diff --git a/lib/logstash/web/server.rb b/lib/logstash/web/server.rb
index a59d0f1df..c6d30c55e 100755
--- a/lib/logstash/web/server.rb
+++ b/lib/logstash/web/server.rb
@@ -200,6 +200,9 @@ class LogStash::Web::Server < Sinatra::Base
         end
       end
 
+      # TODO(sissel): make a helper function taht goes hash -> cgi querystring
+      @refresh_href = "?" +  params.collect { |k,v| [URI.escape(k.to_s), URI.escape(v.to_s)].join("=") }.join("&")
+
       case format
       when "html"
         headers({"Content-Type" => "text/html" })
diff --git a/lib/logstash/web/views/search/ajax.haml b/lib/logstash/web/views/search/ajax.haml
index 04e79e6f4..ee43c6496 100644
--- a/lib/logstash/web/views/search/ajax.haml
+++ b/lib/logstash/web/views/search/ajax.haml
@@ -30,6 +30,9 @@
       - else
         %span.unavailable last
       |
+      %a.pager{ :href => @refresh_href }
+        refresh
+      |
       %span#querytime= "(%.3f seconds)" % @results.duration
   - if @results.events.length == 0 
     - if !params[:q]