diff --git a/frontend/src/Call/CallPlayer.js b/frontend/src/Call/CallPlayer.js
index 01f80d3..773b461 100644
--- a/frontend/src/Call/CallPlayer.js
+++ b/frontend/src/Call/CallPlayer.js
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import CallInfo from "./CallInfo";
 import ListCalls from "./ListCalls";
 import { useSelector, useDispatch } from 'react-redux'
 import { setLive } from "../features/callPlayer/callPlayerSlice";
+import { getCalls} from "../features/calls/callsSlice";
 import { useGetGroupsQuery, useGetTalkgroupsQuery } from '../features/api/apiSlice'
 import { selectAllCalls, useGetCallsQuery, callsAdapter } from "../features/calls/callsSlice";
 import {
@@ -37,10 +38,12 @@ function CallPlayer (props) {
 
     const { shortName } = useParams();
     const { data:groupsData, isSuccess:isGroupsSuccess } = useGetGroupsQuery(shortName);
-    const { data:callsData, isSuccess:isCallsSuccess } = useGetCallsQuery({shortName});
+    //const { data:callsData, isSuccess:isCallsSuccess } = useGetCallsQuery({shortName});
+    const {loading, data: callsData} = useSelector((state) => state.calls);
+    
     //console.log(callsData);
     const { data:talkgroupsData, isSuccess:isTalkgroupsSuccess } = useGetTalkgroupsQuery(shortName);
-    const allCalls  = callsData?callsData.ids.map( id => callsData.entities[id] ):[]
+    //const allCalls  = callsData?callsData.ids.map( id => callsData.entities[id] ):[]
     const [requestMessage, setRequestMessage] = useState("");
     const [callUrl, setCallUrl] = useState("");
     const [autoPlay, setAutoPlay] = useState(true);
@@ -383,6 +386,7 @@ const getFilter = () => {
       this.startSocket(shortName, filterType, filterCode, filter.filterStarred);
     }*/
     dispatch(setShortName(shortName));
+    dispatch(getCalls({shortName}));
     return () => {
       //this.endSocket();
     };
@@ -594,8 +598,8 @@ const getFilter = () => {
               style={{ minHeight: '100vh' }}
             >
               <Visibility onTopVisible={loadNewerCalls} onBottomVisible={loadOlderCalls} once={false}>
-               <ListCalls callsAllIds={callsData.ids} currentCallRef={false} callsById={callsData.entities} activeCallId={callId} talkgroups={talkgroupsData} playCall={playCall} /> 
-              </Visibility>
+              <ListCalls callsData={callsData} currentCallRef={false} activeCallId={callId} talkgroups={talkgroupsData} playCall={playCall} />
+             </Visibility>
             </Sidebar.Pusher>
           </Sidebar.Pushable>
           <Rail position='right' className="desktop-only" dimmed={sidebarOpened ? "true" : "false"} >
diff --git a/frontend/src/Call/ListCalls.js b/frontend/src/Call/ListCalls.js
index 57b22bc..f5f7c74 100644
--- a/frontend/src/Call/ListCalls.js
+++ b/frontend/src/Call/ListCalls.js
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ class ListCalls extends React.Component {
   //https://stackoverflow.com/questions/36559661/how-can-i-dispatch-from-child-components-in-react-redux
   //https://stackoverflow.com/questions/42597602/react-onclick-pass-event-with-parameter
   render() {
+    const callsData = this.props.callsData;
     return (
 
         <Table id="calls" unstackable  >
@@ -24,20 +25,24 @@ class ListCalls extends React.Component {
               <Table.HeaderCell><Icon name='star' /></Table.HeaderCell>
             </Table.Row>
           </Table.Header>
-          <Table.Body >
+          {callsData != false && 
+          <Table.Body>
             
-            {this.props.callsAllIds.map((callId, index) => {
+            {
+              this.props.callsData.ids.map((callId, index) => {
               if (callId === this.props.activeCallId) {
-                return (<Ref innerRef={this.props.currentCallRef} key={index} ><CallItem activeCall={true}  call={this.props.callsById[callId]} talkgroups={this.props.talkgroups} key={index} onClick={this.props.playCall}/></Ref>)
+                return (<Ref innerRef={this.props.currentCallRef} key={index} ><CallItem activeCall={true}  call={this.props.callsData.entities[callId]} talkgroups={this.props.talkgroups} key={index} onClick={this.props.playCall}/></Ref>)
               } else {
-                return <CallItem activeCall={false} call={this.props.callsById[callId]} talkgroups={this.props.talkgroups} key={index} onClick={this.props.playCall}/>
+                return <CallItem activeCall={false} call={this.props.callsData.entities[callId]} talkgroups={this.props.talkgroups} key={index} onClick={this.props.playCall}/>
               }
             })
-            }
+           
+          }
 
           </Table.Body>
+        }
         </Table>
-
+        
 
   );
   }
diff --git a/frontend/src/features/calls/callsSlice.js b/frontend/src/features/calls/callsSlice.js
index 36822d6..5e197d9 100644
--- a/frontend/src/features/calls/callsSlice.js
+++ b/frontend/src/features/calls/callsSlice.js
@@ -1,9 +1,11 @@
 import {
     createSlice,
     createEntityAdapter,
-    createSelector
+    createSelector,
+    createAsyncThunk
   } from '@reduxjs/toolkit'
   
+  /*
   import { apiSlice } from '../api/apiSlice'
 
 // in order for the initial fetch to happen this call needs to be made in index.js
@@ -24,10 +26,6 @@ import {
               method: "GET", 
               params: { filterType, filterCode },
             }),
-            /*query: () => ({
-                url: `/test/calls`,
-                method: "GET"
-              }),*/
         transformResponse: responseData => {
             responseData = responseData.calls;
           return callsAdapter.setAll(initialState, responseData)
@@ -55,9 +53,105 @@ const selectCallsData = createSelector(
 export const { selectAll: selectAllCalls, selectById: selectCallById } = callsAdapter.getSelectors(state => { 
     return selectCallsData(state) ?? initialState
 })
+*/
+const now = new Date();
 
+export const callsAdapter = createEntityAdapter({
+  selectId: (call) => call._id,
+  sortComparer: (a, b) => a.time.localeCompare(b.time),
+})
+
+const initialState = {
+    loading: false,
+    data: callsAdapter.getInitialState(),
+    oldestCallTime: now,
+    newestCallTime: now,
+  }
+
+  function buildUrlParams(a) {
+    return Object.keys(a).map(function(k) {
+         return encodeURIComponent(k) + '=' + encodeURIComponent(a[k])
+     }).join('&')
+   }
+
+  function buildCallUrl(shortName,filterType=0,filterGroupId=false, filterTalkgroups=false,filterDate=false, date=false, direction=false,filterStarred=false) {
+      var params = {};
+      var url = "";
+  
+  
+      if ((typeof direction === 'string') && (typeof date === 'number')) {
+          url = url + '/' + direction;
+          params["time"] = date;
+      } else {
+        if (filterDate){
+          url = url + '/older'
+          params["time"] = filterDate;
+        }
+      }
+      if (filterStarred) {
+        params["filter-starred"] = true;
+      }
+      switch(filterType) {
+        case 1:
+        params["filter-type"] = "group";
+        params["filter-code"] = filterGroupId;
+        break;
+        case 2:
+        params["filter-type"] = "talkgroup";
+        params["filter-code"] = filterTalkgroups;
+        break;
+        default:
+        case 0:
+      }
   /*
-export const {selectAll: selectAllCalls}  = callsAdapter.getSelectors((state) =>  {
-    return state.api}
-    );*/
+      if (this.filterCode != "") {
+          params["filter-code"] = this.filterCode;
+      }
+      if (this.filterType == this.FilterType.Group) {
+          params["filter-type"] = "group";
+          params["filter-name"] = this.filterName;
+      }
+      if (this.filterType == this.FilterType.Talkgroup) {
+          params["filter-type"] = "talkgroup";
+      }
+      if (this.filterType == this.FilterType.Unit) {
+          params["filter-type"] = "unit";
+      }
+  */
+    //  url = startUp.backend_server + "/" + startUp.shortName.toLowerCase() + "/calls" + url + '?' + buildUrlParams(params);
+      url = process.env.REACT_APP_BACKEND_SERVER + "/" + shortName + "/calls" + url + '?' + buildUrlParams(params);
+      console.log("Trying to fetch data from this url: " + url);
+      return url;
+  }
 
+export const getCalls = createAsyncThunk(
+  'calls/getCalls',
+  async({shortName,filterType=0,filterGroupId=false, filterTalkgroups=false, filterStarred=false }) => {
+    const url = buildCallUrl(shortName, filterType, filterGroupId,filterTalkgroups, filterStarred);
+    const res = await fetch(url).then(
+      (data) => data.json()
+    )
+    return res;
+  })
+
+export const callsSlice = createSlice({
+  name: 'calls',
+  initialState,
+  reducers: {},
+  extraReducers: {
+    [getCalls.pending]: (state) => {
+      state.loading = true;
+    },
+    [getCalls.fulfilled]: (state, {payload}) => {
+      state.loading = false;
+      state.data = callsAdapter.setAll(state.data, payload.calls)
+      state.newestCallTime = new Date(payload.calls[0].time)
+      state.oldestCallTime = new Date(payloads.calls[payloads.calls.length-1].time)
+    },
+    [getCalls.rejected]: (state) => {
+      state.loading = false;
+    }
+  }
+})
+
+export const callsReducer = callsSlice.reducer;
diff --git a/frontend/src/redux-router/reducers.js b/frontend/src/redux-router/reducers.js
index 4ef6dae..3b8bc7a 100644
--- a/frontend/src/redux-router/reducers.js
+++ b/frontend/src/redux-router/reducers.js
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import groupReducer from "../Group/group-reducer"
 import callReducer from "../Call/call-reducer"
 import {apiSlice} from "../features/api/apiSlice"
 import callPlayerSlice from "../features/callPlayer/callPlayerSlice"
-
+import callsSlice, { callsReducer } from "../features/calls/callsSlice"
 
 export default (history) => combineReducers({
   router: connectRouter(history),
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ export default (history) => combineReducers({
 	group: groupReducer,
   callPlayer: callPlayerSlice,
 	call: callReducer,
+  calls: callsReducer,
   [apiSlice.reducerPath]: apiSlice.reducer,
 
 })
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