diff --git a/src/containers/pages/IRS/plans/hooks.tsx b/src/containers/pages/IRS/plans/hooks.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9377762fc2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/containers/pages/IRS/plans/hooks.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+import { SupersetFormData } from '@onaio/superset-connector/dist/types';
+import React, { useEffect, useState } from 'react';
+import { ActionCreator } from 'redux';
+import { SUPERSET_IRS_REPORTING_PLANS_SLICE } from '../../../../configs/env';
+import { displayError } from '../../../../helpers/errors';
+import supersetFetch from '../../../../services/superset';
+
+interface AsyncSupersetPlans<TData, TAction> {
+  superset: typeof supersetFetch;
+  data: TData[];
+  fetchPlans: ActionCreator<TAction>;
+  supersetSlice: string;
+  supersetOptions: SupersetFormData | null;
+}
+
+export const useAsyncSupersetPlans = <TData, TAction>({
+  superset = supersetFetch,
+  data = [],
+  fetchPlans,
+  supersetSlice = SUPERSET_IRS_REPORTING_PLANS_SLICE,
+  supersetOptions = null,
+}: AsyncSupersetPlans<TData, TAction>) => {
+  const [loading, setLoading] = useState<boolean>(false);
+  const mounted = React.useRef<boolean>(false);
+
+  /** async function to load the data */
+  async function loadData() {
+    try {
+      setLoading(data.length === 0); // only set loading when there are no plans
+      const asyncOperation = supersetOptions
+        ? superset(supersetSlice, supersetOptions)
+        : superset(supersetSlice);
+
+      await asyncOperation.then((result: TData[]) => fetchPlans(result));
+    } catch (e) {
+      throw e;
+    } finally {
+      if (mounted) {
+        setLoading(false);
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+  useEffect(() => {
+    mounted.current = true;
+    loadData().catch(error => displayError(error));
+    return () => {
+      mounted.current = false;
+    };
+  }, []);
+
+  return loading;
+};
diff --git a/src/containers/pages/IRS/plans/index.tsx b/src/containers/pages/IRS/plans/index.tsx
index 286db52903..96a56fac61 100644
--- a/src/containers/pages/IRS/plans/index.tsx
+++ b/src/containers/pages/IRS/plans/index.tsx
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import ListView from '@onaio/list-view';
 import reducerRegistry from '@onaio/redux-reducer-registry';
-import React, { useEffect, useState } from 'react';
+import React from 'react';
 import { Helmet } from 'react-helmet';
 import { connect } from 'react-redux';
 import { Link } from 'react-router-dom';
@@ -14,13 +14,13 @@ import {
   END_DATE,
   HOME,
   IRS_PLANS,
+  NO_PLANS_LOADED_MESSAGE,
   START_DATE,
   STATUS_HEADER,
   TITLE,
 } from '../../../../configs/lang';
 import { planStatusDisplay } from '../../../../configs/settings';
 import { HOME_URL, REPORT_IRS_PLAN_URL } from '../../../../constants';
-import { displayError } from '../../../../helpers/errors';
 import supersetFetch from '../../../../services/superset';
 import IRSPlansReducer, {
   fetchIRSPlans,
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ import IRSPlansReducer, {
   IRSPlan,
   reducerName as IRSPlansReducerName,
 } from '../../../../store/ducks/generic/plans';
+import { useAsyncSupersetPlans } from './hooks';
 
 /** register the plan definitions reducer */
 reducerRegistry.register(IRSPlansReducerName, IRSPlansReducer);
@@ -42,7 +43,7 @@ interface PlanListProps {
 /** Simple component that loads the new plan form and allows you to create a new plan */
 const IRSPlansList = (props: PlanListProps) => {
   const { fetchPlans, plans, service } = props;
-  const [loading, setLoading] = useState<boolean>(true);
+  // const [loading, setLoading] = useState<boolean>(true);
 
   const pageTitle: string = IRS_PLANS;
 
@@ -59,27 +60,15 @@ const IRSPlansList = (props: PlanListProps) => {
     ],
   };
 
-  /** async function to load the data */
-  async function loadData() {
-    try {
-      setLoading(plans.length < 1); // only set loading when there are no plans
-      await service(SUPERSET_IRS_REPORTING_PLANS_SLICE).then((result: IRSPlan[]) =>
-        fetchPlans(result)
-      );
-    } catch (e) {
-      // do something with the error?
-    } finally {
-      setLoading(false);
-    }
-  }
-
-  useEffect(() => {
-    loadData().catch(error => displayError(error));
-  }, []);
-
-  if (loading === true) {
-    return <Loading />;
-  }
+  const asyncSupersetOptions = {
+    data: plans,
+    fetchPlans,
+    superset: service,
+    supersetOptions: null,
+    supersetSlice: SUPERSET_IRS_REPORTING_PLANS_SLICE,
+  };
+
+  const loading = useAsyncSupersetPlans(asyncSupersetOptions);
 
   const listViewProps = {
     data: plans.map(planObj => {
@@ -108,11 +97,15 @@ const IRSPlansList = (props: PlanListProps) => {
           <h3 className="mt-3 mb-3 page-title">{pageTitle}</h3>
         </Col>
       </Row>
-      <Row>
-        <Col>
-          <ListView {...listViewProps} />
-        </Col>
-      </Row>
+      {loading ? (
+        <Loading />
+      ) : (
+        <Row>
+          <Col>
+            {plans.length > 0 ? <ListView {...listViewProps} /> : <p>{NO_PLANS_LOADED_MESSAGE}</p>}
+          </Col>
+        </Row>
+      )}
     </div>
   );
 };
diff --git a/src/containers/pages/IRS/plans/tests/__snapshots__/index.test.tsx.snap b/src/containers/pages/IRS/plans/tests/__snapshots__/index.test.tsx.snap
index 8cb81b3c9c..991c12ed10 100644
--- a/src/containers/pages/IRS/plans/tests/__snapshots__/index.test.tsx.snap
+++ b/src/containers/pages/IRS/plans/tests/__snapshots__/index.test.tsx.snap
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 // Jest Snapshot v1, https://goo.gl/fbAQLP
 
+exports[`components/IRS Reports/IRSPlansList Does not show loader when store has data: First table rows 1`] = `"IRS 2019-09-05 TEST"`;
+
+exports[`components/IRS Reports/IRSPlansList Works with store: First table row 1`] = `"IRS 2019-09-05 TEST"`;
+
 exports[`components/IRS Reports/IRSPlansList renders plan definition list correctly: breadcrumbs 1`] = `
 Array [
   <li
diff --git a/src/containers/pages/IRS/plans/tests/index.test.tsx b/src/containers/pages/IRS/plans/tests/index.test.tsx
index 025b1badb0..3ca62ec691 100644
--- a/src/containers/pages/IRS/plans/tests/index.test.tsx
+++ b/src/containers/pages/IRS/plans/tests/index.test.tsx
@@ -1,14 +1,19 @@
+import reducerRegistry from '@onaio/redux-reducer-registry';
 import { mount, shallow } from 'enzyme';
 import toJson from 'enzyme-to-json';
 import { createBrowserHistory } from 'history';
 import React from 'react';
+import { Provider } from 'react-redux';
 import { Router } from 'react-router';
-import { IRSPlansList } from '../';
-import { IRSPlan } from '../../../../../store/ducks/generic/plans';
+import ConnectedIRSPlansList, { IRSPlansList } from '../';
+import store from '../../../../../store';
+import { fetchIRSPlans, IRSPlan } from '../../../../../store/ducks/generic/plans';
+import IRSPlansReducer, {
+  reducerName as IRSPlansReducerName,
+} from '../../../../../store/ducks/generic/plans';
 import * as fixtures from '../../../../../store/ducks/generic/tests/fixtures';
 
-/* tslint:disable-next-line no-var-requires */
-const fetch = require('jest-fetch-mock');
+reducerRegistry.register(IRSPlansReducerName, IRSPlansReducer);
 
 const history = createBrowserHistory();
 
@@ -29,7 +34,6 @@ describe('components/IRS Reports/IRSPlansList', () => {
   });
 
   it('renders plan definition list correctly', () => {
-    fetch.mockResponseOnce(JSON.stringify({}));
     const props = {
       plans: fixtures.plans as IRSPlan[],
     };
@@ -44,4 +48,46 @@ describe('components/IRS Reports/IRSPlansList', () => {
     expect(toJson(wrapper.find('tbody tr td'))).toMatchSnapshot('table rows');
     wrapper.unmount();
   });
+
+  it('Works with store', async () => {
+    const supersetMock: any = jest.fn(async () => fixtures.plans);
+    const wrapper = mount(
+      <Provider store={store}>
+        <Router history={history}>
+          <ConnectedIRSPlansList service={supersetMock} />
+        </Router>
+      </Provider>
+    );
+    expect(wrapper.find('Ripple').length).toEqual(1);
+
+    await new Promise(resolve => setImmediate(resolve));
+    wrapper.update();
+    expect(
+      wrapper
+        .find('tbody tr td')
+        .at(0)
+        .text()
+    ).toMatchSnapshot('First table row');
+    wrapper.unmount();
+  });
+
+  it('Does not show loader when store has data', async () => {
+    store.dispatch(fetchIRSPlans(fixtures.plans as IRSPlan[]));
+    const supersetMock: any = jest.fn(async () => fixtures.plans);
+    const wrapper = mount(
+      <Provider store={store}>
+        <Router history={history}>
+          <ConnectedIRSPlansList service={supersetMock} />
+        </Router>
+      </Provider>
+    );
+    expect(wrapper.find('Ripple').length).toEqual(0);
+    expect(
+      wrapper
+        .find('tbody tr td')
+        .at(0)
+        .text()
+    ).toMatchSnapshot('First table rows');
+    wrapper.unmount();
+  });
 });