diff --git a/react/components/ChannelClaimsDisplay/index.js b/react/components/ChannelClaimsDisplay/index.js
index 8f186825..6603cc2e 100644
--- a/react/components/ChannelClaimsDisplay/index.js
+++ b/react/components/ChannelClaimsDisplay/index.js
@@ -17,11 +17,16 @@ class ChannelClaimsDisplay extends React.Component {
     this.showNextResultsPage = this.showNextResultsPage.bind(this);
   }
   componentDidMount () {
-    this.updateClaimsData(1);
-  }
-  updateClaimsData (page) {
     const name = this.props.name;
     const longId = this.props.longId;
+    this.updateClaimsData(name, longId, 1);
+  }
+  componentWillReceiveProps (nextProps) {
+    if (nextProps.name !== this.props.name || nextProps.longId !== this.props.longId) {
+      this.updateClaimsData(nextProps.name, nextProps.longId, 1);
+    }
+  }
+  updateClaimsData (name, longId, page) {
     const url = `/api/channel-claims/${name}/${longId}/${page}`;
     const that = this;
     return request(url)
diff --git a/react/containers/ShowChannel/view.jsx b/react/containers/ShowChannel/view.jsx
index 0b15ef32..de9d6675 100644
--- a/react/containers/ShowChannel/view.jsx
+++ b/react/containers/ShowChannel/view.jsx
@@ -17,6 +17,11 @@ class ShowChannel extends React.Component {
   componentDidMount () {
     this.getAndStoreChannelData(this.props.requestName, this.props.requestId);
   }
+  componentWillReceiveProps (nextProps) {
+    if (nextProps.requestName !== this.props.requestName || nextProps.requestId !== this.props.requestId) {
+      this.getAndStoreChannelData(nextProps.requestName, nextProps.requestId);
+    }
+  }
   getAndStoreChannelData (name, id) {
     if (!id) id = 'none';
     const url = `/api/channel-data/${name}/${id}`;
@@ -28,6 +33,7 @@ class ShowChannel extends React.Component {
           return that.setState({error: message});
         }
         this.setState({
+          error  : null,
           name   : data.channelName,
           longId : data.longChannelClaimId,
           shortId: data.shortChannelClaimId,
diff --git a/react/containers/ShowPage/view.jsx b/react/containers/ShowPage/view.jsx
index b7057031..c093ddd4 100644
--- a/react/containers/ShowPage/view.jsx
+++ b/react/containers/ShowPage/view.jsx
@@ -23,8 +23,8 @@ class ShowPage extends React.Component {
     this.parseUrlAndUpdateState(identifier, claim);
   }
   componentWillReceiveProps (nextProps) {
-    if (this.props.match.params !== nextProps.match.params) {
-      console.log('received new params props');
+    if (nextProps.match.params !== this.props.match.params) {
+      console.log('ShowPage received new params props');
       const identifier = nextProps.match.params.identifier;
       const claim = nextProps.match.params.claim;
       this.parseUrlAndUpdateState(identifier, claim);