diff --git a/html/console.tpl b/html/console.tpl
index 029f800..b828cce 100644
--- a/html/console.tpl
+++ b/html/console.tpl
@@ -6,14 +6,89 @@
     </div>
 
     <div class="content">
-      <p>The Microcontroller console shows the last 1024 characters received from UART0, to which
-      a microcontroller is typically attached.</p>
-      <pre class="console">
-%console%
-</pre>
+      <p>The Microcontroller console shows the last 1024 characters
+         received from UART0, to which a microcontroller is typically attached.</p>
+      <p>
+        <a class="pure-button button-primary" href="#">Reset µC</a>
+        &nbsp;Baud:
+        <a href="#" class="pure-button">57600</a>
+        <a href="#" class="pure-button">115200</a>
+        <a href="#" class="pure-button">230400</a>
+        <a href="#" class="pure-button">460800</a>
+      </p>
+      <pre class="console" id="console"></pre>
     </div>
   </div>
 </div>
 
 <script src="ui.js"></script>
+<script type="text/javascript">
+  function loadJSON(url, okCb, errCb) {
+    var xhr = new XMLHttpRequest();
+    xhr.onreadystatechange = handleEv;
+
+    function handleEv() {
+      try {
+        //console.log("handleEv", xhr.readyState);
+        if(xhr.readyState < 4) {
+          return;
+        }
+
+        if(xhr.status !== 200) {
+          //console.log("handleEv error cb");
+          errCb(xhr);
+          return;
+        }
+
+        // all is well  
+        if(xhr.readyState === 4) {
+          //console.log("handleEv success cb");
+          okCb(xhr, JSON.parse(xhr.responseText));
+        }
+      } catch(e) {return;}
+    }
+
+    xhr.open('GET', url, true);
+    xhr.send('');
+  }
+
+  function fetchText(delay) {
+    el = document.getElementById("console");
+    if (el.textEnd == undefined) {
+      el.textEnd = 0;
+      el.innerHTML = "";
+    }
+    window.setTimeout(function() {
+      loadJSON("/console?start=" + el.textEnd, updateText, retryLoad);
+    }, delay);
+  }
+
+  function updateText(xhr, resp) {
+    el = document.getElementById("console");
+
+    delay = 3000;
+    if (el == null || resp == null) {
+      //console.log("updateText got null response? xhr=", xhr);
+    } else if (resp.len == 0) {
+      //console.log("updateText got no new text");
+    } else {
+      console.log("updateText got", resp.len, "chars at", resp.start);
+      if (resp.start > el.textEnd) {
+        el.innerHTML = el.innerHTML.concat("\r\n<missing lines\r\n");
+      }
+      el.innerHTML = el.innerHTML.concat(resp.text);
+      el.textEnd = resp.start + resp.len;
+      delay = 500;
+    }
+    fetchText(delay);
+  }
+
+  function retryLoad(xhr) {
+    fetchText(1000);
+  }
+
+  window.onload = function() {
+    fetchText(100);
+  }
+</script>
 </body></html>
diff --git a/html/style.css b/html/style.css
index 35917ac..3e738cf 100644
--- a/html/style.css
+++ b/html/style.css
@@ -68,6 +68,10 @@ body {
 	color: #888;
 }
 
+.button-primary {
+	background-color: #99f;
+}
+
 /* Text console */
 pre.console {
 	background-color: #663300;
diff --git a/serial/console.c b/serial/console.c
index 096f366..cf2c37b 100644
--- a/serial/console.c
+++ b/serial/console.c
@@ -6,27 +6,34 @@
 // Microcontroller console capturing the last 1024 characters received on the uart so
 // they can be shown on a web page
 
+// Buffer to hold concole contents.
+// Invariants:
+// - console_rd==console_wr <=> buffer empty
+// - *console_rd == next char to read
+// - *console_wr == next char to write
+// - 0 <= console_xx < BUF_MAX
+// - (console_wr+1)%BUF_MAX) == console_rd <=> buffer full
 #define BUF_MAX (1024)
 static char console_buf[BUF_MAX];
 static int console_wr, console_rd;
-static int console_pos; // offset since reset of console_rd position
+static int console_pos; // offset since reset of buffer
 
 static void ICACHE_FLASH_ATTR
 console_write(char c) {
-	int wr = (console_wr+1)%BUF_MAX;
-	if (wr == console_rd) {
+	console_buf[console_wr] = c;
+	console_wr = (console_wr+1) % BUF_MAX;
+	if (console_wr == console_rd) {
+		// full, we write anyway and loose the oldest char
 		console_rd = (console_rd+1) % BUF_MAX; // full, eat first char
 		console_pos++;
 	}
-	console_buf[console_wr] = c;
-	console_wr = wr;
 }
 
 // return previous character in console, 0 if at start
 static char ICACHE_FLASH_ATTR
 console_prev(void) {
 	if (console_wr == console_rd) return 0;
-	return console_buf[(console_wr+1+BUF_MAX)%BUF_MAX];
+	return console_buf[(console_wr-1+BUF_MAX)%BUF_MAX];
 }
 
 void ICACHE_FLASH_ATTR
@@ -35,22 +42,76 @@ console_write_char(char c) {
 	console_write(c);
 }
 
+void ICACHE_FLASH_ATTR
+jsonHeader(HttpdConnData *connData, int code) {
+	httpdStartResponse(connData, code);
+	httpdHeader(connData, "Content-Type", "application/json");
+	httpdEndHeaders(connData);
+}
+
+int ICACHE_FLASH_ATTR
+ajaxConsole(HttpdConnData *connData) {
+	char buff[2048];
+	int len; // length of text in buff
+	int console_len = (console_wr+BUF_MAX-console_rd) % BUF_MAX; // num chars in console_buf
+	int start = 0; // offset onto console_wr to start sending out chars
+
+	jsonHeader(connData, 200);
+
+	// figure out where to start in buffer based on URI param
+	len = httpdFindArg(connData->getArgs, "start", buff, sizeof(buff));
+	if (len > 0) {
+		start = atoi(buff);
+		if (start < console_pos) {
+			start = 0;
+		} else if (start >= console_pos+console_len) {
+			start = console_len;
+		} else {
+			start = start - console_pos;
+		}
+	}
+
+	// start outputting
+	len = os_sprintf(buff, "{\"len\":%d, \"start\":%d, \"text\": \"",
+			console_len-start, console_pos+start);
+
+	int rd = (console_rd+start) % BUF_MAX;
+	while (len < 2040 && rd != console_wr) {
+		uint8_t c = console_buf[rd];
+		if (c == '\\' || c == '"') {
+			buff[len++] = '\\';
+			buff[len++] = c;
+		} else if (c < ' ') {
+			len += os_sprintf(buff+len, "\\u%04x", c);
+		} else {
+			buff[len++] = c;
+		}
+		rd = (rd + 1) % BUF_MAX;
+	}
+	os_strcpy(buff+len, "\"}"); len+=2;
+	httpdSend(connData, buff, len);
+	return HTTPD_CGI_DONE;
+}
+
 //===== Display a web page with the console
 int ICACHE_FLASH_ATTR
 tplConsole(HttpdConnData *connData, char *token, void **arg) {
 	if (token==NULL) return HTTPD_CGI_DONE;
-	char buff[256];
 
+/*
 	if (os_strcmp(token, "console") == 0) {
 		if (console_wr > console_rd) {
 			httpdSend(connData, console_buf+console_rd, console_wr-console_rd);
 		} else if (console_rd != console_wr) {
 			httpdSend(connData, console_buf+console_rd, BUF_MAX-console_rd);
 			httpdSend(connData, console_buf, console_wr);
+		} else {
+			httpdSend(connData, "<buffer empty>", -1);
 		}
-	} else if (os_strcmp(token, "topnav")==0) {
-		printNav(buff);
-		httpdSend(connData, buff, -1);
+	} else if (os_strcmp(token, "head")==0) {
+*/
+	if (os_strcmp(token, "head")==0) {
+		printHead(connData);
 	} else {
 		httpdSend(connData, "Unknown\n", -1);
 	}
diff --git a/serial/console.h b/serial/console.h
index 325377f..91fa8e6 100644
--- a/serial/console.h
+++ b/serial/console.h
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 
 void consoleInit(void);
 void ICACHE_FLASH_ATTR console_write_char(char c);
+int ajaxConsole(HttpdConnData *connData);
 int tplConsole(HttpdConnData *connData, char *token, void **arg);
 
 #endif
diff --git a/user/console.c b/user/console.c
deleted file mode 100644
index 98cdb51..0000000
--- a/user/console.c
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,72 +0,0 @@
-#include <esp8266.h>
-#include "uart.h"
-#include "cgi.h"
-#include "console.h"
-
-// Microcontroller console capturing the last 1024 characters received on the uart so
-// they can be shown on a web page
-
-// Buffer to hold concole contents.
-// Invariants:
-// - console_rd==console_wr <=> buffer empty
-// - *console_rd == next char to read
-// - *console_wr == next char to write
-// - 0 <= console_xx < BUF_MAX
-// - (console_wr+1)%BUF_MAX) == console_rd <=> buffer full
-#define BUF_MAX (1024)
-static char console_buf[BUF_MAX];
-static int console_wr, console_rd;
-static int console_pos; // offset since reset of buffer
-
-static void ICACHE_FLASH_ATTR
-console_write(char c) {
-	console_buf[console_wr] = c;
-	console_wr = (console_wr+1) % BUF_MAX;
-	if (console_wr == console_rd) {
-		// full, we write anyway and loose the oldest char
-		console_rd = (console_rd+1) % BUF_MAX; // full, eat first char
-		console_pos++;
-	}
-}
-
-// return previous character in console, 0 if at start
-static char ICACHE_FLASH_ATTR
-console_prev(void) {
-	if (console_wr == console_rd) return 0;
-	return console_buf[(console_wr-1+BUF_MAX)%BUF_MAX];
-}
-
-void ICACHE_FLASH_ATTR
-console_write_char(char c) {
-	if (c == '\n' && console_prev() != '\r') console_write('\r');
-	console_write(c);
-}
-
-//===== Display a web page with the console
-int ICACHE_FLASH_ATTR
-tplConsole(HttpdConnData *connData, char *token, void **arg) {
-	if (token==NULL) return HTTPD_CGI_DONE;
-
-	if (os_strcmp(token, "console") == 0) {
-		if (console_wr > console_rd) {
-			httpdSend(connData, console_buf+console_rd, console_wr-console_rd);
-		} else if (console_rd != console_wr) {
-			httpdSend(connData, console_buf+console_rd, BUF_MAX-console_rd);
-			httpdSend(connData, console_buf, console_wr);
-		} else {
-			httpdSend(connData, "<buffer empty>", -1);
-		}
-	} else if (os_strcmp(token, "head")==0) {
-		printHead(connData);
-	} else {
-		httpdSend(connData, "Unknown\n", -1);
-	}
-	return HTTPD_CGI_DONE;
-}
-
-void ICACHE_FLASH_ATTR consoleInit() {
-	console_wr = 0;
-	console_rd = 0;
-}
-
-
diff --git a/user/user_main.c b/user/user_main.c
index 6892b5c..1733134 100644
--- a/user/user_main.c
+++ b/user/user_main.c
@@ -68,6 +68,7 @@ HttpdBuiltInUrl builtInUrls[]={
 	{"/help.tpl", cgiEspFsTemplate, tplCounter},
 	{"/log.tpl", cgiEspFsTemplate, tplLog},
 	{"/console.tpl", cgiEspFsTemplate, tplConsole},
+	{"/console", ajaxConsole, NULL},
 
 	//Routines to make the /wifi URL and everything beneath it work.