diff --git a/www/MainView.js b/www/MainView.js
index 062d78e0..cb7a81df 100644
--- a/www/MainView.js
+++ b/www/MainView.js
@@ -133,6 +133,7 @@ Ext.define('PBS.MainView', {
 	init: function(view) {
 	    var me = this;
 
+	    PBS.data.RunningTasksStore.startUpdate();
 	    me.lookupReference('usernameinfo').update({username:Proxmox.UserName});
 
 	    // show login on requestexception
diff --git a/www/Makefile b/www/Makefile
index 29a35619..b205f677 100644
--- a/www/Makefile
+++ b/www/Makefile
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ JSSRC=							\
 	form/UserSelector.js				\
 	form/RemoteSelector.js				\
 	form/DataStoreSelector.js			\
+	data/RunningTasksStore.js			\
 	config/UserView.js				\
 	config/RemoteView.js				\
 	config/ACLView.js				\
diff --git a/www/dashboard/RunningTasks.js b/www/dashboard/RunningTasks.js
index 9b53d1be..e31218ef 100644
--- a/www/dashboard/RunningTasks.js
+++ b/www/dashboard/RunningTasks.js
@@ -54,20 +54,8 @@ Ext.define('PBS.RunningTasks', {
     store: {
 	type: 'diff',
 	autoDestroy: true,
-	autoDestroyRstore: true,
 	sorters: 'starttime',
-	rstore: {
-	    type: 'update',
-	    autoStart: true,
-	    interval: 3000,
-	    storeid: 'pbs-running-tasks-dash',
-	    model: 'proxmox-tasks',
-	    proxy: {
-		type: 'proxmox',
-		// maybe separate api call?
-		url: '/api2/json/nodes/localhost/tasks?running=1'
-	    },
-	},
+	rstore: PBS.data.RunningTasksStore,
     },
 
     columns: [
diff --git a/www/data/RunningTasksStore.js b/www/data/RunningTasksStore.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d78c44e0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/www/data/RunningTasksStore.js
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+Ext.define('PBS.data.RunningTasksStore', {
+    extend: 'Proxmox.data.UpdateStore',
+
+    singleton: true,
+
+    constructor: function(config) {
+	let me = this;
+	config = config || {};
+	Ext.apply(config, {
+	    interval: 3000,
+	    storeid: 'pbs-running-tasks-dash',
+	    model: 'proxmox-tasks',
+	    proxy: {
+		type: 'proxmox',
+		// maybe separate api call?
+		url: '/api2/json/nodes/localhost/tasks?running=1',
+	    },
+	});
+	me.callParent([config]);
+    },
+});