diff --git a/app/scripts/lib/auto-reload.js b/app/scripts/lib/auto-reload.js
index b45f02009..c4c8053f0 100644
--- a/app/scripts/lib/auto-reload.js
+++ b/app/scripts/lib/auto-reload.js
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 const once = require('once')
-const ensnare = require('./ensnare.js')
+const ensnare = require('ensnare')
 
 module.exports = setupDappAutoReload
 
diff --git a/app/scripts/lib/ensnare.js b/app/scripts/lib/ensnare.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 6100f7c79..000000000
--- a/app/scripts/lib/ensnare.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,24 +0,0 @@
-module.exports = ensnare
-
-// creates a proxy object that calls cb everytime the obj's properties/fns are accessed
-function ensnare (obj, cb) {
-  var proxy = {}
-  Object.keys(obj).forEach(function (key) {
-    var val = obj[key]
-    switch (typeof val) {
-      case 'function':
-        proxy[key] = function () {
-          cb()
-          val.apply(obj, arguments)
-        }
-        return
-      default:
-        Object.defineProperty(proxy, key, {
-          get: function () { cb(); return obj[key] },
-          set: function (val) { cb(); obj[key] = val; return val },
-        })
-        return
-    }
-  })
-  return proxy
-}
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 5bf4ef475..eefca0500 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@
     "debounce": "^1.0.0",
     "dnode": "^1.2.2",
     "end-of-stream": "^1.1.0",
+    "ensnare": "^1.0.0",
     "eth-bin-to-ops": "^1.0.0",
     "eth-lightwallet": "^2.3.3",
     "eth-query": "^1.0.3",