diff --git a/boot.php b/boot.php
index 3dcb32dfa7..e0ab98bde5 100755
--- a/boot.php
+++ b/boot.php
@@ -563,6 +563,10 @@ function absurl($path) {
 	return $path;
 }
 
+function is_ajax() {
+	return (!empty($_SERVER['HTTP_X_REQUESTED_WITH']) && strtolower($_SERVER['HTTP_X_REQUESTED_WITH']) == 'xmlhttprequest');
+}
+
 
 // Primarily involved with database upgrade, but also sets the 
 // base url for use in cmdline programs which don't have
diff --git a/mod/viewsrc.php b/mod/viewsrc.php
index 94847ec7b9..3fa4eaed53 100755
--- a/mod/viewsrc.php
+++ b/mod/viewsrc.php
@@ -25,7 +25,12 @@ function viewsrc_content(&$a) {
 	);
 
 	if(count($r))
-		$o .= str_replace("\n",'<br />',$r[0]['body']);
+		if(is_ajax()) {
+			echo str_replace("\n",'<br />',$r[0]['body']);
+			killme();
+		} else {
+			$o .= str_replace("\n",'<br />',$r[0]['body']);
+		}
 	return $o;
 }