diff -r 1f340f3597a8 -r ea92f4fe783d client/src/reducers/authReducer.js
--- a/client/src/reducers/authReducer.js	Tue Oct 09 19:07:47 2018 +0200
+++ b/client/src/reducers/authReducer.js	Mon Oct 08 18:35:47 2018 +0200
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
-import Immutable from 'immutable';
+import * as R from 'ramda';
 import * as types from '../constants/actionTypes';
 import UserRecord from '../store/userRecord';
 import GroupRecord from '../store/groupRecord';
 import asyncRequest from '../constants/asyncRequest';
 import uuidV4 from 'uuid/v4';
-import _ from 'lodash';
+
 
 export const isAuthenticated = (state = false, action) => {
   switch (action.type) {
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
     case types.AUTH_LOGIN_SUCCESS:
       return new UserRecord(action.user);
     case types.USER_UPDATE_SETTINGS:
-      return state.merge({
+      return R.merge(state,{
         first_name: action.firstname,
         last_name: action.lastname
       });
@@ -84,19 +84,19 @@
 export const login = (state = asyncRequest, action) => {
   switch (action.type) {
     case types.AUTH_LOGIN_REQUEST:
-      return Immutable.Map({
+      return {
         loading: true,
         success: false,
         error: false,
-      })
+      }
     case types.AUTH_LOGIN_SUCCESS:
     case types.AUTH_LOGIN_ERROR:
-      return Immutable.Map({
+      return {
         loading: false,
         success: action.type === types.AUTH_LOGIN_SUCCESS,
         error: action.type === types.AUTH_LOGIN_ERROR,
-        errorMessages: action.type === types.AUTH_LOGIN_ERROR ? Immutable.Map(action.error) : Immutable.Map({})
-      })
+        errorMessages: action.type === types.AUTH_LOGIN_ERROR ? action.error : {}
+      }
     default:
       return state
   }
@@ -105,40 +105,46 @@
 export const register = (state = asyncRequest, action) => {
   switch (action.type) {
     case types.AUTH_REGISTER_REQUEST:
-      return Immutable.Map({
+      return {
         loading: true,
         success: false,
         error: false,
-      })
+      }
     case types.AUTH_LOGIN_SUCCESS:
     case types.AUTH_REGISTER_ERROR:
-      return Immutable.Map({
+      return {
         loading: false,
         success: action.type === types.AUTH_LOGIN_SUCCESS,
         error: action.type === types.AUTH_REGISTER_ERROR,
-        errorMessages: action.type === types.AUTH_REGISTER_ERROR ? Immutable.Map(action.error) : Immutable.Map({})
-      })
+        errorMessages: action.type === types.AUTH_REGISTER_ERROR ? action.error : {}
+      }
     default:
       return state
   }
 }
 
-export const groups = (state = Immutable.List([]), action) => {
+const groupTransformIsPersonal = R.compose(
+  GroupRecord,
+  R.converge(
+    R.merge,
+    [
+      R.omit('is_personal'),
+      R.compose(
+        R.objOf('isPersonal'),
+        R.propOr(false, 'is_personal')
+      )
+    ]
+  )
+);
+
+export const groups = (state = [], action) => {
   switch (action.type) {
     case types.GROUP_LOAD_SUCCESS:
-      return Immutable.List(
-        action.groups.map((group) => GroupRecord({
-          ...(_.omit(group, 'is_personal')),
-          isPersonal: group['is_personal']
-        }))
-      );
+      return R.map(groupTransformIsPersonal, action.groups)
     case types.GROUP_CREATE_SUCCESS:
-      return state.push(GroupRecord({
-          ...(_.omit(action.group, 'is_personal')),
-          isPersonal: action.group['is_personal']
-        }));
+      return R.append(groupTransformIsPersonal(action.group), state);
     case types.AUTH_LOGOUT: {
-      return Immutable.List(); // empty note list on logout
+      return []; // empty note list on logout
     }
     default:
       return state
@@ -148,19 +154,19 @@
 export const createGroup = (state = asyncRequest, action) => {
   switch (action.type) {
     case types.GROUP_CREATE_ASYNC:
-      return Immutable.Map({
+      return {
         loading: true,
         success: false,
         error: false,
-      })
+      }
     case types.GROUP_CREATE_SUCCESS:
     case types.GROUP_CREATE_ERROR:
-      return Immutable.Map({
+      return {
         loading: false,
         success: action.type === types.GROUP_CREATE_SUCCESS,
         error: action.type === types.GROUP_CREATE_ERROR,
-        errorMessages: action.type === types.GROUP_CREATE_ERROR ? Immutable.Map(action.error) : Immutable.Map({})
-      })
+        errorMessages: action.type === types.GROUP_CREATE_ERROR ? action.error : {}
+      }
     default:
       return state
   }