diff --git a/src/plugins/data_views/common/data_views/data_views.ts b/src/plugins/data_views/common/data_views/data_views.ts
index adce2a0079945..b51ba21a0fc65 100644
--- a/src/plugins/data_views/common/data_views/data_views.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/data_views/common/data_views/data_views.ts
@@ -824,12 +824,20 @@ export class DataViewsService {
     displayErrors?: boolean;
   }) => {
     const { title, type, typeMeta, runtimeFieldMap } = spec;
+
+    console.log('============= initFromSavedObjectLoadFields', savedObjectId, title);
+
+    const pattern =
+      savedObjectId === 'alerts' && true ? '.alerts-security.alerts-default' : (title as string);
+
+    console.log('============= initFromSavedObjectLoadFields', pattern);
+
     const { fields, indices, etag } = await this.refreshFieldSpecMap(
       spec.fields || {},
       savedObjectId,
       spec.title as string,
       {
-        pattern: title as string,
+        pattern,
         metaFields: await this.getMetaFields(),
         type,
         rollupIndex: typeMeta?.params?.rollup_index,
@@ -997,20 +1005,20 @@ export class DataViewsService {
     displayErrors: boolean = true,
     refreshFields = false
   ): Promise<DataView> => {
-    const dataViewFromCache = this.dataViewCache.get(id)?.then(async (dataView) => {
-      if (dataView && refreshFields) {
-        await this.refreshFields(dataView, displayErrors);
-      }
-      return dataView;
-    });
-
-    let indexPatternPromise: Promise<DataView>;
-    if (dataViewFromCache) {
-      indexPatternPromise = dataViewFromCache;
-    } else {
-      indexPatternPromise = this.getSavedObjectAndInit(id, displayErrors);
-      this.dataViewCache.set(id, indexPatternPromise);
-    }
+    // const dataViewFromCache = this.dataViewCache.get(id)?.then(async (dataView) => {
+    //   if (dataView && refreshFields) {
+    //     await this.refreshFields(dataView, displayErrors);
+    //   }
+    //   return dataView;
+    // });
+
+    // let indexPatternPromise: Promise<DataView>;
+    // if (dataViewFromCache) {
+    //   indexPatternPromise = dataViewFromCache;
+    // } else {
+    const indexPatternPromise = this.getSavedObjectAndInit(id, displayErrors);
+    this.dataViewCache.set(id, indexPatternPromise);
+    // }
 
     // don't cache failed requests
     indexPatternPromise.catch(() => {
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/security_solution/public/common/containers/sourcerer/index.tsx b/x-pack/plugins/security_solution/public/common/containers/sourcerer/index.tsx
index 0a8985d5bfb86..fb34463a72380 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/security_solution/public/common/containers/sourcerer/index.tsx
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/security_solution/public/common/containers/sourcerer/index.tsx
@@ -401,6 +401,11 @@ export const useSourcererDataView = (
   const selectedDataView = useMemo(() => {
     return kibanaDataViews.find((dataView) => dataView.id === selectedDataViewId);
   }, [kibanaDataViews, selectedDataViewId]);
+
+  // FIXME:
+  console.log('selectedDataView', selectedDataViewId, selectedDataView);
+  console.log('defaultDataView', defaultDataView);
+
   const loading = useSelector((state: State) => {
     return sourcererSelectors.sourcererScopeIsLoading(state, scopeId);
   });
@@ -485,6 +490,7 @@ export const useSourcererDataView = (
       browserFields: browserFields(),
       dataViewId: sourcererDataView.id,
       indexPattern: {
+        // FIXME: fix this omg
         fields: sourcererDataView.indexFields,
         title: selectedPatterns.join(','),
         getName: () => selectedPatterns.join(','),
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/security_solution/public/common/store/sourcerer/selectors.ts b/x-pack/plugins/security_solution/public/common/store/sourcerer/selectors.ts
index 71cbef670cb6e..ecca992c4338d 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/security_solution/public/common/store/sourcerer/selectors.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/security_solution/public/common/store/sourcerer/selectors.ts
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ export const kibanaDataViews = createSelector(
 
 export const defaultDataView = createSelector(
   selectSourcerer,
-  (sourcerer) => sourcerer.defaultDataView,
+  (sourcerer) => sourcerer.kibanaDataViews.find(({ id }) => id === 'alerts') as any,
   {
     memoizeOptions: {
       maxSize: SOURCERER_SCOPE_MAX_SIZE,