diff --git a/openlp/plugins/remotes/html/index.html b/openlp/plugins/remotes/html/index.html
index 17033dbc8..bb3352f1f 100644
--- a/openlp/plugins/remotes/html/index.html
+++ b/openlp/plugins/remotes/html/index.html
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@
       <label for="alert-text">Text:</label>
       <input type="text" name="alert-text" id="alert-text" value="" />
     </div>
-    <a href="#" data-role="button">Show Alert</a>
+    <a href="#" id="alert-submit" data-role="button">Show Alert</a>
   </div>
 </div>
 </body>
diff --git a/openlp/plugins/remotes/html/openlp.js b/openlp/plugins/remotes/html/openlp.js
index a20ec7a9b..0745db61c 100644
--- a/openlp/plugins/remotes/html/openlp.js
+++ b/openlp/plugins/remotes/html/openlp.js
@@ -149,21 +149,38 @@ window.OpenLP = {
   },
   nextItem: function (event) {
     $.getJSON("/api/service/next");
+    return false;
   },
   previousItem: function (event) {
     $.getJSON("/api/service/previous");
+    return false;
   },
   nextSlide: function (event) {
     $.getJSON("/api/controller/live/next");
+    return false;
   },
   previousSlide: function (event) {
     $.getJSON("/api/controller/live/previous");
+    return false;
   },
   blankDisplay: function (event) {
     $.getJSON("/api/display/hide");
+    return false;
   },
   unblankDisplay: function (event) {
     $.getJSON("/api/display/show");
+    return false;
+  },
+  showAlert: function (event) {
+    var text = JSON.stringify({"request": {"text": $("#alert-text").val()}});
+    $.getJSON(
+      "/api/alert",
+      {"data": text},
+      function () {
+        $("#alert-text").val("");
+      }
+    );
+    return false;
   }
 }
 // Service Manager
@@ -180,6 +197,8 @@ $("#controller-next").live("click", OpenLP.nextSlide);
 $("#controller-previous").live("click", OpenLP.previousSlide);
 $("#controller-blank").live("click", OpenLP.blankDisplay);
 $("#controller-unblank").live("click", OpenLP.unblankDisplay);
+// Alerts
+$("#alert-submit").live("click", OpenLP.showAlert);
 // Poll the server twice a second to get any updates.
 setInterval("OpenLP.pollServer();", 500);
 OpenLP.pollServer();
diff --git a/openlp/plugins/remotes/lib/httpserver.py b/openlp/plugins/remotes/lib/httpserver.py
index 5d7ee37da..8b9d4076b 100644
--- a/openlp/plugins/remotes/lib/httpserver.py
+++ b/openlp/plugins/remotes/lib/httpserver.py
@@ -50,6 +50,12 @@ the remotes.
 ``/api/display/{hide|show}``
     Blank or unblank the screen.
 
+``/api/alert``
+    Sends an alert message to the alerts plugin. This method expects a
+    JSON-encoded dict like this::
+    
+        {"request": {"text": "<your alert text>"}}
+
 ``/api/controller/{live|preview}/{action}``
     Perform ``{action}`` on the live or preview controller. Valid actions
     are:
@@ -244,7 +250,8 @@ class HttpConnection(object):
             (r'^/api/poll$', self.poll),
             (r'^/api/controller/(live|preview)/(.*)$', self.controller),
             (r'^/api/service/(.*)$', self.service),
-            (r'^/api/display/(hide|show)$', self.display)
+            (r'^/api/display/(hide|show)$', self.display),
+            (r'^/api/alert$', self.alert)
         ]
         QtCore.QObject.connect(self.socket, QtCore.SIGNAL(u'readyRead()'),
             self.ready_read)
@@ -294,16 +301,6 @@ class HttpConnection(object):
                         break
             if response:
                 self.send_response(response)
-                """
-                if hasattr(response, u'mimetype'):
-                    self.send_200_ok(response.mimetype)
-                else:
-                    self.send_200_ok()
-                if hasattr(response, u'content'):
-                    self.socket.write(response.content)
-                elif isinstance(response, basestring):
-                    self.socket.write(response)
-                """
             else:
                 self.send_response(HttpResponse(code='404 Not Found'))
             self.close()
@@ -375,6 +372,15 @@ class HttpConnection(object):
         return HttpResponse(json.dumps({u'results': {u'success': True}}),
             {u'Content-Type': u'application/json'})
 
+    def alert(self):
+        """
+        Send an alert.
+        """
+        text = json.loads(self.url_params[u'data'][0])[u'request'][u'text']
+        Receiver.send_message(u'alerts_text', [text])
+        return HttpResponse(json.dumps({u'results': {u'success': True}}),
+            {u'Content-Type': u'application/json'})
+
     def controller(self, type, action):
         """
         Perform an action on the slide controller.