diff --git a/htdocs/js/ajax_functions.js b/htdocs/js/ajax_functions.js
index 680d157..1b3a955 100644
--- a/htdocs/js/ajax_functions.js
+++ b/htdocs/js/ajax_functions.js
@@ -15,13 +15,13 @@ function ajSUBMIT(div,obj,display) {
 
 	window.scrollTo(0,95);
 
+	makeHttpRequest('cmd.php',getParameters(obj.parentNode)+'meth=ajax','POST','alertAJ','cancelAJ',div);
+
 	if (pageDiv)
 		includeHTML(pageDiv,'<img src="images/ajax-progress.gif"><br><small>'+display+'...</small>');
 	else
 		return true;
 
-	makeHttpRequest('cmd.php',getParameters(obj.parentNode)+'meth=ajax','POST','alertAJ','cancelAJ',div);
-
 	return false;
 }
 
@@ -31,13 +31,13 @@ function ajDISPLAY(div,urlParameters,display,ns) {
 	if (! ns)
 		window.scrollTo(0,95);
 
+	makeHttpRequest('cmd.php',urlParameters+'&meth=ajax','GET','alertAJ','cancelAJ',div);
+
 	if (pageDiv)
 		includeHTML(pageDiv,'<img src="images/ajax-progress.gif"><br><small>'+display+'...</small>');
 	else
 		return true;
 
-	makeHttpRequest('cmd.php',urlParameters+'&meth=ajax','GET','alertAJ','cancelAJ',div);
-
 	return false;
 }