diff --git a/app/controllers/alerts_controller.rb b/app/controllers/alerts_controller.rb
index a4e61d4..1fa4bad 100644
--- a/app/controllers/alerts_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/alerts_controller.rb
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ class AlertsController < ApplicationController
   # GET /alerts
   # GET /alerts.json
   def index
-    @alerts = Alert.where("user_id = #{current_user.id}")
+    @alerts = Alert.user_alerts(current_user.id)
 
     respond_to do |format|
       format.html # index.html.erb
diff --git a/app/models/alert.rb b/app/models/alert.rb
index 3921e70..02f5ce6 100644
--- a/app/models/alert.rb
+++ b/app/models/alert.rb
@@ -34,4 +34,8 @@ class Alert < ActiveRecord::Base
   def sections
 
   end
+
+  def self.user_alerts(user_id)
+    Alert.where("user_id = #{user_id}")
+  end
 end