diff --git a/plugins/dynamix.docker.manager/DockerSettings.page b/plugins/dynamix.docker.manager/DockerSettings.page
index 4737fa67d..fab91b820 100644
--- a/plugins/dynamix.docker.manager/DockerSettings.page
+++ b/plugins/dynamix.docker.manager/DockerSettings.page
@@ -136,7 +136,8 @@ span.disabled{color:#404040}
 <form markdown="1" id="settingsForm" name="settingsForm" method="POST" action="/update.php" target="progressFrame" onsubmit="prepareDocker(this)">
 <input type="hidden" name="#file" value="<?=$docker_cfgfile?>">
 <input type="hidden" name="#include" value="/plugins/dynamix.docker.manager/include/PruneConfig.php">
-<input type="hidden" name="#command" value="/plugins/dynamix/scripts/emhttpd_update">
+<input type="hidden" name="#command" value="/plugins/dynamix/scripts/emcmd">
+<input type="hidden" name="#arg[1]" value="cmdStatus=Apply">
 <input type="hidden" name="#cleanup" value="true">
 <input type="hidden" name="DOCKER_CUSTOM_NETWORKS" value="<?=implode(' ',$unset)?> ">
 Enable Docker:
diff --git a/plugins/dynamix.vm.manager/VMSettings.page b/plugins/dynamix.vm.manager/VMSettings.page
index 82289bf5a..6eb411adf 100644
--- a/plugins/dynamix.vm.manager/VMSettings.page
+++ b/plugins/dynamix.vm.manager/VMSettings.page
@@ -80,7 +80,8 @@ body{-webkit-overflow-scrolling:touch}
 <span class="status vhshift"><input type="checkbox" class="advancedview"></span>
 <form markdown="1" id="settingsForm" method="POST" action="/update.php" target="progressFrame">
 <input type="hidden" name="#file" value="<?=htmlspecialchars($domain_cfgfile)?>">
-<input type="hidden" name="#command" value="/plugins/dynamix/scripts/emhttpd_update">
+<input type="hidden" name="#command" value="/plugins/dynamix/scripts/emcmd">
+<input type="hidden" name="#arg[1]" value="cmdStatus=Apply">
 Enable VMs:
 : <select id="SERVICE" name="SERVICE">
   <?= mk_option($libvirt_service, 'disable', 'No'); ?>
diff --git a/plugins/dynamix/include/publish.php b/plugins/dynamix/include/publish.php
index 8a63346c4..226e02ae2 100644
--- a/plugins/dynamix/include/publish.php
+++ b/plugins/dynamix/include/publish.php
@@ -19,11 +19,12 @@ function curl_socket($socket, $url, $postdata = NULL)
         curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, $postdata);
     }
     curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true);
-    curl_exec($ch);
+    $result = curl_exec($ch);
     curl_close($ch);
+    return $result;
 }
 function publish($endpoint, $message)
 {
-    curl_socket("/var/run/nginx.socket", "http://localhost/pub/$endpoint?buffer_length=1", $message);
+    return curl_socket("/var/run/nginx.socket", "http://localhost/pub/$endpoint?buffer_length=1", $message);
 }
 ?>
diff --git a/plugins/dynamix/scripts/emcmd b/plugins/dynamix/scripts/emcmd
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..62ff50829
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/dynamix/scripts/emcmd
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+#!/usr/bin/php
+<?PHP
+require_once "/usr/local/emhttp/webGui/include/publish.php";
+function emhttp_command($cmd)
+{
+    $var = parse_ini_file("/var/local/emhttp/var.ini");
+    $cmd .= "&csrf_token={$var['csrf_token']}";
+    return curl_socket("/var/run/emhttpd.socket", "http://localhost/update", $cmd);
+}
+$result = emhttp_command($argv[1]);
+if ($result === "") exit(0);
+echo "$result".PHP_EOL;
+exit(1);
+?>
diff --git a/plugins/dynamix/scripts/emhttpd_update b/plugins/dynamix/scripts/emhttpd_update
deleted file mode 100755
index 4d9a17664..000000000
--- a/plugins/dynamix/scripts/emhttpd_update
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,18 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/php -q
-<?PHP
-/* Copyright 2005-2018, Lime Technology
- * Copyright 2012-2018, Bergware International.
- *
- * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
- * modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2,
- * as published by the Free Software Foundation.
- *
- * The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in
- * all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
- */
-?>
-<?
-$docroot = $docroot ?? $_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'] ?: '/usr/local/emhttp';
-require_once "$docroot/webGui/include/publish.php";
-curl_socket("/var/run/emhttpd.socket", "http://localhost/status.htm");
-?>