_UPDATE_CHANNEL,
-    data: { requestId, name, id },
+    type: actions.CHANNEL_REQUEST_NEW,
+    data: { requestType, requestId, channelName, channelId },
   };
 };
 
-export function onParsedAssetRequest (name, id, channelName, channelId, extension) {
+export function onNewAssetRequest (name, id, channelName, channelId, extension) {
+  const requestType = extension ? ASSET_LITE : ASSET_DETAILS;
   const requestId = `ar#${name}#${id}#${channelName}#${channelId}`;
   return {
-    type: actions.REQUEST_UPDATE_ASSET,
+    type: actions.ASSET_REQUEST_NEW,
     data: {
+      requestType,
       requestId,
       name,
       modifier: {
@@ -30,20 +35,12 @@ export function onParsedAssetRequest (name, id, channelName, channelId, extensio
           id  : channelId,
         },
       },
-      extension,
     },
   };
 };
 
 // asset actions
 
-export function onNewAssetRequest (id, name, modifier) {
-  return {
-    type: actions.ASSET_REQUEST_NEW,
-    data: { id, name, modifier },
-  };
-};
-
 export function addRequestToAssetRequests (id, error, name, claimId) {
   return {
     type: actions.ASSET_REQUEST_SUCCESS,
@@ -60,13 +57,6 @@ export function addAssetToAssetList (id, error, name, claimId, shortId, claimDat
 
 // channel actions
 
-export function onNewChannelRequest (id, name, channelId) {
-  return {
-    type: actions.CHANNEL_REQUEST_NEW,
-    data: {id, name, channelId},
-  };
-};
-
 export function addRequestToChannelRequests (id, error, name, longId, shortId) {
   return {
     type: actions.CHANNEL_REQUEST_ADD,
diff --git a/react/components/ShowAssetDetails/index.js b/react/components/ShowAssetDetails/index.js
index 8a956774..d8061a34 100644
--- a/react/components/ShowAssetDetails/index.js
+++ b/react/components/ShowAssetDetails/index.js
@@ -1,32 +1,22 @@
-import React from 'react';
-import NavBar from 'containers/NavBar';
-import AssetTitle from 'components/AssetTitle';
-import AssetDisplay from 'components/AssetDisplay';
-import AssetInfo from 'components/AssetInfo';
+import { connect } from 'react-redux';
+import View from './view';
 
-class ShowAssetDetails extends React.Component {
-  render () {
-    return (
-      <div>
-        <NavBar/>
-        <div className="row row--tall row--padded">
-          <div className="column column--10">
-            <AssetTitle />
-          </div>
-          <div className="column column--5 column--sml-10 align-content-top">
-            <div className="row row--padded">
-              <AssetDisplay />
-            </div>
-          </div><div className="column column--5 column--sml-10 align-content-top">
-          <div className="row row--padded">
-            <AssetInfo />
-          </div>
-        </div>
-        </div>
-        }
-      </div>
-    );
-  }
+const mapStateToProps = ({ show }) => {
+  console.log('mapping state to props', show);
+  // select request info
+  const requestId = show.request.id;
+  // select asset info
+  let asset;
+  const previousRequest = show.assetRequests[requestId] || null;
+  const assetList = show.assetList;
+  if (previousRequest) {
+    const assetKey = `a#${previousRequest.name}#${previousRequest.claimId}`;  // note: just store this in the request
+    asset = assetList[assetKey] || null;
+  };
+  // return props
+  return {
+    asset,
+  };
 };
 
-export default ShowAssetDetails;
+export default connect(mapStateToProps, null)(View);
diff --git a/react/components/ShowAssetDetails/view.jsx b/react/components/ShowAssetDetails/view.jsx
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..42047032
--- /dev/null
+++ b/react/components/ShowAssetDetails/view.jsx
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+import React from 'react';
+import NavBar from 'containers/NavBar';
+import ErrorPage from 'components/ErrorPage';
+import AssetTitle from 'components/AssetTitle';
+import AssetDisplay from 'components/AssetDisplay';
+import AssetInfo from 'components/AssetInfo';
+
+class ShowAssetDetails extends React.Component {
+  render () {
+    const { asset } = this.props;
+    if (asset) {
+      return (
+        <div>
+          <NavBar/>
+          <div className="row row--tall row--padded">
+            <div className="column column--10">
+              <AssetTitle />
+            </div>
+            <div className="column column--5 column--sml-10 align-content-top">
+              <div className="row row--padded">
+                <AssetDisplay />
+              </div>
+            </div><div className="column column--5 column--sml-10 align-content-top">
+            <div className="row row--padded">
+              <AssetInfo />
+            </div>
+          </div>
+          </div>
+          }
+        </div>
+      );
+    };
+    return (
+      <ErrorPage error={'loading asset data...'}/>
+    );
+  }
+};
+
+export default ShowAssetDetails;
diff --git a/react/components/ShowAssetLite/index.js b/react/components/ShowAssetLite/index.js
index 19c96cd1..40c09afd 100644
--- a/react/components/ShowAssetLite/index.js
+++ b/react/components/ShowAssetLite/index.js
@@ -2,19 +2,21 @@ import { connect } from 'react-redux';
 import View from './view';
 
 const mapStateToProps = ({ show }) => {
-  // select name and claim id
-  let name, claimId;
-  const previousRequest = show.assetRequests[show.request.id];
-  const assetKey = `a#${previousRequest.name}#${previousRequest.claimId}`;
-  const asset = show.assetList[assetKey];
-  if (asset) {
-    name = asset.name;
-    claimId = asset.claimId;
+  console.log('mapping state to props', show);
+  // select request info
+  const requestId = show.request.id;
+  // select asset info
+  let asset;
+  const previousRequest = show.assetRequests[requestId] || null;
+  console.log('previous request:', previousRequest);
+  const assetList = show.assetList;
+  if (previousRequest) {
+    const assetKey = `a#${previousRequest.name}#${previousRequest.claimId}`;  // note: just store this in the request
+    asset = assetList[assetKey] || null;
   };
   // return props
   return {
-    name,
-    claimId,
+    asset,
   };
 };
 
diff --git a/react/components/ShowAssetLite/view.jsx b/react/components/ShowAssetLite/view.jsx
index 74dc1beb..e8567fbc 100644
--- a/react/components/ShowAssetLite/view.jsx
+++ b/react/components/ShowAssetLite/view.jsx
@@ -4,13 +4,13 @@ import AssetDisplay from 'components/AssetDisplay';
 
 class ShowLite extends React.Component {
   render () {
-    const { name, claimId } = this.props;
+    const { asset } = this.props;
     return (
       <div className="row row--tall flex-container--column flex-container--center-center">
-        { (name && claimId) &&
+        { (asset) &&
         <div>
           <AssetDisplay />
-          <Link id="asset-boilerpate" className="link--primary fine-print" to={`/${claimId}/${name}`}>hosted via Spee.ch</Link>
+          <Link id="asset-boilerpate" className="link--primary fine-print" to={`/${asset.claimId}/${asset.name}`}>hosted via Spee.ch</Link>
         </div>
         }
       </div>
diff --git a/react/components/ShowChannel/index.js b/react/components/ShowChannel/index.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..8de0944f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/react/components/ShowChannel/index.js
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+import { connect } from 'react-redux';
+import View from './view';
+
+const mapStateToProps = ({ show }) => {
+  // select request info
+  const requestId = show.request.id;
+  // select request
+  const previousRequest = show.channelRequests[requestId] || null;
+  // select channel
+  let channel;
+  if (previousRequest) {
+    const channelKey = `c#${previousRequest.name}#${previousRequest.longId}`;
+    channel = show.channelList[channelKey] || null;
+  }
+  return {
+    channel,
+  };
+};
+
+export default connect(mapStateToProps, null)(View);
diff --git a/react/containers/ShowChannel/view.jsx b/react/components/ShowChannel/view.jsx
similarity index 74%
rename from react/containers/ShowChannel/view.jsx
rename to react/components/ShowChannel/view.jsx
index 4545d1a3..3539cdf7 100644
--- a/react/containers/ShowChannel/view.jsx
+++ b/react/components/ShowChannel/view.jsx
@@ -4,12 +4,12 @@ import NavBar from 'containers/NavBar';
 import ChannelClaimsDisplay from 'containers/ChannelClaimsDisplay';
 
 class ShowChannel extends React.Component {
-  componentDidMount () {
-    const { channel, requestId, requestChannelName, requestChannelId } = this.props;
-    if (!channel) {
-      return this.props.onNewChannelRequest(requestId, requestChannelName, requestChannelId);
-    }
-  }
+  // componentDidMount () {
+  //   const { channel, requestId, requestChannelName, requestChannelId } = this.props;
+  //   if (!channel) {
+  //     return this.props.onNewChannelRequest(requestId, requestChannelName, requestChannelId);  // check the channel you have in the request and see you have no channel so fetch that channel?
+  //   }
+  // }
   render () {
     const { channel } = this.props;
     if (channel) {
diff --git a/react/constants/show_action_types.js b/react/constants/show_action_types.js
index 8185f79e..9927408e 100644
--- a/react/constants/show_action_types.js
+++ b/react/constants/show_action_types.js
@@ -1,15 +1,13 @@
 // request actions
-export const REQUEST_UPDATE_CHANNEL = 'REQUEST_UPDATE_CHANNEL';
-export const REQUEST_UPDATE_ASSET = 'REQUEST_UPDATE_ASSET';
 export const REQUEST_UPDATE_ERROR = 'REQUEST_UPDATE_ERROR';
+export const ASSET_REQUEST_NEW = 'ASSET_REQUEST_NEW';
+export const CHANNEL_REQUEST_NEW = 'CHANNEL_REQUEST_NEW';
 
 // asset actions
-export const ASSET_REQUEST_NEW = 'ASSET_REQUEST_NEW';
 export const ASSET_REQUEST_SUCCESS = 'ASSET_REQUEST_SUCCESS';
 export const ASSET_ADD = `ASSET_ADD`;
 
 // channel actions
-export const CHANNEL_REQUEST_NEW = 'CHANNEL_REQUEST_NEW';
 export const CHANNEL_REQUEST_ADD = 'CHANNEL_REQUEST_ADD';
 export const CHANNEL_ADD = 'CHANNEL_ADD';
 
diff --git a/react/constants/show_request_types.js b/react/constants/show_request_types.js
index 82ae07cd..d5fbed67 100644
--- a/react/constants/show_request_types.js
+++ b/react/constants/show_request_types.js
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 export const CHANNEL = 'CHANNEL';
-export const ASSET = 'ASSET';
+export const ASSET_LITE = 'ASSET_LITE';
+export const ASSET_DETAILS = 'ASSET_DETAILS';
diff --git a/react/containers/ChannelClaimsDisplay/index.js b/react/containers/ChannelClaimsDisplay/index.js
index 4a24968e..0fd7b165 100644
--- a/react/containers/ChannelClaimsDisplay/index.js
+++ b/react/containers/ChannelClaimsDisplay/index.js
@@ -15,10 +15,8 @@ const mapStateToProps = ({ show }) => {
   };
 };
 
-const mapDispatchToProps = () => {
-  return {
-    onUpdateChannelClaims,
-  };
+const mapDispatchToProps = {
+  onUpdateChannelClaims,
 };
 
 export default connect(mapStateToProps, mapDispatchToProps)(View);
diff --git a/react/containers/ShowAsset/index.js b/react/containers/ShowAsset/index.js
deleted file mode 100644
index c59f6470..00000000
--- a/react/containers/ShowAsset/index.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,35 +0,0 @@
-import { connect } from 'react-redux';
-import View from './view';
-import { onNewAssetRequest } from 'actions/show';
-
-const mapStateToProps = ({ show }) => {
-  // select request info
-  const requestId = show.request.id;
-  const requestName = show.request.data.name;
-  const requestModifier = show.request.data.modifier;
-  const requestExtension = show.request.data.extension;
-  const assetList = show.assetList;
-  // select asset info
-  const previousRequest = show.assetRequests[show.request.id] || null;
-  let asset;
-  if (previousRequest) {
-    const assetKey = `a#${previousRequest.name}#${previousRequest.claimId}`;  // note: just store this in the request
-    asset = assetList[assetKey] || null;
-  };
-  // return props
-  return {
-    requestId,
-    requestName,
-    requestModifier,
-    requestExtension,
-    asset,
-  };
-};
-
-const mapDispatchToProps = () => {
-  return {
-    onNewAssetRequest,
-  };
-};
-
-export default connect(mapStateToProps, mapDispatchToProps)(View);
diff --git a/react/containers/ShowAsset/view.jsx b/react/containers/ShowAsset/view.jsx
deleted file mode 100644
index ddc8a07f..00000000
--- a/react/containers/ShowAsset/view.jsx
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,24 +0,0 @@
-import React from 'react';
-import ErrorPage from 'components/ErrorPage';
-import ShowAssetLite from 'components/ShowAssetLite';
-import ShowAssetDetails from 'components/ShowAssetDetails';
-
-class ShowAsset extends React.Component {
-  componentDidMount () {
-    const { asset, requestId, requestName, requestModifier } = this.props;
-    if (!asset) {
-      return this.props.onNewAssetRequest(requestId, requestName, requestModifier);
-    };
-  }
-  render () {
-    const {asset, requestExtension} = this.props;
-    if (asset) {
-      return requestExtension ? <ShowAssetLite/> : <ShowAssetDetails/>;
-    };
-    return (
-      <ErrorPage error={'loading asset data...'}/>
-    );
-  }
-};
-
-export default ShowAsset;
diff --git a/react/containers/ShowChannel/index.js b/react/containers/ShowChannel/index.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 0a9c83c7..00000000
--- a/react/containers/ShowChannel/index.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,32 +0,0 @@
-import { connect } from 'react-redux';
-import { onNewChannelRequest } from 'actions/show';
-import View from './view';
-
-const mapStateToProps = ({ show }) => {
-  // select request info
-  const requestId = show.request.id;
-  const requestChannelName = show.request.data.name;
-  const requestChannelId = show.request.data.id;
-  // select request
-  const previousRequest = show.channelRequests[show.request.id] || null;
-  // select channel
-  let channel;
-  if (previousRequest) {
-    const channelKey = `c#${previousRequest.name}#${previousRequest.longId}`;
-    channel = show.channelList[channelKey] || null;
-  }
-  return {
-    requestId,
-    requestChannelName,
-    requestChannelId,
-    channel,
-  };
-};
-
-const mapDispatchToProps = () => {
-  return {
-    onNewChannelRequest,
-  };
-};
-
-export default connect(mapStateToProps, mapDispatchToProps)(View);
diff --git a/react/containers/ShowPage/index.js b/react/containers/ShowPage/index.js
index 6bdfd64f..8ba6752e 100644
--- a/react/containers/ShowPage/index.js
+++ b/react/containers/ShowPage/index.js
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { connect } from 'react-redux';
-import { onRequestError, onParsedChannelRequest, onParsedAssetRequest } from 'actions/show';
+import { onRequestError, onNewChannelRequest, onNewAssetRequest } from 'actions/show';
 import View from './view';
 
 const mapStateToProps = ({ show }) => {
@@ -9,12 +9,10 @@ const mapStateToProps = ({ show }) => {
   };
 };
 
-const mapDispatchToProps = () => {
-  return {
-    onRequestError,
-    onParsedChannelRequest,
-    onParsedAssetRequest,
-  };
+const mapDispatchToProps = {
+  onRequestError,
+  onNewChannelRequest,
+  onNewAssetRequest,
 };
 
 export default connect(mapStateToProps, mapDispatchToProps)(View);
diff --git a/react/containers/ShowPage/view.jsx b/react/containers/ShowPage/view.jsx
index e379113a..b431dd53 100644
--- a/react/containers/ShowPage/view.jsx
+++ b/react/containers/ShowPage/view.jsx
@@ -1,10 +1,11 @@
 import React from 'react';
 import ErrorPage from 'components/ErrorPage';
-import ShowAsset from 'containers/ShowAsset';
-import ShowChannel from 'containers/ShowChannel';
+import ShowAssetLite from 'components/ShowAssetLite';
+import ShowAssetDetails from 'components/ShowAssetDetails';
+import ShowChannel from 'components/ShowChannel';
 import lbryUri from 'utils/lbryUri';
 
-import { CHANNEL, ASSET } from 'constants/show_request_types';
+import { CHANNEL, ASSET_LITE, ASSET_DETAILS } from 'constants/show_request_types';
 
 class ShowPage extends React.Component {
   constructor (props) {
@@ -42,9 +43,9 @@ class ShowPage extends React.Component {
     }
     // update the store
     if (isChannel) {
-      return this.props.onParsedAssetRequest(claimName, null, channelName, channelClaimId, extension);
+      return this.props.onNewAssetRequest(claimName, null, channelName, channelClaimId, extension);
     } else {
-      return this.props.onParsedAssetRequest(claimName, claimId, null, null, extension);
+      return this.props.onNewAssetRequest(claimName, claimId, null, null, extension);
     }
   }
   parseAndUpdateClaimOnly (claim) {
@@ -58,7 +59,7 @@ class ShowPage extends React.Component {
     }
     // return early if this request is for a channel
     if (isChannel) {
-      return this.props.onParsedChannelRequest(channelName, channelClaimId);
+      return this.props.onNewChannelRequest(channelName, channelClaimId);
     }
     // if not for a channel, parse the claim request
     let claimName, extension;  // if I am destructuring below, do I still need to declare these here?
@@ -67,7 +68,7 @@ class ShowPage extends React.Component {
     } catch (error) {
       return this.props.onRequestError(error.message);
     }
-    this.props.onParsedAssetRequest(claimName, null, null, null, extension);
+    this.props.onNewAssetRequest(claimName, null, null, null, extension);
   }
   render () {
     const { error, requestType } = this.props;
@@ -79,8 +80,10 @@ class ShowPage extends React.Component {
     switch (requestType) {
       case CHANNEL:
         return <ShowChannel />;
-      case ASSET:
-        return <ShowAsset />;
+      case ASSET_LITE:
+        return <ShowAssetLite />;
+      case ASSET_DETAILS:
+        return <ShowAssetDetails />;
       default:
         return <p>loading...</p>;
     }
diff --git a/react/reducers/show.js b/react/reducers/show.js
index 4bbe4fdb..699540ec 100644
--- a/react/reducers/show.js
+++ b/react/reducers/show.js
@@ -1,13 +1,11 @@
 import * as actions from 'constants/show_action_types';
-import { CHANNEL, ASSET } from 'constants/show_request_types';
 import { LOCAL_CHECK, ERROR } from 'constants/asset_display_states';
 
 const initialState = {
   request: {
-    error    : null,
-    type     : null,
-    data     : null,
-    requestId: null,
+    error: null,
+    type : null,
+    id   : null,
   },
   channelRequests: {},
   channelList    : {},
@@ -28,30 +26,13 @@ export default function (state = initialState, action) {
           error: action.data,
         }),
       });
-    case actions.REQUEST_UPDATE_CHANNEL:
+    case actions.CHANNEL_REQUEST_NEW:
+    case actions.ASSET_REQUEST_NEW:
       return Object.assign({}, state, {
-        request: {
-          type : CHANNEL,
-          error: null,
-          id   : action.data.requestId,
-          data : {
-            name: action.data.name,
-            id  : action.data.id,
-          },
-        },
-      });
-    case actions.REQUEST_UPDATE_ASSET:
-      return Object.assign({}, state, {
-        request: {
-          type : ASSET,
-          error: null,
-          id   : action.data.requestId,
-          data : {
-            name     : action.data.name,
-            modifier : action.data.modifier,
-            extension: action.data.extension,
-          },
-        },
+        request: Object.assign({}, state.request, {
+          type: action.data.requestType,
+          id  : action.data.requestId,
+        }),
       });
     // asset actions
     case actions.ASSET_REQUEST_SUCCESS:
diff --git a/react/sagas/show_asset.js b/react/sagas/show_asset.js
index c1174f50..6f21b0ec 100644
--- a/react/sagas/show_asset.js
+++ b/react/sagas/show_asset.js
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import { addRequestToAssetRequests, onRequestError, addAssetToAssetList } from '
 import { getLongClaimId, getShortId, getClaimData } from 'api/assetApi';
 
 function* newAssetRequest (action) {
-  const { id, name, modifier } = action.data;
+  const { requestId, name, modifier } = action.data;
   // get long id
   console.log(`getting asset long id ${name}`);
   let longId;
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ function* newAssetRequest (action) {
     return yield put(onRequestError(error.message));
   }
   // put action to add request to asset request list
-  yield put(addRequestToAssetRequests(id, null, name, longId));
+  yield put(addRequestToAssetRequests(requestId, null, name, longId));
   // get short Id
   console.log(`getting asset short id ${name} ${longId}`);
   let shortId;
diff --git a/react/sagas/show_channel.js b/react/sagas/show_channel.js
index 40aeddeb..981d6cc7 100644
--- a/react/sagas/show_channel.js
+++ b/react/sagas/show_channel.js
@@ -4,28 +4,28 @@ import { addNewChannelToChannelList, addRequestToChannelRequests, onRequestError
 import { getChannelClaims, getChannelData } from 'api/channelApi';
 
 function* getNewChannelAndUpdateChannelList (action) {
-  const { id, name, channelId } = action.data;
+  const { requestId, channelName, channelId } = action.data;
   // get channel long id
   console.log('getting channel long id and short id');
   let longId, shortId;
   try {
-    ({ data: {longChannelClaimId: longId, shortChannelClaimId: shortId} } = yield call(getChannelData, name, channelId));
+    ({ data: {longChannelClaimId: longId, shortChannelClaimId: shortId} } = yield call(getChannelData, channelName, channelId));
   } catch (error) {
     return yield put(onRequestError(error.message));
   }
   // store the request in the channel requests list
-  yield put(addRequestToChannelRequests(id, null, name, longId, shortId));
+  yield put(addRequestToChannelRequests(requestId, null, channelName, longId, shortId));
   // get channel claims data
   console.log('getting channel claims data');
   let claimsData;
   try {
-    ({ data: claimsData } = yield call(getChannelClaims, name, longId, 1));
+    ({ data: claimsData } = yield call(getChannelClaims, channelName, longId, 1));
   } catch (error) {
     return yield put(onRequestError(error.message));
   }
   // store the channel data in the channel list
-  const channelKey = `c#${name}#${longId}`;
-  yield put(addNewChannelToChannelList(channelKey, name, shortId, longId, claimsData));
+  const channelKey = `c#${channelName}#${longId}`;
+  yield put(addNewChannelToChannelList(channelKey, channelName, shortId, longId, claimsData));
   // clear any request errors
   yield put(onRequestError(null));
 }