diff --git a/src/frontend/src/layouts/App.jsx b/src/frontend/src/layouts/App.jsx
index ebfe359..8e4b004 100644
--- a/src/frontend/src/layouts/App.jsx
+++ b/src/frontend/src/layouts/App.jsx
@@ -34,17 +34,17 @@ const App = () => {
           toasts={[
             {
               type: ToastTypes.info,
-              title: `Test Toast`,
+              title: `Info Test Toast`,
               body: `This is a test toast. It should say some things. Then it should disappear.`,
             },
             {
               type: ToastTypes.danger,
-              title: `Test Toast`,
+              title: `Danger Test Toast`,
               body: `This is a test toast. It should say some things. Then it should disappear.`,
             },
             {
               type: ToastTypes.success,
-              title: `Test Toast`,
+              title: `Success Test Toast`,
               body: `This is a test toast. It should say some things. Then it should disappear.`,
             },
           ]}
diff --git a/src/frontend/src/layouts/Toasts.jsx b/src/frontend/src/layouts/Toasts.jsx
index 2de128b..fa6f5bb 100644
--- a/src/frontend/src/layouts/Toasts.jsx
+++ b/src/frontend/src/layouts/Toasts.jsx
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
-import React, { useState, useEffect } from "react";
+import { useState, useEffect, useContext } from "react";
 import { CSSTransition } from 'react-transition-group';
+
 import Card, { CardBody, CardHeader, CardHeaderAction } from "../elements/Card";
 import styled, { keyframes, css } from "styled-components";
+import { StateContext } from "../state";
 
 // countdown animation does not use transition-group
 const countdown = keyframes`
@@ -20,8 +22,6 @@ const countdownStyle = css`
   animation-fill-mode: forwards;
 `;
 
-import Card, { CardBody, CardHeader, CardHeaderAction } from "../elements/Card";
-
 const ToastCard = styled(Card)`
   height: 6em;
   padding-top: 0;
@@ -121,29 +121,43 @@ const ToastContainer = styled.div`
 `;
 
 const Toasts = ({ toasts = [] }) => {
- 
+  const { state } = useContext(StateContext);
   return (
     <ToastContainer>
-      {toasts.map(({ title, body, type }) => (
-        <Toast key={type + body} title={title} body={body} type={type} />
+      {toasts
+        .filter(toast => state.toast.includes(toast.title))
+        .map(({ title, body, type }) => (
+          <Toast key={title + body} title={title} body={body} type={type} />
       ))}
     </ToastContainer>
   );
-
 };
 
 const Toast = ({ title, body, type }) => {
-  const [show, setShow] = useState(false);
+  const [ show, setShow ] = useState(false);
+  const { dispatch } = useContext(StateContext);
   let timer;
 
   useEffect( () => {
-    setShow(true);                    // activate enter animation on mount
-    return clearTimeout(timer);      // clear timer on unmount
+    setShow(true);                   // activate enter animation on mount
+    return () => {                   // clean up timer and state on unmount
+        clearTimeout(timer);         
+        unmount();
+      };  
     }, []
   );
 
+  // sets timer to 6 seconds before automatic close
   const startCountdown = () => {
-    timer = setTimeout(() =>setShow(false), 6000);
+    timer = setTimeout(() => setShow(false), 6000);
+  };
+
+  // clears state after component unmounts
+  const unmount = () => {
+    dispatch({
+      type: `unmountToast`,
+      payload: title
+    });
   };
 
   return (
@@ -152,8 +166,9 @@ const Toast = ({ title, body, type }) => {
       timeout={400} 
       classNames='toast'
       onEntered={() => startCountdown()}
+      onExited={() => unmount()}
       unmountOnExit
-      >
+    >
       <type.Card >
         <CardHeader>{title}</CardHeader>
         <CardHeaderAction onClick={() => setShow(false)}>Close</CardHeaderAction>
diff --git a/src/frontend/src/state.js b/src/frontend/src/state.js
index 7815e06..f8f9c4c 100644
--- a/src/frontend/src/state.js
+++ b/src/frontend/src/state.js
@@ -2,7 +2,9 @@ import React, { useReducer } from "react";
 
 const initialState = {
   user: null,
+  toast: [],
 };
+
 const StateContext = React.createContext(null);
 
 const reducer = (state = initialState, action) => {
@@ -11,6 +13,10 @@ const reducer = (state = initialState, action) => {
       return { ...state, user: action.payload };
     case `unsetUser`:
       return { ...state, user: null };
+    case `triggerToast`:
+      return { ...state, toast: [...state.toast, action.payload] };
+    case `unmountToast`:
+      return { ...state, toast: state.toast.filter(toast => toast !== action.payload)};
     default:
       console.warn(`Unknown reducer action received`, action);
       return state;