diff --git a/Assistant/Alert.hs b/Assistant/Alert.hs
index 18f3ffa5d4..4a3b2cf720 100644
--- a/Assistant/Alert.hs
+++ b/Assistant/Alert.hs
@@ -37,7 +37,15 @@ data Alert = Alert
 	}
 
 {- Higher AlertId indicates a more recent alert. -}
-type AlertId = Integer
+newtype AlertId = AlertId Integer
+        deriving (Read, Show, Eq, Ord)
+
+{- Note: This first alert id is used for yesod's message. -}
+firstAlertId :: AlertId
+firstAlertId = AlertId 0
+
+nextAlertId :: AlertId -> AlertId
+nextAlertId (AlertId i) = AlertId $ succ i
 
 type AlertPair = (AlertId, Alert)
 
diff --git a/Assistant/DaemonStatus.hs b/Assistant/DaemonStatus.hs
index 77387deb84..3c0bfba429 100644
--- a/Assistant/DaemonStatus.hs
+++ b/Assistant/DaemonStatus.hs
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ newDaemonStatus = DaemonStatus
 	<*> pure Nothing
 	<*> pure M.empty
 	<*> pure M.empty
-	<*> pure 0
+	<*> pure firstAlertId
 	<*> pure []
 	<*> newNotificationBroadcaster
 	<*> newNotificationBroadcaster
@@ -217,7 +217,7 @@ addAlert dstatus alert = notifyAlert dstatus `after` modifyDaemonStatus dstatus
 	where
 		go s = (s { alertMax = i, alertMap = m }, i)
 			where
-				i = alertMax s + 1
+				i = nextAlertId $ alertMax s
 				m = M.insertWith' const i alert (alertMap s)
 
 removeAlert :: DaemonStatusHandle -> AlertId -> IO ()
diff --git a/Assistant/Threads/WebApp.hs b/Assistant/Threads/WebApp.hs
index 44fb44f2b7..0de4a50a80 100644
--- a/Assistant/Threads/WebApp.hs
+++ b/Assistant/Threads/WebApp.hs
@@ -93,6 +93,7 @@ mkYesod "WebApp" [parseRoutes|
 /noscriptauto NoScriptAutoR GET
 /transfers/#NotificationId TransfersR GET
 /sidebar/#NotificationId SideBarR GET
+/closealert/#AlertId CloseAlert GET
 /config ConfigR GET
 /addrepository AddRepositoryR GET
 /static StaticR Static getStatic
@@ -102,6 +103,10 @@ instance PathPiece NotificationId where
     toPathPiece = pack . show
     fromPathPiece = readish . unpack
 
+instance PathPiece AlertId where
+    toPathPiece = pack . show
+    fromPathPiece = readish . unpack
+
 instance Yesod WebApp where
 	defaultLayout content = do
 		webapp <- getYesod
@@ -110,7 +115,6 @@ instance Yesod WebApp where
 			addStylesheet $ StaticR css_bootstrap_responsive_css
 			addScript $ StaticR jquery_full_js
 			addScript $ StaticR js_bootstrap_dropdown_js
-			addScript $ StaticR js_bootstrap_alert_js
 			$(widgetFile "page")
 		hamletToRepHtml $(hamletFile $ hamletTemplate "bootstrap")
 
@@ -229,7 +233,7 @@ sideBarDisplay noScript = do
 		bootstrapclass Message = "alert-info"
 
 		renderalert (alertid, alert) = addalert
-			(show alertid)
+			alertid
 			(alertClosable alert)
 			(alertBlockDisplay alert)
 			(bootstrapclass $ alertClass alert)
@@ -238,11 +242,14 @@ sideBarDisplay noScript = do
 				StringAlert s -> [whamlet|#{s}|]
 				WidgetAlert w -> w alert
 
-		rendermessage msg = addalert "yesodmessage" True False
+		rendermessage msg = addalert firstAlertId True False
 			"alert-info" Nothing [whamlet|#{msg}|]
 
-		addalert :: String -> Bool -> Bool -> Text -> Maybe String -> Widget -> Widget
-		addalert alertid closable block divclass heading widget = $(widgetFile "alert")
+		addalert :: AlertId -> Bool -> Bool -> Text -> Maybe String -> Widget -> Widget
+		addalert i closable block divclass heading widget = do
+			let alertid = show i
+			let closealert = CloseAlert i
+			$(widgetFile "alert")
 
 {- Called by client to get a sidebar display.
  -
@@ -259,6 +266,12 @@ getSideBarR nid = do
 	page <- widgetToPageContent $ sideBarDisplay True
 	hamletToRepHtml $ [hamlet|^{pageBody page}|]
 
+{- Called by the client to close an alert. -}
+getCloseAlert :: AlertId -> Handler ()
+getCloseAlert i = do
+	webapp <- getYesod
+	void $ liftIO $ removeAlert (daemonStatus webapp) i
+
 dashboard :: Bool -> Bool -> Widget
 dashboard noScript warnNoScript = do
 	sideBarDisplay noScript
diff --git a/static/js/bootstrap-alert.js b/static/js/bootstrap-alert.js
deleted file mode 100644
index d17f44e150..0000000000
--- a/static/js/bootstrap-alert.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,94 +0,0 @@
-/* ==========================================================
- * bootstrap-alert.js v2.0.2
- * http://twitter.github.com/bootstrap/javascript.html#alerts
- * ==========================================================
- * Copyright 2012 Twitter, Inc.
- *
- * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
- * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
- * You may obtain a copy of the License at
- *
- * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
- *
- * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
- * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
- * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
- * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
- * limitations under the License.
- * ========================================================== */
-
-
-!function( $ ){
-
-  "use strict"
-
- /* ALERT CLASS DEFINITION
-  * ====================== */
-
-  var dismiss = '[data-dismiss="alert"]'
-    , Alert = function ( el ) {
-        $(el).on('click', dismiss, this.close)
-      }
-
-  Alert.prototype = {
-
-    constructor: Alert
-
-  , close: function ( e ) {
-      var $this = $(this)
-        , selector = $this.attr('data-target')
-        , $parent
-
-      if (!selector) {
-        selector = $this.attr('href')
-        selector = selector && selector.replace(/.*(?=#[^\s]*$)/, '') //strip for ie7
-      }
-
-      $parent = $(selector)
-      $parent.trigger('close')
-
-      e && e.preventDefault()
-
-      $parent.length || ($parent = $this.hasClass('alert') ? $this : $this.parent())
-
-      $parent
-        .trigger('close')
-        .removeClass('in')
-
-      function removeElement() {
-        $parent
-          .trigger('closed')
-          .remove()
-      }
-
-      $.support.transition && $parent.hasClass('fade') ?
-        $parent.on($.support.transition.end, removeElement) :
-        removeElement()
-    }
-
-  }
-
-
- /* ALERT PLUGIN DEFINITION
-  * ======================= */
-
-  $.fn.alert = function ( option ) {
-    return this.each(function () {
-      var $this = $(this)
-        , data = $this.data('alert')
-      if (!data) $this.data('alert', (data = new Alert(this)))
-      if (typeof option == 'string') data[option].call($this)
-    })
-  }
-
-  $.fn.alert.Constructor = Alert
-
-
- /* ALERT DATA-API
-  * ============== */
-
-  $(function () {
-    $('body').on('click.alert.data-api', dismiss, Alert.prototype.close)
-  })
-
-}( window.jQuery );
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/templates/alert.hamlet b/templates/alert.hamlet
index 2d0daf8418..bf84482b10 100644
--- a/templates/alert.hamlet
+++ b/templates/alert.hamlet
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-<div .alert .fade .in .#{divclass} :block:.alert-block ##{alertid}>
+<div .alert .fade .in .#{divclass} :block:.alert-block ##{alertid} :closable:onclick="(function( $ ) { $.get('@{closealert}') })( jQuery );">
   $if closable
     <a .close data-dismiss="alert" href="#">&times;</a>
   $maybe h <- heading