diff --git a/static-data/www/shared/main/stats.js b/static-data/www/shared/main/stats.js
index 446df900..139db077 100755
--- a/static-data/www/shared/main/stats.js
+++ b/static-data/www/shared/main/stats.js
@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@ totalRec = document.getElementById('totalRec')
 securityLevel = document.getElementById('securityLevel')
 sec_description_str = 'unknown'
 
+statsInterval = null
+
 function showSecStatNotice(){
     var secWarnEls = document.getElementsByClassName('secRequestNotice')
     for (el = 0; el < secWarnEls.length; el++){
@@ -143,7 +145,7 @@ document.addEventListener("visibilitychange", function() {
   })
 
 getStats()
-setInterval(function(){getStats()}, 1000)
+statsInterval = setInterval(function(){getStats()}, 1000)
 
 
 
diff --git a/static-data/www/shared/misc.js b/static-data/www/shared/misc.js
index 19c24835..b3e6038b 100755
--- a/static-data/www/shared/misc.js
+++ b/static-data/www/shared/misc.js
@@ -65,18 +65,7 @@ function arrayContains(needle, arrhaystack) {
     return (arrhaystack.indexOf(needle) > -1);
 }
 
-function httpGet(theUrl) {
-    var xmlHttp = new XMLHttpRequest()
-    xmlHttp.open( "GET", theUrl, false ) // false for synchronous request
-    xmlHttp.setRequestHeader('token', webpass)
-    xmlHttp.send( null )
-    if (xmlHttp.status == 200){
-        return xmlHttp.responseText
-    }
-    else{
-        return ""
-    }
-}
+
 function overlay(overlayID) {
     el = document.getElementById(overlayID)
    el.style.visibility = (el.style.visibility == "visible") ? "hidden" : "visible"
diff --git a/static-data/www/shared/panel.js b/static-data/www/shared/panel.js
index dc8fc016..4e80c0b8 100755
--- a/static-data/www/shared/panel.js
+++ b/static-data/www/shared/panel.js
@@ -23,8 +23,13 @@ restartBtn = document.getElementById('restartNode')
 shutdownBtn.onclick = function(){
     if (! nowebpass){
         if (confirm("Really shutdown Onionr?")){
-            httpGet('/shutdownclean')
+            fetch('/shutdownclean', {
+                method: 'GET',
+                headers: {
+                    "token": webpass
+                }})
             overlay('shutdownNotice')
+            clearInterval(statsInterval)
         }
     }
 }