diff --git a/docs/CHANGELOG b/docs/CHANGELOG
index fd540d0f..67dbe86c 100755
--- a/docs/CHANGELOG
+++ b/docs/CHANGELOG
@@ -4,7 +4,10 @@
 
 --------------------------------------------------------------------------
   v.3.3.3-Alpha1
-	- Fixed display of disabled localplay methods, Preferences wil
+	- Tweaked Kajax, now accepts an array of elements to replace
+		from a passed xml document. allows for multiple targets
+		on a single ajax request 
+	- Fixed display of disabled localplay methods, Preferences will
 		now only display active ones. 
 	- Fixed MPD Controller to attempt to find files based on filename
 		if they were added outside of ampache
diff --git a/index.php b/index.php
index df7c693d..8688fffa 100644
--- a/index.php
+++ b/index.php
@@ -40,12 +40,17 @@ $action = scrub_in($_REQUEST['action']);
 if (conf('refresh_limit') > 5) { 
 	$ajax_url = conf('web_path') . '/server/ajax.server.php?action=reloadnp&user_id=' . $GLOBALS['user']->id . 
 			'&sessid=' . session_id();
-	$ajax_object = 'nowplaying';
+	$ajax_object = 'np_refresh';
 	require_once(conf('prefix') . '/templates/javascript_refresh.inc.php');
 }
 ?>
-
-<div id="nowplaying">
+<script language="javascript" type="text/javascript">
+<!--
+var np_refresh = new Array(1);
+np_refresh[0] = "np_data";
+-->
+</script>
+<div id="np_data">
 	<?php show_now_playing(); ?>
 </div> <!-- Close Now Playing Div -->
 
diff --git a/lib/class/localplay.class.php b/lib/class/localplay.class.php
index b9f0d8cc..48097882 100644
--- a/lib/class/localplay.class.php
+++ b/lib/class/localplay.class.php
@@ -534,7 +534,7 @@ class Localplay {
 	 * of the current player state
 	 */
 	function get_user_state($state) { 
-	
+		
 		switch ($state) { 
 			case 'play':
 				return _('Now Playing');
@@ -552,6 +552,29 @@ class Localplay {
 
 	} // get_user_state
 
+	/**
+	 * get_user_playing
+	 * This attempts to return a nice user friendly
+	 * currently playing string
+	 */
+	function get_user_playing() { 
+
+		$status = $this->status();
+		
+		/* Format the track name */
+		$track_name = $status['track_artist'] . ' - ' . $status['track_album'] . ' - ' . $status['track_title'];
+
+		/* This is a cheezball fix for when we were unable to find a
+		 * artist/album (or one wasn't provided)
+		 */
+		$track_name = ltrim(ltrim($track_name,' - '),' - ');
+
+		$track_name = "[" . $status['track'] . "] - " . $track_name;
+
+		return $track_name;
+	
+	} // get_user_playing
+
 
 } //end localplay class
 ?>
diff --git a/lib/ui.lib.php b/lib/ui.lib.php
index e30db5ec..7b93b37e 100644
--- a/lib/ui.lib.php
+++ b/lib/ui.lib.php
@@ -1334,5 +1334,29 @@ function get_user_icon($name) {
 
 } // show_icon
 
+/**
+ * xml_from_array
+ * This takes a one dimensional array and 
+ * creates a XML document form it for use 
+ * primarly by the ajax mojo
+ */
+function xml_from_array($array) { 
+
+	$escape_array = array ('<','&');
+	$replace_array = array('&lt;','&amp;');
+
+	$string = "<root>\n";
+	foreach ($array as $key=>$value) { 
+		/* We need to escape the value */
+		$value = str_replace($escape_array,$replace_array,$value);
+		$string .= "\t<$key>$value</$key>\n";
+	}
+	$string .= "</root>\n";
+
+	return $string;
+
+} // xml_from_array
+
+
 
 ?>
diff --git a/modules/kajax/ajax.js b/modules/kajax/ajax.js
index cbe86c78..9a7bea50 100755
--- a/modules/kajax/ajax.js
+++ b/modules/kajax/ajax.js
@@ -25,7 +25,8 @@
         http_request.open('GET', url, true);
         http_request.send(null);
 	}
-		
+	
+	// uid is an array of uids that need to be replaced		
 	function ajaxPut(url,uid) {
 		if (window.ActiveXObject) { // IE
             try {
@@ -52,7 +53,10 @@
 
     function getContents(http_request,uid) {
         if (http_request.readyState == 4) {
-	    	data = http_request.responseText;
-		document.getElementById(uid).innerHTML = data;
+	    	data = http_request.responseXML;
+		for(i=0;i<uid.length;i++) {
+			var new_txt = data.getElementsByTagName(uid[i])[0].firstChild.nodeValue;	
+			document.getElementById(uid[i]).innerHTML = new_txt;
+		}	
         }
     }
diff --git a/modules/sajax/Sajax.php b/modules/sajax/Sajax.php
deleted file mode 100644
index a74a4aff..00000000
--- a/modules/sajax/Sajax.php
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,373 +0,0 @@
-<?php	
-/*
- SAJAX PHP BACKEND
- -----------------
-
- Contributed and copyighted by Thomas Lackner and ModernMethod
- (http://www.modernmethod.com/).
-
- Licence: GNU/GPL
-
-*/
-
-
-if (!isset($SAJAX_INCLUDED)) {
-
-	/*  
-	 * GLOBALS AND DEFAULTS
-	 *
-	 */ 
-	$GLOBALS['sajax_version'] = '0.12';	
-	$GLOBALS['sajax_debug_mode'] = 0;
-	$GLOBALS['sajax_export_list'] = array();
-	$GLOBALS['sajax_request_type'] = 'GET';
-	$GLOBALS['sajax_remote_uri'] = '';
-	$GLOBALS['sajax_failure_redirect'] = '';
-	
-	/*
-	 * CODE
-	 *
-	 */ 
-	 
-	//
-	// Initialize the Sajax library.
-	//
-	function sajax_init() {
-	}
-	
-	//
-	// Helper function to return the script's own URI. 
-	// 
-	function sajax_get_my_uri() {
-		return $_SERVER["REQUEST_URI"];
-	}
-	$sajax_remote_uri = sajax_get_my_uri();
-	
-	//
-	// Helper function to return an eval()-usable representation
-	// of an object in JavaScript.
-	// 
-	function sajax_get_js_repr($value) {
-		$type = gettype($value);
-		
-		if ($type == "boolean") {
-			return ($value) ? "Boolean(true)" : "Boolean(false)";
-		} 
-		elseif ($type == "integer") {
-			return "parseInt($value)";
-		} 
-		elseif ($type == "double") {
-			return "parseFloat($value)";
-		} 
-		elseif ($type == "array" || $type == "object" ) {
-			//
-			// XXX Arrays with non-numeric indices are not
-			// permitted according to ECMAScript, yet everyone
-			// uses them.. We'll use an object.
-			// 
-			$s = "{ ";
-			if ($type == "object") {
-				$value = get_object_vars($value);
-			} 
-			foreach ($value as $k=>$v) {
-				$esc_key = sajax_esc($k);
-				if (is_numeric($k)) 
-					$s .= "$k: " . sajax_get_js_repr($v) . ", ";
-				else
-					$s .= "\"$esc_key\": " . sajax_get_js_repr($v) . ", ";
-			}
-			if (count($value))
-				$s = substr($s, 0, -2);
-			return $s . " }";
-		} 
-		else {
-			$esc_val = sajax_esc($value);
-			$s = "'$esc_val'";
-			return $s;
-		}
-	}
-
-	function sajax_handle_client_request() {
-		global $sajax_export_list;
-		
-		$mode = "";
-		
-		if (! empty($_GET["rs"])) 
-			$mode = "get";
-		
-		if (!empty($_POST["rs"]))
-			$mode = "post";
-			
-		if (empty($mode)) 
-			return;
-
-		$target = "";
-		
-		if ($mode == "get") {
-			// Bust cache in the head
-			header ("Expires: Mon, 26 Jul 1997 05:00:00 GMT");    // Date in the past
-			header ("Last-Modified: " . gmdate("D, d M Y H:i:s") . " GMT");
-			// always modified
-			header ("Cache-Control: no-cache, must-revalidate");  // HTTP/1.1
-			header ("Pragma: no-cache");                          // HTTP/1.0
-			$func_name = $_GET["rs"];
-			if (! empty($_GET["rsargs"])) 
-				$args = $_GET["rsargs"];
-			else
-				$args = array();
-		}
-		else {
-			$func_name = $_POST["rs"];
-			if (! empty($_POST["rsargs"])) 
-				$args = $_POST["rsargs"];
-			else
-				$args = array();
-		}
-		
-		if (! in_array($func_name, $sajax_export_list))
-			echo "-:$func_name not callable";
-		else {
-			echo "+:";
-			$result = call_user_func_array($func_name, $args);
-			echo "var res = " . trim(sajax_get_js_repr($result)) . "; res;";
-		}
-		exit;
-	}
-	
-	function sajax_get_common_js() {
-		global $sajax_debug_mode;
-		global $sajax_request_type;
-		global $sajax_remote_uri;
-		global $sajax_failure_redirect;
-		
-		$t = strtoupper($sajax_request_type);
-		if ($t != "" && $t != "GET" && $t != "POST") 
-			return "// Invalid type: $t.. \n\n";
-		
-		ob_start();
-		?>
-		
-		// remote scripting library
-		// (c) copyright 2005 modernmethod, inc
-		var sajax_debug_mode = <?php echo $sajax_debug_mode ? "true" : "false"; ?>;
-		var sajax_request_type = "<?php echo $t; ?>";
-		var sajax_target_id = "";
-		var sajax_failure_redirect = "<?php echo $sajax_failure_redirect; ?>";
-		
-		function sajax_debug(text) {
-			if (sajax_debug_mode)
-				alert(text);
-		}
-		
- 		function sajax_init_object() {
- 			sajax_debug("sajax_init_object() called..")
- 			
- 			var A;
- 			
- 			var msxmlhttp = new Array(
-				'Msxml2.XMLHTTP.5.0',
-				'Msxml2.XMLHTTP.4.0',
-				'Msxml2.XMLHTTP.3.0',
-				'Msxml2.XMLHTTP',
-				'Microsoft.XMLHTTP');
-			for (var i = 0; i < msxmlhttp.length; i++) {
-				try {
-					A = new ActiveXObject(msxmlhttp[i]);
-				} catch (e) {
-					A = null;
-				}
-			}
- 			
-			if(!A && typeof XMLHttpRequest != "undefined")
-				A = new XMLHttpRequest();
-			if (!A)
-				sajax_debug("Could not create connection object.");
-			return A;
-		}
-		
-		var sajax_requests = new Array();
-		
-		function sajax_cancel() {
-			for (var i = 0; i < sajax_requests.length; i++) 
-				sajax_requests[i].abort();
-		}
-		
-		function sajax_do_call(func_name, args) {
-			var i, x, n;
-			var uri;
-			var post_data;
-			var target_id;
-			
-			sajax_debug("in sajax_do_call().." + sajax_request_type + "/" + sajax_target_id);
-			target_id = sajax_target_id;
-			if (typeof(sajax_request_type) == "undefined" || sajax_request_type == "") 
-				sajax_request_type = "GET";
-			
-			uri = "<?php echo $sajax_remote_uri; ?>";
-			if (sajax_request_type == "GET") {
-			
-				if (uri.indexOf("?") == -1) 
-					uri += "?rs=" + escape(func_name);
-				else
-					uri += "&rs=" + escape(func_name);
-				uri += "&rst=" + escape(sajax_target_id);
-				uri += "&rsrnd=" + new Date().getTime();
-				
-				for (i = 0; i < args.length-1; i++) 
-					uri += "&rsargs[]=" + escape(args[i]);
-
-				post_data = null;
-			} 
-			else if (sajax_request_type == "POST") {
-				post_data = "rs=" + escape(func_name);
-				post_data += "&rst=" + escape(sajax_target_id);
-				post_data += "&rsrnd=" + new Date().getTime();
-				
-				for (i = 0; i < args.length-1; i++) 
-					post_data = post_data + "&rsargs[]=" + escape(args[i]);
-			}
-			else {
-				alert("Illegal request type: " + sajax_request_type);
-			}
-			
-			x = sajax_init_object();
-			if (x == null) {
-				if (sajax_failure_redirect != "") {
-					location.href = sajax_failure_redirect;
-					return false;
-				} else {
-					sajax_debug("NULL sajax object for user agent:\n" + navigator.userAgent);
-					return false;
-				}
-			} else {
-				x.open(sajax_request_type, uri, true);
-				// window.open(uri);
-				
-				sajax_requests[sajax_requests.length] = x;
-				
-				if (sajax_request_type == "POST") {
-					x.setRequestHeader("Method", "POST " + uri + " HTTP/1.1");
-					x.setRequestHeader("Content-Type", "application/x-www-form-urlencoded");
-				}
-			
-				x.onreadystatechange = function() {
-					if (x.readyState != 4) 
-						return;
-
-					sajax_debug("received " + x.responseText);
-				
-					var status;
-					var data;
-					var txt = x.responseText.replace(/^\s*|\s*$/g,"");
-					status = txt.charAt(0);
-					data = txt.substring(2);
-
-					if (status == "") {
-						// let's just assume this is a pre-response bailout and let it slide for now
-					} else if (status == "-") 
-						alert("Error: " + data);
-					else {
-						if (target_id != "") 
-							document.getElementById(target_id).innerHTML = eval(data);
-						else {
-							try {
-								var callback;
-								var extra_data = false;
-								if (typeof args[args.length-1] == "object") {
-									callback = args[args.length-1].callback;
-									extra_data = args[args.length-1].extra_data;
-								} else {
-									callback = args[args.length-1];
-								}
-								callback(eval(data), extra_data);
-							} catch (e) {
-								sajax_debug("Caught error " + e + ": Could not eval " + data );
-							}
-						}
-					}
-				}
-			}
-			
-			sajax_debug(func_name + " uri = " + uri + "/post = " + post_data);
-			x.send(post_data);
-			sajax_debug(func_name + " waiting..");
-			delete x;
-			return true;
-		}
-		
-		<?php
-		$html = ob_get_contents();
-		ob_end_clean();
-		return $html;
-	}
-	
-	function sajax_show_common_js() {
-		echo sajax_get_common_js();
-	}
-	
-	// javascript escape a value
-	function sajax_esc($val)
-	{
-		$val = str_replace("\\", "\\\\", $val);
-		$val = str_replace("\r", "\\r", $val);
-		$val = str_replace("\n", "\\n", $val);
-		$val = str_replace("'", "\\'", $val);
-		return str_replace('"', '\\"', $val);
-	}
-
-	function sajax_get_one_stub($func_name) {
-		ob_start();	
-		?>
-		
-		// wrapper for <?php echo $func_name; ?>
-		
-		function x_<?php echo $func_name; ?>() {
-			sajax_do_call("<?php echo $func_name; ?>",
-				x_<?php echo $func_name; ?>.arguments);
-		}
-		
-		<?php
-		$html = ob_get_contents();
-		ob_end_clean();
-		return $html;
-	}
-	
-	function sajax_show_one_stub($func_name) {
-		echo sajax_get_one_stub($func_name);
-	}
-	
-	function sajax_export() {
-		global $sajax_export_list;
-		
-		$n = func_num_args();
-		for ($i = 0; $i < $n; $i++) {
-			$sajax_export_list[] = func_get_arg($i);
-		}
-	}
-	
-	$sajax_js_has_been_shown = 0;
-	function sajax_get_javascript()
-	{
-		global $sajax_js_has_been_shown;
-		global $sajax_export_list;
-		
-		$html = "";
-		if (! $sajax_js_has_been_shown) {
-			$html .= sajax_get_common_js();
-			$sajax_js_has_been_shown = 1;
-		}
-		foreach ($sajax_export_list as $func) {
-			$html .= sajax_get_one_stub($func);
-		}
-		return $html;
-	}
-	
-	function sajax_show_javascript()
-	{
-		echo sajax_get_javascript();
-	}
-
-	
-	$SAJAX_INCLUDED = 1;
-}
-?>
diff --git a/server/ajax.server.php b/server/ajax.server.php
index aa519c3f..76e78102 100644
--- a/server/ajax.server.php
+++ b/server/ajax.server.php
@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@ if (!session_exists($_REQUEST['sessid'])) { exit(); }
 $GLOBALS['user'] = new User($_REQUEST['user_id']);
 $action = scrub_in($_REQUEST['action']);
 
+/* Set the correct headers */
+header("Content-type: application/xhtml+xml");
+
 switch ($action) { 
 	case 'localplay':
 		init_preferences();
@@ -40,7 +43,32 @@ switch ($action) {
 		$localplay->connect();
 		$function 	= scrub_in($_GET['cmd']);
 		$value		= scrub_in($_GET['value']);
+		/* Return information based on function */
+		switch($function) { 
+			case 'play':
+			case 'stop':
+			case 'pause':
+				$results['lp_state'] 	= $localplay->get_user_state($function);	
+				$results['lp_playing']	= $localplay->get_user_playing();
+			break;
+			case 'next':
+			case 'prev':
+				$results['lp_state']	= $localplay->get_user_state('play');
+				$results['lp_playing'] 	= $localplay->get_user_playing();
+			break;
+			case 'volume_up':
+			case 'volume_down':
+			case 'volume_mute':
+				$status = $localplay->status();
+				$results['lp_volume']	= $status['volume'];
+			break;
+			default:
+				$results = array();	
+			break;
+		} // end switch on cmd
 		$localplay->$function($value); 
+		$xml_doc = xml_from_array($results);
+		echo $xml_doc;
 	break;
 	case 'change_play_type':
 		init_preferences();
@@ -54,11 +82,20 @@ switch ($action) {
 		$ajax_url       = conf('web_path') . '/server/ajax.server.php';
 		$required_info  = "&user_id=" . $GLOBALS['user']->id . "&sessid=" . session_id();
 		${$_GET['type']} = 'id="pt_active"';
-		
+		ob_start();	
 		require_once(conf('prefix') . '/templates/show_localplay_switch.inc.php'); 
+		$results['play_type'] = ob_get_contents();
+		ob_end_clean();
+		$xml_doc = xml_from_array($results);
+		echo $xml_doc;
 	break;
 	case 'reloadnp':
+		ob_start();
 		show_now_playing();	
+		$results['np_data'] = ob_get_contents();
+		ob_end_clean();
+		$xml_doc = xml_from_array($results);
+		echo $xml_doc;
 	break;
 	default:
 		echo "Default Action";
diff --git a/templates/show_localplay_control.inc.php b/templates/show_localplay_control.inc.php
index b45cd887..a0177603 100644
--- a/templates/show_localplay_control.inc.php
+++ b/templates/show_localplay_control.inc.php
@@ -23,29 +23,36 @@
 $web_path = conf('web_path'); 
 $localplay = init_localplay();
 
-$required_info 	= "&amp;user_id=" . $GLOBALS['user']->id . "&amp;sessid=" . session_id(); 
+$required_info 	= "&user_id=" . $GLOBALS['user']->id . "&sessid=" . session_id(); 
 $ajax_url	= $web_path . '/server/ajax.server.php';
 
 ?>
+<script language="javascript" type="text/javascript">
+<!--
+var lp_control = new Array(2);
+lp_control[0] = "lp_state";
+lp_control[1] = "lp_playing";
+-->
+</script>
 <div class="localplaycontrol" style="display:table-cell;cursor:pointer;padding:2px;">
 <?php if ($localplay->has_function('prev')) { ?>
-<span class="prev_button" onclick="ajaxPut('<?php echo $ajax_url; ?>?action=localplay&amp;cmd=prev<?php echo $required_info; ?>','localplay_state');return true;">
+<span class="prev_button" onclick="ajaxPut('<?php echo $ajax_url; ?>?action=localplay&cmd=prev<?php echo $required_info; ?>',lp_control);return true;">
 	<img src="<?php echo $web_path; ?>/images/localplay/prev.gif" alt="prev" />
 </span>
 <?php } ?>
-<span class="stop_button" onclick="ajaxPut('<?php echo $ajax_url; ?>?action=localplay&amp;cmd=stop<?php echo $required_info; ?>','localplay_state');return true;">
+<span class="stop_button" onclick="ajaxPut('<?php echo $ajax_url; ?>?action=localplay&cmd=stop<?php echo $required_info; ?>',lp_control);return true;">
 	<img src="<?php echo $web_path; ?>/images/localplay/stop.gif" alt="stop" />
 </span>
 <?php if ($localplay->has_function('pause')) { ?>
-<span class="pause_button" onclick="ajaxPut('<?php echo $ajax_url; ?>?action=localplay&amp;cmd=pause<?php echo $required_info; ?>','localplay_state');return true;">
+<span class="pause_button" onclick="ajaxPut('<?php echo $ajax_url; ?>?action=localplay&cmd=pause<?php echo $required_info; ?>',lp_control);return true;">
 	<img src="<?php echo $web_path; ?>/images/localplay/pause.gif" alt="pause" />
 </span>
 <?php } ?>
-<span class="play_button" onclick="ajaxPut('<?php echo $ajax_url; ?>?action=localplay&amp;cmd=play<?php echo $required_info; ?>','localplay_state');return true;">
+<span class="play_button" onclick="ajaxPut('<?php echo $ajax_url; ?>?action=localplay&cmd=play<?php echo $required_info; ?>',lp_control);return true;">
 	<img src="<?php echo $web_path; ?>/images/localplay/play.gif" alt="play" />
 </span>
 <?php if ($localplay->has_function('next')) { ?>
-<span class="next_button" onclick="ajaxPut('<?php echo $ajax_url; ?>?action=localplay&amp;cmd=next<?php echo $required_info; ?>','localplay_state');return true;">
+<span class="next_button" onclick="ajaxPut('<?php echo $ajax_url; ?>?action=localplay&cmd=next<?php echo $required_info; ?>',lp_control);return true;">
 	<img src="<?php echo $web_path; ?>/images/localplay/next.gif" alt="next" />
 </span>
 <?php } ?>
diff --git a/templates/show_localplay_status.inc.php b/templates/show_localplay_status.inc.php
index 2fab62de..0e250923 100644
--- a/templates/show_localplay_status.inc.php
+++ b/templates/show_localplay_status.inc.php
@@ -23,40 +23,39 @@
 $web_path = conf('web_path'); 
 $localplay = init_localplay();
 
-$required_info 	= "&amp;user_id=" . $GLOBALS['user']->id . "&amp;sessid=" . session_id(); 
+$required_info 	= "&user_id=" . $GLOBALS['user']->id . "&sessid=" . session_id(); 
 $ajax_url	= $web_path . '/server/ajax.server.php';
 $status		= $localplay->status();
 
-/* Format the track name */
-$track_name = $status['track_artist'] . ' - ' . $status['track_album'] . ' - ' . $status['track_title'];
-
-/* This is a cheezball fix for when we were unable to find a
- * artist/album (or one wasn't provided)
- */
-$track_name = ltrim(ltrim($track_name,' - '));
 
 ?>
-<strong><?php echo $localplay->get_user_state($status['state']) ?></strong><br />
-&nbsp;&nbsp;<?php echo '[' . $status['track'] . '] - ' . $track_name . '<br />'; ?>
+<span style="font-weight:bold;" id="lp_state"><?php echo $localplay->get_user_state($status['state']) ?></span><br />
+&nbsp;&nbsp;<span id="lp_playing"><?php echo $localplay->get_user_playing(); ?></span><br />
 <div align="center"><?php require (conf('prefix') . '/templates/show_localplay_control.inc.php'); ?></div>
 <div align="center">
+	<script type="text/javascript" language="javascript">
+	<!--
+	var lp_v = new Array(1);
+	lp_v[0] = "lp_volume";
+	-->
+	</script>
 	<?php if ($localplay->has_function('volume_up')) { ?>
-	<span class="up_button" onclick="ajaxPut('<?php echo $ajax_url; ?>?action=localplay&amp;cmd=volume_up<?php echo $required_info; ?>','localplay_state');return true;">
+	<span class="up_button" onclick="ajaxPut('<?php echo $ajax_url; ?>?action=localplay&cmd=volume_up<?php echo $required_info; ?>','lp_v');return true;">
 	        <img src="<?php echo $web_path; ?>/images/localplay/volup.gif" alt="volume up" />
 	</span>
 	<?php } ?>
 	<?php if ($localplay->has_function('volume_down')) { ?>
-	<span class="down_button" onclick="ajaxPut('<?php echo $ajax_url; ?>?action=localplay&amp;cmd=volume_down<?php echo $required_info; ?>','localplay_state');return true;">
+	<span class="down_button" onclick="ajaxPut('<?php echo $ajax_url; ?>?action=localplay&cmd=volume_down<?php echo $required_info; ?>','lp_v');return true;">
 	        <img src="<?php echo $web_path; ?>/images/localplay/voldn.gif" alt="volume down" />
 	</span>
 	<?php } ?>
 	<?php if ($localplay->has_function('volume_mute')) { ?>
-	<span class="mute_button" onclick="ajaxPut('<?php echo $ajax_url; ?>?action=localplay&amp;cmd=volume_mute<?php echo $required_info; ?>','localplay_state');return true;">
+	<span class="mute_button" onclick="ajaxPut('<?php echo $ajax_url; ?>?action=localplay&cmd=volume_mute<?php echo $required_info; ?>','lp_v');return true;">
 	        <img src="<?php echo $web_path; ?>/images/localplay/volmute.gif" alt="volume mute" />
 	</span>
 	<?php } ?>
 	<br />
-	<?php echo _('Volume') . ":" . $status['volume']; ?>
+	<?php echo _('Volume'); ?>:<span id="lp_volume"><?php echo $status['volume']; ?></span>
 </div>
 <br />
 <?php if ($localplay->has_function('repeat')) { ?>
diff --git a/templates/sidebar.inc.php b/templates/sidebar.inc.php
index d4b5960a..38fef93d 100644
--- a/templates/sidebar.inc.php
+++ b/templates/sidebar.inc.php
@@ -184,9 +184,15 @@ $web_path = conf('web_path');
 		<br />
 		<?php $type = conf('play_type'); ${$type} = 'id="pt_active"'; ?>
 		<?php 
-			$required_info  = "&amp;user_id=" . $GLOBALS['user']->id . "&amp;sessid=" . session_id();
+			$required_info  = "&user_id=" . $GLOBALS['user']->id . "&sessid=" . session_id();
 			$ajax_url       = $web_path . '/server/ajax.server.php'; 
 		?>
+		<script type="text/javascript" language="javascript">
+		<!-- 
+		var lp_switch = new Array(2);
+		lp_switch[0]	= "play_type";
+		-->
+		</script>
 		<span class="text-action" style="cursor:pointer;" id="play_type">
 		<?php require_once(conf('prefix') . '/templates/show_localplay_switch.inc.php'); ?>
 		</span>