diff --git a/preload.js b/preload.js
index 94d8bbef8..9477404b3 100644
--- a/preload.js
+++ b/preload.js
@@ -109,6 +109,13 @@ window.nodeFetch = require('node-fetch');
 window.nodeNotifier = require('node-notifier');
 window.ProxyAgent = require('proxy-agent');
 
+// Note: when modifying this file, consider whether our React Components or Backbone Views
+//   will need these things to render in the Style Guide. If so, go update one of these
+//   two locations:
+//
+//   1) test/styleguide/legacy_bridge.js
+//   2) ts/test/StyleGuideUtil.js
+
 window.React = require('react');
 window.ReactDOM = require('react-dom');
 window.moment = require('moment');
diff --git a/ts/test/StyleGuideUtil.ts b/ts/test/StyleGuideUtil.ts
index 67b5c07f6..903adcc4b 100644
--- a/ts/test/StyleGuideUtil.ts
+++ b/ts/test/StyleGuideUtil.ts
@@ -77,7 +77,8 @@ parent.moment.locale(locale);
 parent.React = React;
 parent.ReactDOM = ReactDOM;
 
-const SignalComponents: any = parent.Signal.Components = {};
+parent.Signal.Components = {
+  Message,
+  Reply,
+};
 
-SignalComponents.Message = Message;
-SignalComponents.Reply = Reply;