diff --git a/dashboard/js/app.jsx b/dashboard/js/app.jsx
index 3ccc42a..d3e402a 100644
--- a/dashboard/js/app.jsx
+++ b/dashboard/js/app.jsx
@@ -9,6 +9,12 @@ var Dashboard = React.createClass({
 
     reload: function() {
         getURL("http://127.0.0.1:6464/stats.json", {}, function(resp) {
+            if (resp.error !== undefined) {
+                console.log("Stats server is offline");
+                setTimeout(this.reload, 3000);
+                return
+            }
+
             var newState = {};
             var decode = function(point) {
                 return {
diff --git a/dashboard/js/http.js b/dashboard/js/http.js
index 9acc202..1ee94f6 100644
--- a/dashboard/js/http.js
+++ b/dashboard/js/http.js
@@ -31,7 +31,6 @@ function getURL(url, params, callback) {
     }
 
     var xhr = getXHR();
-    xhr.open('GET', url, true);
     xhr.onreadystatechange = function() {
         if (xhr.readyState === 4) {
             if(xhr.status === 200) {
@@ -39,10 +38,10 @@ function getURL(url, params, callback) {
             }
         }
     };
-
-    try {
-        xhr.send(null);
-    } catch (e) {
+    xhr.onerror = function(e) {
         callback({error: e});
-    }
+    };
+
+    xhr.open('GET', url, true);
+    xhr.send(null);
 }