diff --git a/themes/freifunk-generic/luasrc/view/themes/freifunk-generic/header.htm b/themes/freifunk-generic/luasrc/view/themes/freifunk-generic/header.htm
index 513471da50..b8c1862cfd 100644
--- a/themes/freifunk-generic/luasrc/view/themes/freifunk-generic/header.htm
+++ b/themes/freifunk-generic/luasrc/view/themes/freifunk-generic/header.htm
@@ -118,6 +118,11 @@ require("luci.http").prepare_content("application/xhtml+xml")
 			<%=luci.version.distversion%><br />
 			<%:Load%>: <%="%.2f" % load1%> <%="%.2f" % load5%> <%="%.2f" % load15%><br />
 			<%:Hostname%>: <%=hostname%><br />
+			<span id="xhr_poll_status" style="display:none" onclick="XHR.running() ? XHR.halt() : XHR.run()"> 
+				| <%:Auto Refresh%>: 
+				<span id="xhr_poll_status_on"><%:on%></span> 
+				<span id="xhr_poll_status_off" style="display:none"><%:off%></span> 
+			</span> 
 		</div>
 	<%end%>
 </div>