diff --git a/src/client/actions/NotifyActions.ts b/src/client/actions/NotifyActions.ts
index e34b520..f6ed8ae 100644
--- a/src/client/actions/NotifyActions.ts
+++ b/src/client/actions/NotifyActions.ts
@@ -70,57 +70,6 @@ export const clear = (): NotificationClearAction => ({
   type: constants.NOTIFY_CLEAR,
 })
 
-export interface Alert {
-  action?: string
-  dismissable: boolean
-  message: string
-  type: NotifyType
-}
-
-export interface AlertAddAction {
-  type: 'ALERT'
-  payload: Alert
-}
-
-export function alert (message: string, dismissable = false): AlertAddAction {
-  return {
-    type: constants.ALERT,
-    payload: {
-      action: dismissable ? 'Dismiss' : undefined,
-      dismissable: !!dismissable,
-      message,
-      type: 'warning',
-    },
-  }
-}
-
-export interface AlertDismissAction {
-  type: 'ALERT_DISMISS'
-  payload: Alert
-}
-
-export const dismissAlert = (alert: Alert): AlertDismissAction => {
-  return {
-    type: constants.ALERT_DISMISS,
-    payload: alert,
-  }
-}
-
-export interface AlertClearAction {
-  type: 'ALERT_CLEAR'
-}
-
-export const clearAlerts = (): AlertClearAction => {
-  return {
-    type: constants.ALERT_CLEAR,
-  }
-}
-
-export type AlertActionType =
-  AlertAddAction |
-  AlertDismissAction |
-  AlertClearAction
-
 export type NotificationActionType =
   NotificationAddAction |
   NotificationDismissAction |
diff --git a/src/client/components/Alerts.tsx b/src/client/components/Alerts.tsx
index 168b207..8cece5d 100644
--- a/src/client/components/Alerts.tsx
+++ b/src/client/components/Alerts.tsx
@@ -1,48 +1,29 @@
 import React from 'react'
-import classnames from 'classnames'
-import { Alert as AlertType } from '../actions/NotifyActions'
 
 export interface AlertProps {
-  alert: AlertType
-  dismiss: (alert: AlertType) => void
+  children: React.ReactNode
 }
 
-export class Alert extends React.PureComponent<AlertProps> {
-  dismiss = () => {
-    const { alert, dismiss } = this.props
-    dismiss(alert)
-  }
-  render () {
-    const { alert } = this.props
-
+export const Alert = React.memo(
+  function Alert(props: AlertProps) {
     return (
-      <div className={classnames('alert', alert.type)}>
-        <span>{alert.message}</span>
-        {alert.dismissable && (
-          <button
-            className="action-alert-dismiss"
-            onClick={this.dismiss}
-          >{alert.action}</button>
-        )}
+      <div className='alert'>
+        {props.children}
       </div>
     )
-  }
-}
+  },
+)
 
 export interface AlertsProps {
-  alerts: AlertType[]
-  dismiss: (alert: AlertType) => void
+  children: React.ReactNode
 }
 
-export default class Alerts extends React.PureComponent<AlertsProps> {
-  render () {
-    const { alerts, dismiss } = this.props
+export const Alerts = React.memo(
+  function Alerts(props: AlertsProps) {
     return (
       <div className="alerts">
-        {alerts.map((alert, i) => (
-          <Alert alert={alert} dismiss={dismiss} key={i} />
-        ))}
+        {props.children}
       </div>
     )
-  }
-}
+  },
+)
diff --git a/src/client/components/App.tsx b/src/client/components/App.tsx
index d692742..90c9d7f 100644
--- a/src/client/components/App.tsx
+++ b/src/client/components/App.tsx
@@ -2,11 +2,10 @@ import map from 'lodash/map'
 import React from 'react'
 import Peer from 'simple-peer'
 import { Message } from '../actions/ChatActions'
-import { Alert, Notification, dismissNotification } from '../actions/NotifyActions'
+import { Notification, dismissNotification } from '../actions/NotifyActions'
 import { TextMessage } from '../actions/PeerActions'
 import { AddStreamPayload } from '../actions/StreamActions'
 import * as constants from '../constants'
-import Alerts from './Alerts'
 import Chat from './Chat'
 import Notifications from './Notifications'
 import Toolbar from './Toolbar'
@@ -15,8 +14,6 @@ import { Media } from './Media'
 
 export interface AppProps {
   active: string | null
-  alerts: Alert[]
-  dismissAlert: (alert: Alert) => void
   dismissNotification: typeof dismissNotification
   init: () => void
   notifications: Record<string, Notification>
@@ -62,8 +59,6 @@ export default class App extends React.PureComponent<AppProps, AppState> {
   render () {
     const {
       active,
-      alerts,
-      dismissAlert,
       dismissNotification,
       notifications,
       messages,
@@ -87,7 +82,6 @@ export default class App extends React.PureComponent<AppProps, AppState> {
           onSendFile={onSendFile}
           stream={streams[constants.ME]}
         />
-        <Alerts alerts={alerts} dismiss={dismissAlert} />
           <Notifications
             dismiss={dismissNotification}
             notifications={notifications}
diff --git a/src/client/components/Media.tsx b/src/client/components/Media.tsx
index caf6d48..101180f 100644
--- a/src/client/components/Media.tsx
+++ b/src/client/components/Media.tsx
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import { connect } from 'react-redux'
 import { AudioConstraint, MediaDevice, setAudioConstraint, setVideoConstraint, VideoConstraint, getMediaStream, enumerateDevices, play } from '../actions/MediaActions'
 import { MediaState } from '../reducers/media'
 import { State } from '../store'
+import { Alerts, Alert } from './Alerts'
 
 export type MediaProps = MediaState & {
   enumerateDevices: typeof enumerateDevices
@@ -99,14 +100,14 @@ export interface AutoplayProps {
 export const AutoplayMessage = React.memo(
   function Autoplay(props: AutoplayProps) {
     return (
-      <div className='autoplay'>
+      <React.Fragment>
         The browser has blocked video autoplay on this page.
         To continue with your call, please press the play button:
         &nbsp;
         <button className='button' onClick={props.play}>
           Play
         </button>
-      </div>
+      </React.Fragment>
     )
   },
 )
@@ -114,6 +115,14 @@ export const AutoplayMessage = React.memo(
 export const Media = c(React.memo(function Media(props: MediaProps) {
   return (
     <div className='media-container'>
+      <Alerts>
+        {props.autoplayError && (
+          <Alert>
+            <AutoplayMessage play={props.play} />
+          </Alert>
+        )}
+      </Alerts>
+
       {props.autoplayError && <AutoplayMessage play={props.play} />}
       <MediaForm {...props} />
     </div>
diff --git a/src/client/containers/App.test.tsx b/src/client/containers/App.test.tsx
index f2a22c4..d6945b4 100644
--- a/src/client/containers/App.test.tsx
+++ b/src/client/containers/App.test.tsx
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ import TestUtils from 'react-dom/test-utils'
 import { Provider } from 'react-redux'
 import { AnyAction, applyMiddleware, createStore } from 'redux'
 import { init } from '../actions/CallActions'
-import { Alert } from '../actions/NotifyActions'
 import * as constants from '../constants'
 import reducers from '../reducers'
 import { middlewares, State, Store } from '../store'
@@ -66,7 +65,6 @@ describe('App', () => {
   })
 
   describe('state', () => {
-    let alert: Alert
     beforeEach(async () => {
       state.streams = {
         test: {
@@ -85,28 +83,9 @@ describe('App', () => {
           type: 'warning',
         },
       }
-      alert = {
-        dismissable: true,
-        action: 'Dismiss',
-        message: 'test alert',
-        type: 'info',
-      }
-      state.alerts = [alert]
       await render()
     })
 
-    describe('alerts', () => {
-      it('can be dismissed', () => {
-        const dismiss = node.querySelector('.action-alert-dismiss')!
-        dispatchSpy.mockReset()
-        TestUtils.Simulate.click(dismiss)
-        expect(dispatchSpy.mock.calls).toEqual([[{
-          type: constants.ALERT_DISMISS,
-          payload: alert,
-        }]])
-      })
-    })
-
     describe('video', () => {
       it('can be activated', () => {
         dispatchSpy.mockReset()
diff --git a/src/client/containers/App.tsx b/src/client/containers/App.tsx
index 3984fc2..5ccbee9 100644
--- a/src/client/containers/App.tsx
+++ b/src/client/containers/App.tsx
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import { connect } from 'react-redux'
 import { init } from '../actions/CallActions'
 import { play } from '../actions/MediaActions'
-import { dismissAlert, dismissNotification } from '../actions/NotifyActions'
+import { dismissNotification } from '../actions/NotifyActions'
 import { sendFile, sendMessage } from '../actions/PeerActions'
 import { toggleActive } from '../actions/StreamActions'
 import App from '../components/App'
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ function mapStateToProps (state: State) {
   return {
     streams: state.streams,
     peers: state.peers,
-    alerts: state.alerts,
     notifications: state.notifications,
     messages: state.messages.list,
     messagesCount: state.messages.count,
@@ -22,7 +21,6 @@ function mapStateToProps (state: State) {
 const mapDispatchToProps = {
   toggleActive,
   sendMessage,
-  dismissAlert: dismissAlert,
   dismissNotification,
   init,
   onSendFile: sendFile,
diff --git a/src/client/reducers/alerts.test.ts b/src/client/reducers/alerts.test.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 321e635..0000000
--- a/src/client/reducers/alerts.test.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,106 +0,0 @@
-import * as NotifyActions from '../actions/NotifyActions'
-import { applyMiddleware, createStore, Store, bindActionCreators } from 'redux'
-import { create } from '../middlewares'
-import reducers from './index'
-import values from 'lodash/values'
-
-jest.useFakeTimers()
-
-describe('reducers/alerts', () => {
-
-  let store: Store
-  let notifyActions: typeof NotifyActions
-  beforeEach(() => {
-    store = createStore(
-      reducers,
-      applyMiddleware(...create()),
-    )
-   notifyActions = bindActionCreators(NotifyActions, store.dispatch)
-  })
-
-
-  describe('clearAlert', () => {
-
-    [true, false].forEach(dismissable => {
-      beforeEach(() => {
-        notifyActions.clearAlerts()
-      })
-      it('adds alert to store', () => {
-        notifyActions.alert('test', dismissable)
-        expect(store.getState().alerts).toEqual([{
-          action: dismissable ? 'Dismiss' : undefined,
-          dismissable,
-          message: 'test',
-          type: 'warning',
-        }])
-      })
-    })
-
-  })
-
-  describe('dismissAlert', () => {
-
-    it('removes an alert', () => {
-      store.dispatch(NotifyActions.alert('test', true))
-      expect(store.getState().alerts.length).toBe(1)
-      store.dispatch(NotifyActions.dismissAlert(store.getState().alerts[0]))
-      expect(store.getState().alerts.length).toBe(0)
-    })
-
-    it('does not remove an alert when not found', () => {
-      store.dispatch(NotifyActions.alert('test', true))
-      expect(store.getState().alerts.length).toBe(1)
-      store.dispatch(NotifyActions.dismissAlert({
-        action: undefined,
-        dismissable: false,
-        message: 'bla',
-        type: 'error',
-      }))
-      expect(store.getState().alerts.length).toBe(1)
-    })
-
-  })
-
-  const methods: Array<'info' | 'warning' | 'error'> = [
-    'info',
-    'warning',
-    'error',
-  ]
-
-  methods.forEach(type => {
-
-    describe(type, () => {
-
-      beforeEach(() => {
-        notifyActions[type]('Hi {0}!', 'John')
-      })
-
-      it('adds a notification', () => {
-        expect(values(store.getState().notifications)).toEqual([{
-          id: jasmine.any(String),
-          message: 'Hi John!',
-          type,
-        }])
-      })
-
-      it('does not fail when no arguments', () => {
-        notifyActions[type]()
-      })
-
-    })
-
-  })
-
-  describe('clear', () => {
-
-    it('clears all alerts', () => {
-      notifyActions.info('Hi {0}!', 'John')
-      notifyActions.warning('Hi {0}!', 'John')
-      notifyActions.error('Hi {0}!', 'John')
-      store.dispatch(NotifyActions.clear())
-      expect(store.getState().notifications).toEqual({})
-    })
-
-  })
-
-})
diff --git a/src/client/reducers/alerts.ts b/src/client/reducers/alerts.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 6e9771d..0000000
--- a/src/client/reducers/alerts.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,19 +0,0 @@
-import * as constants from '../constants'
-import { AlertActionType, Alert } from '../actions/NotifyActions'
-
-export type AlertState = Alert[]
-
-const defaultState: AlertState = []
-
-export default function alerts (state = defaultState, action: AlertActionType) {
-  switch (action.type) {
-    case constants.ALERT:
-      return [...state, action.payload]
-    case constants.ALERT_DISMISS:
-      return state.filter(a => a !== action.payload)
-    case constants.ALERT_CLEAR:
-      return defaultState
-    default:
-      return state
-  }
-}
diff --git a/src/client/reducers/index.ts b/src/client/reducers/index.ts
index 835325a..e7ce5c4 100644
--- a/src/client/reducers/index.ts
+++ b/src/client/reducers/index.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 import active from './active'
-import alerts from './alerts'
 import notifications from './notifications'
 import messages from './messages'
 import peers from './peers'
@@ -9,7 +8,6 @@ import { combineReducers } from 'redux'
 
 export default combineReducers({
   active,
-  alerts,
   notifications,
   messages,
   media,
diff --git a/src/scss/_media.scss b/src/scss/_media.scss
index b9a325a..54be6c3 100644
--- a/src/scss/_media.scss
+++ b/src/scss/_media.scss
@@ -1,20 +1,3 @@
-.media-container .autoplay {
-  background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.3);
-  left: 0;
-  right: 0;
-  top: 0;
-  z-index: 1000;
-  position: absolute;
-  color: $color-warning;
-  text-align: center;
-  padding: 0.5rem;
-
-  button {
-    padding: 0.5rem;
-    @include button($color-primary, $color-warning);
-  }
-}
-
 .media-container form.media {
   max-width: 440px;
   text-align: center;