diff --git a/js/models/conversations.js b/js/models/conversations.js
index 707aa1b80f7..406f3d451f7 100644
--- a/js/models/conversations.js
+++ b/js/models/conversations.js
@@ -87,18 +87,7 @@
     },
 
     fetchMessages: function(options) {
-        options = options || {};
-        options.index = {
-            // 'conversation' index on conversationId
-            // WHERE conversationId = this.id ORDER received_at DESC
-            name  : 'conversation',
-            lower : [this.id],
-            upper : [this.id, Number.MAX_VALUE],
-            order : 'desc'
-        };
-        return this.messageCollection.fetch(options);
-        // TODO pagination/infinite scroll
-        // limit: 10, offset: page*10,
+        return this.messageCollection.fetchConversation(this.id, options);
     },
 
     archive: function() {
@@ -187,6 +176,17 @@
                 only: number
             }
         });
+    },
+
+    fetchActive: function(options) {
+        return this.fetch(_.extend(options, {
+            index: {
+                name: 'inbox', // 'inbox' index on active_at
+                order: 'desc'  // ORDER timestamp DESC
+            }
+            // TODO pagination/infinite scroll
+            // limit: 10, offset: page*10,
+        }));
     }
   });
 })();
diff --git a/js/models/messages.js b/js/models/messages.js
index 25cf06757cf..aaea2d8edf3 100644
--- a/js/models/messages.js
+++ b/js/models/messages.js
@@ -57,6 +57,22 @@
                     only: timestamp
                 }
             });
+        },
+
+        fetchConversation: function(conversationId, options) {
+            options = options || {};
+            options.index = {
+                // 'conversation' index on [conversationId, received_at]
+                name  : 'conversation',
+                lower : [conversationId],
+                upper : [conversationId, Number.MAX_VALUE],
+                order : 'desc'
+                // SELECT messages WHERE conversationId = this.id ORDER
+                // received_at DESC
+            };
+            // TODO pagination/infinite scroll
+            // limit: 10, offset: page*10,
+            return this.fetch(options);
         }
     });
 })()
diff --git a/js/views/inbox_view.js b/js/views/inbox_view.js
index 6eb9a08c707..2644daf0abd 100644
--- a/js/views/inbox_view.js
+++ b/js/views/inbox_view.js
@@ -32,15 +32,7 @@
                 collection : this.conversations
             });
 
-            this.conversations.fetch({
-                index: {
-                    name: 'inbox', // 'inbox' index on active_at
-                    order: 'desc'  // ORDER timestamp DESC
-                },
-                reset: true
-                // TODO pagination/infinite scroll
-                // limit: 10, offset: page*10,
-            }).then(function() {
+            this.conversations.fetchActive({reset: true}).then(function() {
                 if (this.conversations.length) {
                     this.conversations.at(0).trigger('render');
                 }