diff --git a/superset/assets/javascripts/SqlLab/index.jsx b/superset/assets/javascripts/SqlLab/index.jsx
index 13df75d80c4..b58d3fc1603 100644
--- a/superset/assets/javascripts/SqlLab/index.jsx
+++ b/superset/assets/javascripts/SqlLab/index.jsx
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ require('bootstrap');
 import React from 'react';
 import { render } from 'react-dom';
 import { getInitialState, sqlLabReducer } from './reducers';
-import { enhancer } from '../reduxUtils';
+import { initEnhancer } from '../reduxUtils';
 import { createStore, compose, applyMiddleware } from 'redux';
 import { Provider } from 'react-redux';
 import thunkMiddleware from 'redux-thunk';
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ const bootstrapData = JSON.parse(appContainer.getAttribute('data-bootstrap'));
 const state = Object.assign({}, getInitialState(bootstrapData.defaultDbId), bootstrapData);
 
 let store = createStore(
-  sqlLabReducer, state, compose(applyMiddleware(thunkMiddleware), enhancer()));
+  sqlLabReducer, state, compose(applyMiddleware(thunkMiddleware), initEnhancer()));
 
 // jquery hack to highlight the navbar menu
 $('a:contains("SQL Lab")').parent().addClass('active');
diff --git a/superset/assets/javascripts/explorev2/index.jsx b/superset/assets/javascripts/explorev2/index.jsx
index ec45b654bd1..8daa189340b 100644
--- a/superset/assets/javascripts/explorev2/index.jsx
+++ b/superset/assets/javascripts/explorev2/index.jsx
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import { createStore, applyMiddleware, compose } from 'redux';
 import { Provider } from 'react-redux';
 import thunk from 'redux-thunk';
 import { now } from '../modules/dates';
-import { enhancer } from '../reduxUtils';
+import { initEnhancer } from '../reduxUtils';
 
 // jquery and bootstrap required to make bootstrap dropdown menu's work
 const $ = window.$ = require('jquery'); // eslint-disable-line
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ bootstrappedState.viz.form_data.filters =
   getFilters(bootstrappedState.viz.form_data, bootstrapData.datasource_type);
 
 const store = createStore(exploreReducer, bootstrappedState,
-  compose(applyMiddleware(thunk), enhancer())
+  compose(applyMiddleware(thunk), initEnhancer(false))
 );
 
 ReactDOM.render(
diff --git a/superset/assets/javascripts/reduxUtils.js b/superset/assets/javascripts/reduxUtils.js
index 75c9f7660c8..bf430768a8e 100644
--- a/superset/assets/javascripts/reduxUtils.js
+++ b/superset/assets/javascripts/reduxUtils.js
@@ -64,15 +64,15 @@ export function addToArr(state, arrKey, obj) {
   return Object.assign({}, state, newState);
 }
 
-export function enhancer() {
-  let enhancerWithPersistState = compose(persistState());
+export function initEnhancer(persist = true) {
+  let enhancer = persist ? compose(persistState()) : compose();
   if (process.env.NODE_ENV === 'dev') {
     /* eslint-disable no-underscore-dangle */
     const composeEnhancers = window.__REDUX_DEVTOOLS_EXTENSION_COMPOSE__ || compose;
     /* eslint-enable */
-    enhancerWithPersistState = composeEnhancers(persistState());
+    enhancer = persist ? composeEnhancers(persistState()) : composeEnhancers();
   }
-  return enhancerWithPersistState;
+  return enhancer;
 }
 
 export function areArraysShallowEqual(arr1, arr2) {