diff --git a/WebHostLib/misc.py b/WebHostLib/misc.py
index 01c1ad84..4784fcd9 100644
--- a/WebHostLib/misc.py
+++ b/WebHostLib/misc.py
@@ -132,26 +132,41 @@ def display_log(room: UUID) -> Union[str, Response, Tuple[str, int]]:
     return "Access Denied", 403
 
 
-@app.route('/room/<suuid:room>', methods=['GET', 'POST'])
+@app.post("/room/<suuid:room>")
+def host_room_command(room: UUID):
+    room: Room = Room.get(id=room)
+    if room is None:
+        return abort(404)
+
+    if room.owner == session["_id"]:
+        cmd = request.form["cmd"]
+        if cmd:
+            Command(room=room, commandtext=cmd)
+            commit()
+    return redirect(url_for("host_room", room=room.id))
+
+
+@app.get("/room/<suuid:room>")
 def host_room(room: UUID):
     room: Room = Room.get(id=room)
     if room is None:
         return abort(404)
-    if request.method == "POST":
-        if room.owner == session["_id"]:
-            cmd = request.form["cmd"]
-            if cmd:
-                Command(room=room, commandtext=cmd)
-                commit()
-        return redirect(url_for("host_room", room=room.id))
 
     now = datetime.datetime.utcnow()
     # indicate that the page should reload to get the assigned port
-    should_refresh = not room.last_port and now - room.creation_time < datetime.timedelta(seconds=3)
+    should_refresh = ((not room.last_port and now - room.creation_time < datetime.timedelta(seconds=3))
+                      or room.last_activity < now - datetime.timedelta(seconds=room.timeout))
     with db_session:
         room.last_activity = now  # will trigger a spinup, if it's not already running
 
-    def get_log(max_size: int = 1024000) -> str:
+    browser_tokens = "Mozilla", "Chrome", "Safari"
+    automated = ("update" in request.args
+                 or "Discordbot" in request.user_agent.string
+                 or not any(browser_token in request.user_agent.string for browser_token in browser_tokens))
+
+    def get_log(max_size: int = 0 if automated else 1024000) -> str:
+        if max_size == 0:
+            return "…"
         try:
             with open(os.path.join("logs", str(room.id) + ".txt"), "rb") as log:
                 raw_size = 0
diff --git a/WebHostLib/static/styles/hostRoom.css b/WebHostLib/static/styles/hostRoom.css
index 827f74c0..625b78cc 100644
--- a/WebHostLib/static/styles/hostRoom.css
+++ b/WebHostLib/static/styles/hostRoom.css
@@ -58,3 +58,28 @@
     overflow-y: auto;
     max-height: 400px;
 }
+
+.loader{
+  display: inline-block;
+  visibility: hidden;
+  margin-left: 5px;
+  width: 40px;
+  aspect-ratio: 4;
+  --_g: no-repeat radial-gradient(circle closest-side,#fff 90%,#fff0);
+  background:
+    var(--_g) 0    50%,
+    var(--_g) 50%  50%,
+    var(--_g) 100% 50%;
+  background-size: calc(100%/3) 100%;
+  animation: l7 1s infinite linear;
+}
+
+.loader.loading{
+  visibility: visible;
+}
+
+@keyframes l7{
+  33%{background-size:calc(100%/3) 0%  ,calc(100%/3) 100%,calc(100%/3) 100%}
+  50%{background-size:calc(100%/3) 100%,calc(100%/3) 0   ,calc(100%/3) 100%}
+  66%{background-size:calc(100%/3) 100%,calc(100%/3) 100%,calc(100%/3) 0   }
+}
diff --git a/WebHostLib/templates/hostRoom.html b/WebHostLib/templates/hostRoom.html
index fa8e26c2..8e76dafc 100644
--- a/WebHostLib/templates/hostRoom.html
+++ b/WebHostLib/templates/hostRoom.html
@@ -19,28 +19,30 @@
 {% block body %}
     {% include 'header/grassHeader.html' %}
     <div id="host-room">
-        {% if room.owner == session["_id"] %}
-            Room created from <a href="{{ url_for("view_seed", seed=room.seed.id) }}">Seed #{{ room.seed.id|suuid }}</a>
-            <br />
-        {% endif %}
-        {% if room.tracker %}
-            This room has a <a href="{{ url_for("get_multiworld_tracker", tracker=room.tracker) }}">Multiworld Tracker</a>
-            and a <a href="{{ url_for("get_multiworld_sphere_tracker", tracker=room.tracker) }}">Sphere Tracker</a> enabled.
-            <br />
-        {% endif %}
-        The server for this room will be paused after {{ room.timeout//60//60 }} hours of inactivity.
-        Should you wish to continue later,
-        anyone can simply refresh this page and the server will resume.<br>
-        {% if room.last_port == -1 %}
-            There was an error hosting this Room. Another attempt will be made on refreshing this page.
-            The most likely failure reason is that the multiworld is too old to be loaded now.
-        {% elif room.last_port %}
-            You can connect to this room by using <span class="interactive"
-            data-tooltip="This means address/ip is {{ config['HOST_ADDRESS'] }} and port is {{ room.last_port }}.">
-            '/connect {{ config['HOST_ADDRESS'] }}:{{ room.last_port }}'
-            </span>
-            in the <a href="{{ url_for("tutorial_landing")}}">client</a>.<br>
-        {% endif %}
+        <span id="host-room-info">
+            {% if room.owner == session["_id"] %}
+                Room created from <a href="{{ url_for("view_seed", seed=room.seed.id) }}">Seed #{{ room.seed.id|suuid }}</a>
+                <br />
+            {% endif %}
+            {% if room.tracker %}
+                This room has a <a href="{{ url_for("get_multiworld_tracker", tracker=room.tracker) }}">Multiworld Tracker</a>
+                and a <a href="{{ url_for("get_multiworld_sphere_tracker", tracker=room.tracker) }}">Sphere Tracker</a> enabled.
+                <br />
+            {% endif %}
+            The server for this room will be paused after {{ room.timeout//60//60 }} hours of inactivity.
+            Should you wish to continue later,
+            anyone can simply refresh this page and the server will resume.<br>
+            {% if room.last_port == -1 %}
+                There was an error hosting this Room. Another attempt will be made on refreshing this page.
+                The most likely failure reason is that the multiworld is too old to be loaded now.
+            {% elif room.last_port %}
+                You can connect to this room by using <span class="interactive"
+                data-tooltip="This means address/ip is {{ config['HOST_ADDRESS'] }} and port is {{ room.last_port }}.">
+                '/connect {{ config['HOST_ADDRESS'] }}:{{ room.last_port }}'
+                </span>
+                in the <a href="{{ url_for("tutorial_landing")}}">client</a>.<br>
+            {% endif %}
+        </span>
         {{ macros.list_patches_room(room) }}
         {% if room.owner == session["_id"] %}
             <div style="display: flex; align-items: center;">
@@ -49,6 +51,7 @@
                         <label for="cmd"></label>
                         <input class="form-control" type="text" id="cmd" name="cmd"
                                placeholder="Server Command. /help to list them, list gets appended to log.">
+                        <span class="loader"></span>
                     </div>
                 </form>
                 <a href="{{ url_for("display_log", room=room.id) }}">
@@ -62,6 +65,7 @@
           let url = '{{ url_for('display_log', room = room.id) }}';
           let bytesReceived = {{ log_len }};
           let updateLogTimeout;
+          let updateLogImmediately = false;
           let awaitingCommandResponse = false;
           let logger = document.getElementById("logger");
 
@@ -78,29 +82,36 @@
 
           async function updateLog() {
             try {
-              let res = await fetch(url, {
-                headers: {
-                  'Range': `bytes=${bytesReceived}-`,
-                }
-              });
-              if (res.ok) {
-                let text = await res.text();
-                if (text.length > 0) {
-                  awaitingCommandResponse = false;
-                  if (bytesReceived === 0 || res.status !== 206) {
-                    logger.innerHTML = '';
-                  }
-                  if (res.status !== 206) {
-                    bytesReceived = 0;
-                  } else {
-                    bytesReceived += new Blob([text]).size;
-                  }
-                  if (logger.innerHTML.endsWith('…')) {
-                    logger.innerHTML = logger.innerHTML.substring(0, logger.innerHTML.length - 1);
-                  }
-                  logger.appendChild(document.createTextNode(text));
-                  scrollToBottom(logger);
+              if (!document.hidden) {
+                updateLogImmediately = false;
+                let res = await fetch(url, {
+                  headers: {
+                    'Range': `bytes=${bytesReceived}-`,
+                  }
+                });
+                if (res.ok) {
+                  let text = await res.text();
+                  if (text.length > 0) {
+                    awaitingCommandResponse = false;
+                    if (bytesReceived === 0 || res.status !== 206) {
+                      logger.innerHTML = '';
+                    }
+                    if (res.status !== 206) {
+                      bytesReceived = 0;
+                    } else {
+                      bytesReceived += new Blob([text]).size;
+                    }
+                    if (logger.innerHTML.endsWith('…')) {
+                      logger.innerHTML = logger.innerHTML.substring(0, logger.innerHTML.length - 1);
+                    }
+                    logger.appendChild(document.createTextNode(text));
+                    scrollToBottom(logger);
+                    let loader = document.getElementById("command-form").getElementsByClassName("loader")[0];
+                    loader.classList.remove("loading");
+                  }
                 }
+              } else {
+                updateLogImmediately = true;
               }
             }
             finally {
@@ -125,20 +136,62 @@
             });
             ev.preventDefault(); // has to happen before first await
             form.reset();
-            let res = await req;
-            if (res.ok || res.type === 'opaqueredirect') {
-              awaitingCommandResponse = true;
-              window.clearTimeout(updateLogTimeout);
-              updateLogTimeout = window.setTimeout(updateLog, 100);
-            } else {
-              window.alert(res.statusText);
+            let loader = form.getElementsByClassName("loader")[0];
+            loader.classList.add("loading");
+            try {
+              let res = await req;
+              if (res.ok || res.type === 'opaqueredirect') {
+                awaitingCommandResponse = true;
+                window.clearTimeout(updateLogTimeout);
+                updateLogTimeout = window.setTimeout(updateLog, 100);
+              } else {
+                loader.classList.remove("loading");
+                window.alert(res.statusText);
+              }
+            } catch (e) {
+                console.error(e);
+                loader.classList.remove("loading");
+                window.alert(e.message);
             }
           }
 
           document.getElementById("command-form").addEventListener("submit", postForm);
           updateLogTimeout = window.setTimeout(updateLog, 1000);
           logger.scrollTop = logger.scrollHeight;
+          document.addEventListener("visibilitychange", () => {
+            if (!document.hidden && updateLogImmediately) {
+              updateLog();
+            }
+          })
         </script>
         {% endif %}
+        <script>
+          function updateInfo() {
+            let url = new URL(window.location.href);
+            url.search = "?update";
+            fetch(url)
+              .then(res => {
+                if (!res.ok) {
+                  throw new Error(`HTTP error ${res.status}`);
+                }
+                return res.text()
+              })
+              .then(text => new DOMParser().parseFromString(text, 'text/html'))
+              .then(newDocument => {
+                let el = newDocument.getElementById("host-room-info");
+                document.getElementById("host-room-info").innerHTML = el.innerHTML;
+            });
+          }
+
+          if (document.querySelector("meta[http-equiv='refresh']")) {
+            console.log("Refresh!");
+            window.addEventListener('load', function () {
+              for (let i=0; i<3; i++) {
+                window.setTimeout(updateInfo, Math.pow(2, i) * 2000); // 2, 4, 8s
+              }
+              window.stop(); // cancel meta refresh
+            })
+          }
+        </script>
     </div>
 {% endblock %}
diff --git a/test/webhost/test_host_room.py b/test/webhost/test_host_room.py
index e9dae41d..4aa83e3b 100644
--- a/test/webhost/test_host_room.py
+++ b/test/webhost/test_host_room.py
@@ -131,7 +131,8 @@ class TestHostFakeRoom(TestBase):
             f.write(text)
 
         with self.app.app_context(), self.app.test_request_context():
-            response = self.client.get(url_for("host_room", room=self.room_id))
+            response = self.client.get(url_for("host_room", room=self.room_id),
+                                       headers={"User-Agent": "Mozilla/5.0"})
             response_text = response.get_data(True)
             self.assertEqual(response.status_code, 200)
             self.assertIn("href=\"/seed/", response_text)