diff --git a/src/scripts/app.tag b/src/scripts/app.tag
index 529e2f7..b5a916f 100644
--- a/src/scripts/app.tag
+++ b/src/scripts/app.tag
@@ -222,6 +222,15 @@ to(name) {
 }
 
 self.on("mount", () => {
+  window.RiotControl.addStore(new riot.observable());
+  RiotControl.on("openpost",
+    (id) => {
+      console.log("caught the event in the app tag");
+      console.log(`the id is ${id}`);
+      posts(id);
+    }
+  );
+
   self.route.base('/blog/')
   self.route("/", () => { self.route(`/posts/${self.state._id}`); });
   self.route("/posts", () => { self.route(`/posts/${self.state._id}`); });
diff --git a/src/scripts/browse.tag b/src/scripts/browse.tag
index 4864f8b..bfb8a9d 100644
--- a/src/scripts/browse.tag
+++ b/src/scripts/browse.tag
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 <script type="es6">
 import './raw.tag';
 import route from 'riot-route';
+import { default as RiotControl } from 'riotcontrol';
 
 var self = this;
 
@@ -28,17 +29,11 @@ self.route = route;
 self.openPost = (id) => {
   return ((ev) => {
     console.log(id);
-    console.log(window.RiotControl.trigger);
+    console.log(RiotControl.trigger);
+    RiotControl.trigger("openpost", id);
   });
 };
 
-window.RiotControl.on("openpost",
-  (ev) => {
-    console.log("caught the event");
-  }
-);
-
-
 self.cardStyle = {
   "margin" : "auto"
 };
diff --git a/src/scripts/riotblog.js b/src/scripts/riotblog.js
index d976118..9e94dd5 100644
--- a/src/scripts/riotblog.js
+++ b/src/scripts/riotblog.js
@@ -31,5 +31,4 @@ window.cached = fetchCached({
 window.addEventListener("load", () => {
   promise.Promise.polyfill();
   smooth.polyfill();
-  window.RiotControl.addStore(new riot.observable());
 });