diff --git a/src/components/views/rooms/AppsDrawer.js b/src/components/views/rooms/AppsDrawer.js
index ce414b2ea0..10e13eb623 100644
--- a/src/components/views/rooms/AppsDrawer.js
+++ b/src/components/views/rooms/AppsDrawer.js
@@ -33,6 +33,12 @@ module.exports = React.createClass({
         room: React.PropTypes.object.isRequired,
     },
 
+    getInitialState: function() {
+        return {
+            apps: this._getApps(),
+        };
+    },
+
     componentWillMount: function() {
         ScalarMessaging.startListening();
         MatrixClientPeg.get().on("RoomState.events", this.onRoomStateEvents);
@@ -124,12 +130,6 @@ module.exports = React.createClass({
         return app;
     },
 
-    getInitialState: function() {
-        return {
-            apps: this._getApps(),
-        };
-    },
-
     onRoomStateEvents: function(ev, state) {
         if (ev.getRoomId() !== this.props.room.roomId || ev.getType() !== 'im.vector.modular.widgets') {
             return;