diff --git a/phpgwapi/inc/class.egw_framework.inc.php b/phpgwapi/inc/class.egw_framework.inc.php
index a6edd85670..aed0ecc9ba 100644
--- a/phpgwapi/inc/class.egw_framework.inc.php
+++ b/phpgwapi/inc/class.egw_framework.inc.php
@@ -320,6 +320,7 @@ abstract class egw_framework
 			'meta_robots'		=> $robots,
 			'dir_code'			=> lang('language_direction_rtl') != 'rtl' ? '' : ' dir="rtl"',
 			'include_wz_tooltip'=> $include_wz_tooltip,
+			'webserver_url'     => $GLOBALS['egw_info']['server']['webserver_url'],
 		);
 	}
 
diff --git a/phpgwapi/inc/class.egw_json.inc.php b/phpgwapi/inc/class.egw_json.inc.php
index 7de187d89b..8450e60592 100644
--- a/phpgwapi/inc/class.egw_json.inc.php
+++ b/phpgwapi/inc/class.egw_json.inc.php
@@ -295,7 +295,8 @@ class egw_json_response
 	 */
 	public function redirect($url)
 	{
-		self::script("location.href = '$url';");
+		//self::script("location.href = '$url';");
+		$this->addGeneric('redirect', $url);
 	}
 
 	/**
diff --git a/phpgwapi/js/egw_json.js b/phpgwapi/js/egw_json.js
index 6699c2adce..4ff51497a4 100644
--- a/phpgwapi/js/egw_json.js
+++ b/phpgwapi/js/egw_json.js
@@ -12,16 +12,15 @@
 /* The egw_json_request is the javaScript side implementation of class.egw_json.inc.php.*/
 
 /* The constructor of the egw_json_request class.
- * @param string _url the url of the AJAX handler on the server
  * @param string _menuaction the menuaction function which should be called and which handles the actual request
  * @param array _parameters which should be passed to the menuaction function.
 */
-function egw_json_request(_url, _menuaction, _parameters)
+function egw_json_request(_menuaction, _parameters)
 {
 	//Copy the supplied parameters
 	this.menuaction = _menuaction;
 	this.parameters = _parameters;
-	this.url = _url;
+	this.url = window.egw_webserverUrl + '/json.php';
 	this.sender = null;
 	this.callback = null;
 	this.alertHandler = this.alertFunc;
@@ -134,6 +133,12 @@ egw_json_request.prototype.handleResponse = function(data, textStatus, XMLHttpRe
 						hasResponse = true;
 					}
 					break;
+				case 'redirect':
+					if (typeof data.response[i].data == 'string')
+					{
+						window.location.href = data.response[i].data;
+					}
+					break;
 			}
 		}