diff --git a/src/components/chat/chat.js b/src/components/chat/chat.js
index 9c4e5b05..2062643d 100644
--- a/src/components/chat/chat.js
+++ b/src/components/chat/chat.js
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import ChatMessage from '../chat_message/chat_message.vue'
 import PostStatusForm from '../post_status_form/post_status_form.vue'
 import ChatTitle from '../chat_title/chat_title.vue'
 import chatService from '../../services/chat_service/chat_service.js'
+import { makeFetcher } from '../../services/fetcher/fetcher.js'
 import { getScrollPosition, getNewTopPosition, isBottomedOut, scrollableContainerHeight } from './chat_layout_utils.js'
 
 const BOTTOMED_OUT_OFFSET = 10
@@ -246,7 +247,7 @@ const Chat = {
       const fetchOlderMessages = !!maxId
       const sinceId = fetchLatest && chatMessageService.lastMessage && chatMessageService.lastMessage.id
 
-      this.backendInteractor.chatMessages({ id: chatId, maxId, sinceId })
+      return this.backendInteractor.chatMessages({ id: chatId, maxId, sinceId })
         .then((messages) => {
           // Clear the current chat in case we're recovering from a ws connection loss.
           if (isFirstFetch) {
@@ -287,7 +288,7 @@ const Chat = {
     },
     doStartFetching () {
       this.$store.dispatch('startFetchingCurrentChat', {
-        fetcher: () => setInterval(() => this.fetchChat({ fetchLatest: true }), 5000)
+        fetcher: () => makeFetcher(() => this.fetchChat({ fetchLatest: true }), 5000)
       })
       this.fetchChat({ isFirstFetch: true })
     },
diff --git a/src/modules/chats.js b/src/modules/chats.js
index c7609018..45e4bdcc 100644
--- a/src/modules/chats.js
+++ b/src/modules/chats.js
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import { find, omitBy, orderBy, sumBy } from 'lodash'
 import chatService from '../services/chat_service/chat_service.js'
 import { parseChat, parseChatMessage } from '../services/entity_normalizer/entity_normalizer.service.js'
 import { maybeShowChatNotification } from '../services/chat_utils/chat_utils.js'
+import { makeFetcher } from '../services/fetcher/fetcher.js'
 
 const emptyChatList = () => ({
   data: [],
@@ -42,12 +43,10 @@ const chats = {
   actions: {
     // Chat list
     startFetchingChats ({ dispatch, commit }) {
-      const fetcher = () => {
-        dispatch('fetchChats', { latest: true })
-      }
+      const fetcher = () => dispatch('fetchChats', { latest: true })
       fetcher()
       commit('setChatListFetcher', {
-        fetcher: () => setInterval(() => { fetcher() }, 5000)
+        fetcher: () => makeFetcher(fetcher, 5000)
       })
     },
     stopFetchingChats ({ commit }) {
@@ -113,14 +112,14 @@ const chats = {
     setChatListFetcher (state, { commit, fetcher }) {
       const prevFetcher = state.chatListFetcher
       if (prevFetcher) {
-        clearInterval(prevFetcher)
+        prevFetcher()
       }
       state.chatListFetcher = fetcher && fetcher()
     },
     setCurrentChatFetcher (state, { fetcher }) {
       const prevFetcher = state.fetcher
       if (prevFetcher) {
-        clearInterval(prevFetcher)
+        prevFetcher()
       }
       state.fetcher = fetcher && fetcher()
     },
diff --git a/src/services/fetcher/fetcher.js b/src/services/fetcher/fetcher.js
index 1d9239cc..95b8c9d3 100644
--- a/src/services/fetcher/fetcher.js
+++ b/src/services/fetcher/fetcher.js
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ export const makeFetcher = (call, interval) => {
 
   func = () => {
     call().finally(() => {
-      console.log('callbacks')
       if (stopped) return
       timeout = window.setTimeout(func, interval)
     })
@@ -14,7 +13,7 @@ export const makeFetcher = (call, interval) => {
 
   const stopFetcher = () => {
     stopped = true
-    window.cancelTimeout(timeout)
+    window.clearTimeout(timeout)
   }
 
   func()
diff --git a/src/services/notifications_fetcher/notifications_fetcher.service.js b/src/services/notifications_fetcher/notifications_fetcher.service.js
index 2a3a17be..c69d5b17 100644
--- a/src/services/notifications_fetcher/notifications_fetcher.service.js
+++ b/src/services/notifications_fetcher/notifications_fetcher.service.js
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import apiService from '../api/api.service.js'
-import makeFetcher from '../fetcher/fetcher.js'
+import { makeFetcher } from '../fetcher/fetcher.js'
 
 const update = ({ store, notifications, older }) => {
   store.dispatch('setNotificationsError', { value: false })