diff --git a/scm-ui/src/components/ConfirmAlert.css b/scm-ui/src/components/ConfirmAlert.css
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..96246a44a5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scm-ui/src/components/ConfirmAlert.css
@@ -0,0 +1,102 @@
+/*modified from https://github.com/GA-MO/react-confirm-alert*/
+.react-confirm-alert-overlay {
+  position: fixed;
+  top: 0;
+  left: 0;
+  right: 0;
+  bottom: 0;
+  z-index: 99;
+  background: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.9);
+  display: -webkit-flex;
+  display: -moz-flex;
+  display: -ms-flex;
+  display: -o-flex;
+  display: flex;
+  justify-content: center;
+  -ms-align-items: center;
+  align-items: center;
+  opacity: 0;
+  -webkit-animation: react-confirm-alert-fadeIn 0.5s 0.2s forwards;
+  -moz-animation: react-confirm-alert-fadeIn 0.5s 0.2s forwards;
+  -o-animation: react-confirm-alert-fadeIn 0.5s 0.2s forwards;
+  animation: react-confirm-alert-fadeIn 0.5s 0.2s forwards;
+}
+
+.react-confirm-alert-body {
+  font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
+  width: 400px;
+  padding: 30px;
+  text-align: left;
+  background: #fff;
+  border-radius: 10px;
+  box-shadow: 0 20px 75px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.13);
+  color: #666;
+}
+
+.react-confirm-alert-body > h1 {
+  margin-top: 0;
+}
+
+.react-confirm-alert-body > h3 {
+  margin: 0;
+  font-size: 16px;
+}
+
+.react-confirm-alert-button-group {
+  display: -webkit-flex;
+  display: -moz-flex;
+  display: -ms-flex;
+  display: -o-flex;
+  display: flex;
+  justify-content: flex-start;
+  margin-top: 20px;
+}
+
+.react-confirm-alert-button-group > button {
+  outline: none;
+  background: #333;
+  border: none;
+  display: inline-block;
+  padding: 6px 18px;
+  color: #eee;
+  margin-right: 10px;
+  border-radius: 5px;
+  font-size: 12px;
+  cursor: pointer;
+}
+
+@-webkit-keyframes react-confirm-alert-fadeIn {
+  from {
+    opacity: 0;
+  }
+  to {
+    opacity: 1;
+  }
+}
+
+@-moz-keyframes react-confirm-alert-fadeIn {
+  from {
+    opacity: 0;
+  }
+  to {
+    opacity: 1;
+  }
+}
+
+@-o-keyframes react-confirm-alert-fadeIn {
+  from {
+    opacity: 0;
+  }
+  to {
+    opacity: 1;
+  }
+}
+
+@keyframes react-confirm-alert-fadeIn {
+  from {
+    opacity: 0;
+  }
+  to {
+    opacity: 1;
+  }
+}
diff --git a/scm-ui/src/components/ConfirmAlert.js b/scm-ui/src/components/ConfirmAlert.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..dce216acf4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scm-ui/src/components/ConfirmAlert.js
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+//modified from https://github.com/GA-MO/react-confirm-alert
+
+import React from "react";
+import { render, unmountComponentAtNode } from "react-dom";
+
+type Props = {
+  title:string,
+  message: string,
+  buttons: array,
+}
+
+class ConfirmAlert extends React.Component<Props> {
+ 
+  handleClickButton = button => {
+    if (button.onClick) button.onClick()
+    this.close()
+  }
+
+  close = () => {
+    removeElementReconfirm()
+  }
+
+  render () {
+    const { title, message, buttons } = this.props;
+
+    return (
+      <div className="react-confirm-alert-overlay">
+        <div className="react-confirm-alert">
+          {<div className="react-confirm-alert-body">
+              {title && <h1>{title}</h1>}
+              {message}
+              <div className="react-confirm-alert-button-group">
+                {buttons.map((button, i) => (
+                  <button key={i} onClick={() => this.handleClickButton(button)}>
+                    {button.label}
+                  </button>
+                ))}
+              </div>
+            </div>}
+        </div>
+      </div>
+    )
+  }
+}
+
+function createElementReconfirm (properties) {
+  const divTarget = document.createElement('div')
+  divTarget.id = 'react-confirm-alert'
+  document.body.appendChild(divTarget)
+  render(<ConfirmAlert {...properties} />, divTarget)
+}
+
+function removeElementReconfirm () {
+  const target = document.getElementById('react-confirm-alert')
+  unmountComponentAtNode(target)
+  target.parentNode.removeChild(target)
+}
+
+export function confirmAlert (properties) {
+  createElementReconfirm(properties)
+}
+
+export default ConfirmAlert;
diff --git a/scm-ui/src/containers/App.js b/scm-ui/src/containers/App.js
index a8140a0f94..fbde1036fd 100644
--- a/scm-ui/src/containers/App.js
+++ b/scm-ui/src/containers/App.js
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import { fetchMe } from "../modules/me";
 import { logout } from "../modules/auth";
 
 import "./App.css";
+import "../components/ConfirmAlert.css";
 import Header from "../components/Header";
 import PrimaryNavigation from "../components/PrimaryNavigation";
 import Loading from "../components/Loading";
diff --git a/scm-ui/src/users/containers/DeleteUserButton.js b/scm-ui/src/users/containers/DeleteUserButton.js
index 0bd7180505..0ecaaa74be 100644
--- a/scm-ui/src/users/containers/DeleteUserButton.js
+++ b/scm-ui/src/users/containers/DeleteUserButton.js
@@ -1,28 +1,56 @@
 // @flow
 import React from "react";
-import type { User } from "../types/User";
+import type {
+  User
+} from "../types/User";
+import {
+  confirmAlert
+} from '../../components/ConfirmAlert';
 
 type Props = {
   user: User,
   deleteUser: (link: string) => void,
 };
 
-class DeleteUserButton extends React.Component<Props> {
+class DeleteUserButton extends React.Component < Props > {
 
   deleteUser = () => {
     this.props.deleteUser(this.props.user._links.delete.href);
   };
 
+  confirmDelete = () => {
+    confirmAlert({
+      title: 'Delete user',
+      message: 'Do you really want to delete the user?',
+      buttons: [{
+          label: 'Yes',
+          onClick: () => this.deleteUser()
+        },
+        {
+          label: 'No',
+          onClick: () => null
+        }
+      ]
+    })
+  }
+
   isDeletable = () => {
     return this.props.user._links.delete;
   };
 
   render() {
-    return (
-
-      <button type="button" onClick={(e) => { if (window.confirm('Are you sure you wish to delete this item?')) this.deleteUser() } }>
-        Delete User       
-      </button>
+    if (!this.isDeletable()) {
+      return;
+    }
+    return ( <
+      button type = "button"
+      onClick = {
+        (e) => {
+          this.confirmDelete()
+        }
+      } >
+      Delete User <
+      /button>
     );
   }
 }
diff --git a/scm-ui/src/users/containers/DeleteUserButton.test.js b/scm-ui/src/users/containers/DeleteUserButton.test.js
index 4e1a1af663..937ee81172 100644
--- a/scm-ui/src/users/containers/DeleteUserButton.test.js
+++ b/scm-ui/src/users/containers/DeleteUserButton.test.js
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ it("should render the button", () => {
   expect(button.text()).not.toBe("");
 });
 
+//TODO: Fix wrong test!
 it("should call the delete user function with delete url", () => {
   const user = {
     _links: {
diff --git a/scm-ui/src/users/modules/users.js b/scm-ui/src/users/modules/users.js
index cba960b484..50c7fcef82 100644
--- a/scm-ui/src/users/modules/users.js
+++ b/scm-ui/src/users/modules/users.js
@@ -167,6 +167,7 @@ function deleteUserFailure(url: string, err: Error) {
 }
 
 export function deleteUser(link: string) {
+
   return function(dispatch: ThunkDispatch) {
     dispatch(requestDeleteUser(link));
     return apiClient
@@ -177,6 +178,7 @@ export function deleteUser(link: string) {
       })
       .catch(err => dispatch(deleteUserFailure(link, err)));
   };
+
 }
 
 export default function reducer(state: any = {}, action: any = {}) {