diff --git a/public/include/config/admin_settings.inc.php b/public/include/config/admin_settings.inc.php
index ec2f8087..178e90a6 100644
--- a/public/include/config/admin_settings.inc.php
+++ b/public/include/config/admin_settings.inc.php
@@ -95,6 +95,13 @@ $aSettings['website'][] = array(
   'name' => 'website_chaininfo_disabled', 'value' => $setting->getValue('website_chaininfo_disabled'),
   'tooltip' => 'Enabled or disable the chainfo URL feature. Will remove any links using the chaininfo URL.'
 );
+$aSettings['statistics'][] = array(
+  'display' => 'Ajax Refresh Interval', 'type' => 'select',
+  'options' => array('5' => '5', '10' => '10', '15' => '15', '30' => '30', '60' => '60' ),
+  'default' => 10,
+  'name' => 'statistics_ajax_refresh_interval', 'value' => $setting->getValue('statistics_ajax_refresh_interval'),
+  'tooltip' => 'How often to refresh data via ajax in seconds.'
+);
 $aSettings['statistics'][] = array(
   'display' => 'Block Statistics Count', 'type' => 'text',
   'size' => 25,
diff --git a/public/include/smarty_globals.inc.php b/public/include/smarty_globals.inc.php
index acce6725..f66e7e34 100644
--- a/public/include/smarty_globals.inc.php
+++ b/public/include/smarty_globals.inc.php
@@ -49,6 +49,9 @@ $iCurrentPoolShareRate = $statistics->getCurrentShareRate();
 // Active workers
 if (!$iCurrentActiveWorkers = $worker->getCountAllActiveWorkers()) $iCurrentActiveWorkers = 0;
 
+// Some settings to propagate to template
+if (! $statistics_ajax_refresh_interval = $setting->getValue('statistics_ajax_refresh_interval')) $statistics_ajax_refresh_interval = 10;
+
 // Small helper array
 $aHashunits = array( '1' => 'KH/s', '0.001' => 'MH/s', '0.000001' => 'GH/s' );
 
@@ -70,6 +73,7 @@ $aGlobal = array(
     'accounts' => $config['accounts'],
     'disable_invitations' => $setting->getValue('disable_invitations'),
     'disable_notifications' => $setting->getValue('disable_notifications'),
+    'statistics_ajax_refresh_interval' => $statistics_ajax_refresh_interval,
     'price' => array( 'currency' => $config['price']['currency'] ),
     'targetdiff' => $config['difficulty'],
     'currency' => $config['currency'],
diff --git a/public/templates/test/dashboard/default_prop.tpl b/public/templates/test/dashboard/default_prop.tpl
index aff7a0a8..08f0ce24 100644
--- a/public/templates/test/dashboard/default_prop.tpl
+++ b/public/templates/test/dashboard/default_prop.tpl
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
- <article class="module width_half">
+ <article class="module width_quarter">
    <header><h3>Dashboard</h3></header>
    <div class="module_content">
      <table width="100%">
diff --git a/public/templates/test/dashboard/gauges.tpl b/public/templates/test/dashboard/gauges.tpl
index 82f34622..6bdc6723 100644
--- a/public/templates/test/dashboard/gauges.tpl
+++ b/public/templates/test/dashboard/gauges.tpl
@@ -1,12 +1,15 @@
-<article class="module width_half">
+<article class="module width_3_quarter">
   <header><h3>Gauges</h3></header>
   <div class="module_content">
-    <div id="hashrate" style="width:150px; height:120px; float: left;"></div>
-    <div id="poolhashrate" style="width:150px; height:120px; float: left;"></div>
-    <div id="nethashrate" style="width:150px; height:120px; float: left;"></div>
-    <div id="sharerate" style="width:150px; height:120px; float: left;"></div>
-    <div id="querytime" style="width:150px; height:120px; float: left;"></div>
+    <div style="display: inline-block; min-height: 250px;">
+      <div id="hashrate" style="width:150px; height:120px; float: left;"></div>
+      <div id="poolhashrate" style="width:150px; height:120px; float: left;"></div>
+      <div id="nethashrate" style="width:150px; height:120px; float: left;"></div>
+      <div id="sharerate" style="width:150px; height:120px; float: left;"></div>
+      <div id="querytime" style="width:150px; height:120px; float: left;"></div>
+    </div>
   </div>
+  <footer><p style="margin-left: 25px">Refresh interval: {$GLOBAL.config.statistics_ajax_refresh_interval|default:"10"} seconds</p></footer>
 </article>
 
 <script>
@@ -40,7 +43,7 @@ $(document).ready(function(){
         g5.refresh(parseFloat(data.getdashboarddata.datatime).toFixed(2));
       }
     });
-  }, 10000);
+  }, {/literal}{($GLOBAL.config.statistics_ajax_refresh_interval * 1000)|default:"10000"}{literal});
 });
 {/literal}
 </script>