diff --git a/ui/src/App.js b/ui/src/App.js
index 167d12e..f27ad68 100644
--- a/ui/src/App.js
+++ b/ui/src/App.js
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
-import React, { useState } from 'react';
+import React from 'react';
 import './App.css';
 import { Container, Form } from 'react-bootstrap';
+import { connect } from 'react-redux';
 
 import NotificationsArea from './components/NotificationsArea.js';
 import APIAddressField from './components/APIAddressField';
@@ -8,11 +9,8 @@ import PourTimeField from './components/PourTimeField';
 import SystemControls from './components/SystemControls';
 import SystemStatusArea from './components/SystemStatusArea';
 
-function App() {
-  // TODO: Move this to a redux store
-  const [pourTime, setPourTime] = useState(1000);
+function App({ isConnected }) {
   // TODO: Add a fake countdown timer of timeLeft
-  const systemStatus = null; // TODO: Remove usage of this variable and use redux store instead
   return (
     <Container className="App">
       <h1>Tea System UI</h1>
@@ -20,12 +18,12 @@ function App() {
 
       <Form>
         <APIAddressField />
-        {(null === systemStatus) ? null : (
+        {isConnected ? (
           <>
-            <PourTimeField onChange={setPourTime} min={100} max={systemStatus.waterThreshold} />
-            <SystemControls pouringTime={pourTime} systemStatus={systemStatus} />
+            <PourTimeField />
+            <SystemControls />
           </>
-        )}
+        ) : null}
       </Form>
 
       <div className="spacer my-3" />
@@ -34,4 +32,8 @@ function App() {
   );
 }
 
-export default App;
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+export default connect(
+  state => ({
+    isConnected: (null !== state.systemStatus),
+  }), []
+)(App);
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diff --git a/ui/src/components/PourTimeField.js b/ui/src/components/PourTimeField.js
index 51120fd..c75e1f7 100644
--- a/ui/src/components/PourTimeField.js
+++ b/ui/src/components/PourTimeField.js
@@ -1,26 +1,16 @@
-import React, { useState, useEffect } from 'react';
+import React from 'react';
 import { Form, Row, Col } from 'react-bootstrap';
+import { connect } from 'react-redux';
+import { updatePouringTime } from '../store/slices/UI';
 
-const STORE_POURRTIME = 'pourTime';
-
-function PourTimeField({ onChange, min, max }) {
-  const [pourTime, setPourTime] = useState(1000);
-
-  useEffect(() => {
-    const time = localStorage.getItem(STORE_POURRTIME);
-    if (time) setPourTime(parseInt(time, 10));
-  }, []); // on mount
-  // call onChange when pourTime changes
-  useEffect(() => onChange(pourTime), [pourTime, onChange]);
-
+export function PourTimeFieldComponent({ onChange, min, max, value }) {
   const handleChange = (event) => {
     let newTime = parseInt(event.target.value, 10);
     if (isNaN(newTime)) return;
     if (newTime < min) newTime = min;
     if (max < newTime) newTime = max;
 
-    setPourTime(newTime);
-    localStorage.setItem(STORE_POURRTIME, newTime);
+    onChange(newTime);
   };
 
   return (
@@ -29,10 +19,18 @@ function PourTimeField({ onChange, min, max }) {
         Run Time (ms):
       </Form.Label>
       <Col sm="10">
-        <Form.Control type="number" value={pourTime} onChange={handleChange} />
+      <Form.Control type="number" value={value} onChange={handleChange} />
       </Col>
     </Form.Group>
   );
 }
 
-export default PourTimeField;
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+export default connect(
+  state => ({
+    min: 100,
+    max: state.systemStatus?.waterThreshold,
+    value: state.UI.pouringTime,
+  }), {
+    onChange: updatePouringTime,
+  }
+)(PourTimeFieldComponent);
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diff --git a/ui/src/components/SystemControls.js b/ui/src/components/SystemControls.js
index 77d014d..eeaab88 100644
--- a/ui/src/components/SystemControls.js
+++ b/ui/src/components/SystemControls.js
@@ -1,10 +1,11 @@
 import React from 'react';
+import { connect } from 'react-redux';
 import { Button } from 'react-bootstrap';
 
 import { useWaterPumpAPI } from '../contexts/WaterPumpAPIContext';
 import { useNotificationsSystem } from '../contexts/NotificationsContext.js';
 
-function SystemControls({ pouringTime, systemStatus }) {
+export function SystemControlsComponent({ pouringTime, systemStatus }) {
   const waterPump = useWaterPumpAPI().API;
   const NotificationsSystem = useNotificationsSystem();
 
@@ -39,4 +40,9 @@ function SystemControls({ pouringTime, systemStatus }) {
   );
 }
 
-export default SystemControls;
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+export default connect(
+  state => ({
+    pouringTime: state.UI.pouringTime,
+    systemStatus: state.systemStatus,
+  }), []
+)(SystemControlsComponent);
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diff --git a/ui/src/store/slices/SystemStatus.js b/ui/src/store/slices/SystemStatus.js
index 78eb583..e9e9c91 100644
--- a/ui/src/store/slices/SystemStatus.js
+++ b/ui/src/store/slices/SystemStatus.js
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ const systemStatus = {
   },
   updated: new Date(),
 };
+// NOTE: SystemStatusSlice can't store unseralizable data, such as Date objects!
 
 // slice for system status
 export const SystemStatusSlice = createSlice({
diff --git a/ui/src/store/slices/UI.js b/ui/src/store/slices/UI.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d383fbe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ui/src/store/slices/UI.js
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+import { createSlice } from '@reduxjs/toolkit';
+
+const INITIAL_STATE = {
+  pouringTime: 0,
+};
+// slice for system status
+export const UISlice = createSlice({
+  name: 'UI',
+  initialState: INITIAL_STATE,
+  reducers: {
+    updatePouringTime(state, action) {
+      state.pouringTime = action.payload;
+    }
+  },
+});
+
+export const actions = UISlice.actions;
+export const { updatePouringTime } = actions;
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diff --git a/ui/src/store/slices/index.js b/ui/src/store/slices/index.js
index 65ffe9a..6f7cd36 100644
--- a/ui/src/store/slices/index.js
+++ b/ui/src/store/slices/index.js
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import { SystemStatusSlice } from "./SystemStatus";
+import { UISlice } from "./UI";
 
-const slices = [ SystemStatusSlice ];
+const slices = [ SystemStatusSlice, UISlice ];
 // export all slices as an object { [sliceName]: slice }
 export const ALL_APP_SLICES = slices.reduce((acc, slice) => {
   acc[slice.name] = slice;