diff --git a/addons/web/common/http.py b/addons/web/common/http.py
index 453484acee7..314ac8ce717 100644
--- a/addons/web/common/http.py
+++ b/addons/web/common/http.py
@@ -227,7 +227,7 @@ class HttpRequest(WebRequest):
         _logger.debug("%s --> %s.%s %r", self.httprequest.method, controller.__class__.__name__, method.__name__, akw)
         r = method(controller, self, **self.params)
         if self.debug or 1:
-            if isinstance(r, werkzeug.wrappers.BaseResponse):
+            if isinstance(r, (werkzeug.wrappers.BaseResponse, werkzeug.exceptions.HTTPException)):
                 _logger.debug('<-- %s', r)
             else:
                 _logger.debug("<-- size: %s", len(r))
@@ -395,7 +395,8 @@ class Root(object):
                 else:
                     response = result
 
-                response.set_cookie(self.session_cookie, session.sid)
+                if hasattr(response, 'set_cookie'):
+                    response.set_cookie(self.session_cookie, session.sid)
 
         return response(environ, start_response)
 
diff --git a/addons/web/static/src/js/chrome.js b/addons/web/static/src/js/chrome.js
index 1742bd91c95..588c065b03b 100644
--- a/addons/web/static/src/js/chrome.js
+++ b/addons/web/static/src/js/chrome.js
@@ -5,15 +5,16 @@ openerp.web.chrome = function(openerp) {
 var QWeb = openerp.web.qweb;
 
 openerp.web.Notification =  openerp.web.Widget.extend(/** @lends openerp.web.Notification# */{
-    /**
-     * @constructs openerp.web.Notification
-     * @extends openerp.web.Widget
-     *
-     * @param parent
-     * @param element_id
-     */
-    init: function(parent, element_id) {
-        this._super(parent, element_id);
+    template: 'Notification',
+    identifier_prefix: 'notification-',
+
+    init: function() {
+        this._super.apply(this, arguments);
+        openerp.notification = this;
+    },
+
+    start: function() {
+        this._super.apply(this, arguments);
         this.$element.notify({
             speed: 500,
             expires: 1500
@@ -28,9 +29,12 @@ openerp.web.Notification =  openerp.web.Widget.extend(/** @lends openerp.web.Not
     warn: function(title, text) {
         this.$element.notify('create', 'oe_notification_alert', {
             title: title,
-            text: text
+            text: text,
+        }, {
+            expires: false,
         });
-    }
+    },
+
 });
 
 openerp.web.Dialog = openerp.web.OldWidget.extend(/** @lends openerp.web.Dialog# */{
@@ -369,7 +373,7 @@ openerp.web.Database = openerp.web.Widget.extend(/** @lends openerp.web.Database
                     }
                     $db_list.find(':selected').remove();
                     self.db_list.splice(_.indexOf(self.db_list, db, true), 1);
-                    self.notification.notify("Dropping database", "The database '" + db + "' has been dropped");
+                    self.do_notify("Dropping database", "The database '" + db + "' has been dropped");
                 });
             }
         });
@@ -454,7 +458,7 @@ openerp.web.Database = openerp.web.Widget.extend(/** @lends openerp.web.Database
                         self.display_error(result);
                         return;
                     }
-                    self.notification.notify("Changed Password", "Password has been changed successfully");
+                    self.do_notify("Changed Password", "Password has been changed successfully");
                 });
             }
         });
@@ -788,9 +792,8 @@ openerp.web.Menu =  openerp.web.Widget.extend(/** @lends openerp.web.Menu# */{
     },
     start: function() {
         this.$secondary_menu.addClass(this.folded ? 'oe_folded' : 'oe_unfolded');
-        this.reload();
     },
-    reload: function() {
+    do_reload: function() {
         this.rpc("/web/menu/load", {}, this.on_loaded);
     },
     on_loaded: function(data) {
@@ -939,14 +942,12 @@ openerp.web.WebClient = openerp.web.Widget.extend(/** @lends openerp.web.WebClie
         }
         this.$element.html(QWeb.render("Interface", params));
 
+        this.notification = new openerp.web.Notification();
         this.session = new openerp.web.Session();
         this.loading = new openerp.web.Loading(this,"oe_loading");
         this.crashmanager =  new openerp.web.CrashManager(this);
         this.crashmanager.start();
 
-        // Do you autorize this ? will be replaced by notify() in controller
-        openerp.web.Widget.prototype.notification = new openerp.web.Notification(this, "oe_notification");
-
         this.header = new openerp.web.Header(this);
         this.login = new openerp.web.Login(this);
         this.header.on_logout.add(this.login.on_logout);
@@ -966,12 +967,27 @@ openerp.web.WebClient = openerp.web.Widget.extend(/** @lends openerp.web.WebClie
 
     },
     start: function() {
+        this._super.apply(this, arguments);
+        this.notification.prependTo(this.$element);
         this.header.appendTo($("#oe_header"));
         this.session.start();
         this.login.appendTo($('#oe_login'));
         this.menu.start();
     },
+    do_reload: function() {
+        this.session.session_restore();
+        this.menu.do_reload();
+    },
+    do_notify: function() {
+        var n = this.notification;
+        n.notify.apply(n, arguments);
+    },
+    do_warn: function() {
+        var n = this.notification;
+        n.warn.apply(n, arguments);
+    },
     on_logged: function() {
+        this.menu.do_reload();
         if(this.action_manager)
             this.action_manager.stop();
         this.action_manager = new openerp.web.ActionManager(this);
@@ -1058,7 +1074,8 @@ openerp.web.WebClient = openerp.web.Widget.extend(/** @lends openerp.web.WebClie
         this.action_manager.do_action(action);
     },
     do_about: function() {
-    }
+    },
+
 });
 
 };
diff --git a/addons/web/static/src/js/data.js b/addons/web/static/src/js/data.js
index ea0824fb1df..1eaffcd0e30 100644
--- a/addons/web/static/src/js/data.js
+++ b/addons/web/static/src/js/data.js
@@ -610,44 +610,120 @@ openerp.web.BufferedDataSet = openerp.web.DataSetStatic.extend({
     on_default_get: function(res) {
         this.last_default_get = res;
     },
+    /**
+     * Makes sure this dataset has the fields_get for its model stored locally,
+     * so create/write methods are able to determine if written fields are m2os
+     * and can name_get those fields if that's the case (in order to cache a
+     * correct m2o value for them)
+     *
+     * @returns {$.Deferred} whether the fields_get is done executing, provides the fields_get value to its callbacks
+     */
+    ensure_has_fields: function () {
+        var self = this;
+
+        if (this.fields_get) {
+            var d = $.Deferred();
+            setTimeout(function () { d.resolve(self.fields_get, true); }, 0);
+            return d.promise();
+        } else {
+            return self.call('fields_get', [], function (fields_get) {
+                self.fields_get = fields_get;
+            });
+        }
+    },
+    /**
+     * Relational fields may not be written in the same format they are read.
+     *
+     * Since the BufferedDataSet is a bit dumb, it returns what it's got stored
+     * in its cache, which for modified value is what it was given. This breaks
+     * some basic contracts of openerp such as m2o read being in the
+     * ``name_get`` format.
+     *
+     * Because create & write are supposed to be asynchronous, though, it
+     * should be easy to just name_get all incorrect values.
+     *
+     * @param {Object} data form-data to write to the cache
+     * @returns {$.Deferred} resolved with a fixed data dictionary
+     */
+    fix_relational: function (data) {
+        var self = this;
+        var results = $.Deferred();
+        this.ensure_has_fields().then(function (fields) {
+            var fields_to_fix = _(fields).chain()
+                .map(function (d, k) { return {key: k, descriptor: d}; })
+                .filter(function (field) {
+                    // keep m2o fields which are in the data dict
+                    return field.descriptor.type === 'many2one' &&
+                           data[field.key];
+                }).pluck('key')
+                .value();
+            var name_gets = _(fields_to_fix).map(function (field) {
+                return new openerp.web.DataSet(self, self.fields_get[field].relation)
+                    .name_get([data[field]], null);
+            });
+            // null-concat forces stupid bastard `when` to always return an
+            // array containing the Array-ified results of all the name_gets.
+            // otherwise, if there's a single field to fix it returns the
+            // results of the unique name_get directly.
+            $.when.apply(null, name_gets.concat([null])).then(function () {
+                var record = _.extend({}, data);
+                for(var i=0; i<fields_to_fix.length; ++i) {
+                    // Each argument is [[name_get], success, jqXhr] and we
+                    // want just the name_get pair
+                    record[fields_to_fix[i]] = arguments[i][0][0];
+                }
+                results.resolve(record);
+            });
+        });
+        return results;
+    },
     create: function(data, callback, error_callback) {
-        var cached = {id:_.uniqueId(this.virtual_id_prefix), values: data,
-            defaults: this.last_default_get};
-        this.to_create.push(_.extend(_.clone(cached), {values: _.clone(cached.values)}));
-        this.cache.push(cached);
-        this.on_change();
+        var self = this;
         var prom = $.Deferred().then(callback);
-        prom.resolve({result: cached.id});
+        this.fix_relational(data).then(function (fixed_m2o_data) {
+            var cached = {
+                id:_.uniqueId(self.virtual_id_prefix),
+                values: fixed_m2o_data,
+                defaults: self.last_default_get
+            };
+            self.to_create.push(_.extend(_.clone(cached), {
+                values: _.clone(data)}));
+            self.cache.push(cached);
+            self.on_change();
+            prom.resolve({result: cached.id});
+        });
         return prom.promise();
     },
     write: function (id, data, options, callback) {
         var self = this;
-        var record = _.detect(this.to_create, function(x) {return x.id === id;});
-        record = record || _.detect(this.to_write, function(x) {return x.id === id;});
-        var dirty = false;
-        if (record) {
-            for (var k in data) {
-                if (record.values[k] === undefined || record.values[k] !== data[k]) {
-                    dirty = true;
-                    break;
-                }
-            }
-            $.extend(record.values, data);
-        } else {
-            dirty = true;
-            record = {id: id, values: data};
-            self.to_write.push(record);
-        }
-        var cached = _.detect(this.cache, function(x) {return x.id === id;});
-        if (!cached) {
-            cached = {id: id, values: {}};
-            this.cache.push(cached);
-        }
-        $.extend(cached.values, record.values);
-        if (dirty)
-            this.on_change();
         var to_return = $.Deferred().then(callback);
-        to_return.resolve({result: true});
+        this.fix_relational(data).then(function (fixed_m2o_data) {
+            var record = _.detect(self.to_create, function(x) {return x.id === id;});
+            record = record || _.detect(self.to_write, function(x) {return x.id === id;});
+            var dirty = false;
+            if (record) {
+                for (var k in data) {
+                    if (record.values[k] === undefined || record.values[k] !== data[k]) {
+                        dirty = true;
+                        break;
+                    }
+                }
+                _.extend(record.values, data);
+            } else {
+                dirty = true;
+                record = {id: id, values: data};
+                self.to_write.push(record);
+            }
+            var cached = _.detect(self.cache, function(x) {return x.id === id;});
+            if (!cached) {
+                cached = {id: id, values: {}};
+                this.cache.push(cached);
+            }
+            _.extend(cached.values, fixed_m2o_data);
+            if (dirty)
+                self.on_change();
+            to_return.resolve({result: true});
+        });
         return to_return.promise();
     },
     unlink: function(ids, callback, error_callback) {
diff --git a/addons/web/static/src/js/search.js b/addons/web/static/src/js/search.js
index 9cab0ade9d0..2769a860d2a 100644
--- a/addons/web/static/src/js/search.js
+++ b/addons/web/static/src/js/search.js
@@ -336,7 +336,7 @@ openerp.web.SearchView = openerp.web.Widget.extend(/** @lends openerp.web.Search
      * @param {Array} errors a never-empty array of error objects
      */
     on_invalid: function (errors) {
-        this.notification.notify("Invalid Search", "triggered from search view");
+        this.do_notify("Invalid Search", "triggered from search view");
     },
     do_clear: function () {
         this.$element.find('.filter_label, .filter_icon').removeClass('enabled');
diff --git a/addons/web/static/src/js/view_form.js b/addons/web/static/src/js/view_form.js
index b0dce062519..65ce114fb4b 100644
--- a/addons/web/static/src/js/view_form.js
+++ b/addons/web/static/src/js/view_form.js
@@ -443,7 +443,7 @@ openerp.web.FormView = openerp.web.View.extend( /** @lends openerp.web.FormView#
             }
         });
         msg += "</ul>";
-        this.notification.warn("The following fields are invalid :", msg);
+        this.do_warn("The following fields are invalid :", msg);
     },
     on_saved: function(r, success) {
         if (!r.result) {
@@ -451,7 +451,7 @@ openerp.web.FormView = openerp.web.View.extend( /** @lends openerp.web.FormView#
             return $.Deferred().reject();
         } else {
             this.reload();
-            return $.when().then(success);
+            return $.when(r).then(success);
         }
     },
     /**
@@ -485,7 +485,7 @@ openerp.web.FormView = openerp.web.View.extend( /** @lends openerp.web.FormView#
                 this.sidebar.attachments.do_update();
             }
             console.debug("The record has been created with id #" + this.datarecord.id);
-            this.reload()
+            this.reload();
             return $.when(_.extend(r, {created: true})).then(success);
         }
     },
@@ -616,7 +616,7 @@ openerp.web.form.SidebarAttachments = openerp.web.Widget.extend({
                 ids: [parseInt($e.attr('data-id'))]
             }, function(r) {
                 $e.parent().remove();
-                self.notification.notify("Delete an attachment", "The attachment '" + name + "' has been deleted");
+                self.do_notify("Delete an attachment", "The attachment '" + name + "' has been deleted");
             });
         }
     }
@@ -735,6 +735,51 @@ openerp.web.form.Widget = openerp.web.Widget.extend(/** @lends openerp.web.form.
     render: function() {
         var template = this.template;
         return QWeb.render(template, { "widget": this });
+    },
+    _build_view_fields_values: function() {
+        var a_dataset = this.view.dataset;
+        var fields_values = this.view.get_fields_values();
+        var parent_values = a_dataset.parent_view ? a_dataset.parent_view.get_fields_values() : {};
+        fields_values.parent = parent_values;
+        return fields_values;
+    },
+    _build_eval_context: function() {
+        var a_dataset = this.view.dataset;
+        return new openerp.web.CompoundContext(a_dataset.get_context(), this._build_view_fields_values());
+    },
+    /**
+     * Builds a new context usable for operations related to fields by merging
+     * the fields'context with the action's context.
+     */
+    build_context: function() {
+        var f_context = (this.field || {}).context || {};
+        if (!!f_context.__ref) {
+            var fields_values = this._build_eval_context();
+            f_context = new openerp.web.CompoundDomain(f_context).set_eval_context(fields_values);
+        }
+        // maybe the default_get should only be used when we do a default_get?
+        var v_contexts = _.compact([this.node.attrs.default_get || null,
+            this.node.attrs.context || null]);
+        var v_context = new openerp.web.CompoundContext();
+        _.each(v_contexts, function(x) {v_context.add(x);});
+        if (_.detect(v_contexts, function(x) {return !!x.__ref;})) {
+            var fields_values = this._build_eval_context();
+            v_context.set_eval_context(fields_values);
+        }
+        // if there is a context on the node, overrides the model's context
+        var ctx = v_contexts.length > 0 ? v_context : f_context;
+        return ctx;
+    },
+    build_domain: function() {
+        var f_domain = this.field.domain || [];
+        var n_domain = this.node.attrs.domain || null;
+        // if there is a domain on the node, overrides the model's domain
+        var final_domain = n_domain !== null ? n_domain : f_domain;
+        if (!(final_domain instanceof Array)) {
+            var fields_values = this._build_eval_context();
+            final_domain = new openerp.web.CompoundDomain(final_domain).set_eval_context(fields_values);
+        }
+        return final_domain;
     }
 });
 
@@ -956,9 +1001,16 @@ openerp.web.form.WidgetButton = openerp.web.form.Widget.extend({
     },
     on_confirmed: function() {
         var self = this;
+        
+        var context = this.node.attrs.context;
+        if (context && context.__ref) {
+            context = new openerp.web.CompoundContext(context);
+            context.set_eval_context(this._build_eval_context());
+        }
 
         return this.view.do_execute_action(
-            this.node.attrs, this.view.dataset, this.view.datarecord.id, function () {
+            _.extend({}, this.node.attrs, {context: context}),
+            this.view.dataset, this.view.datarecord.id, function () {
                 self.view.reload();
             });
     },
@@ -1105,51 +1157,6 @@ openerp.web.form.Field = openerp.web.form.Widget.extend(/** @lends openerp.web.f
         this.invalid = false;
     },
     focus: function() {
-    },
-    _build_view_fields_values: function() {
-        var a_dataset = this.view.dataset;
-        var fields_values = this.view.get_fields_values();
-        var parent_values = a_dataset.parent_view ? a_dataset.parent_view.get_fields_values() : {};
-        fields_values.parent = parent_values;
-        return fields_values;
-    },
-    _build_eval_context: function() {
-        var a_dataset = this.view.dataset;
-        return new openerp.web.CompoundContext(a_dataset.get_context(), this._build_view_fields_values());
-    },
-    /**
-     * Builds a new context usable for operations related to fields by merging
-     * the fields'context with the action's context.
-     */
-    build_context: function() {
-        var f_context = this.field.context || {};
-        if (!!f_context.__ref) {
-            var fields_values = this._build_eval_context();
-            f_context = new openerp.web.CompoundDomain(f_context).set_eval_context(fields_values);
-        }
-        // maybe the default_get should only be used when we do a default_get?
-        var v_contexts = _.compact([this.node.attrs.default_get || null,
-            this.node.attrs.context || null]);
-        var v_context = new openerp.web.CompoundContext();
-        _.each(v_contexts, function(x) {v_context.add(x);});
-        if (_.detect(v_contexts, function(x) {return !!x.__ref;})) {
-            var fields_values = this._build_eval_context();
-            v_context.set_eval_context(fields_values);
-        }
-        // if there is a context on the node, overrides the model's context
-        var ctx = v_contexts.length > 0 ? v_context : f_context;
-        return ctx;
-    },
-    build_domain: function() {
-        var f_domain = this.field.domain || [];
-        var n_domain = this.node.attrs.domain || null;
-        // if there is a domain on the node, overrides the model's domain
-        var final_domain = n_domain !== null ? n_domain : f_domain;
-        if (!(final_domain instanceof Array)) {
-            var fields_values = this._build_eval_context();
-            final_domain = new openerp.web.CompoundDomain(final_domain).set_eval_context(fields_values);
-        }
-        return final_domain;
     }
 });
 
@@ -1195,7 +1202,7 @@ openerp.web.form.FieldEmail = openerp.web.form.FieldChar.extend({
     },
     on_button_clicked: function() {
         if (!this.value || !this.is_valid()) {
-            this.notification.warn("E-mail error", "Can't send email to invalid e-mail address");
+            this.do_warn("E-mail error", "Can't send email to invalid e-mail address");
         } else {
             location.href = 'mailto:' + this.value;
         }
@@ -1210,7 +1217,7 @@ openerp.web.form.FieldUrl = openerp.web.form.FieldChar.extend({
     },
     on_button_clicked: function() {
         if (!this.value) {
-            this.notification.warn("Resource error", "This resource is empty");
+            this.do_warn("Resource error", "This resource is empty");
         } else {
             window.open(this.value);
         }
@@ -2476,7 +2483,6 @@ openerp.web.form.FormOpenPopup = openerp.web.OldWidget.extend(/** @lends openerp
         this.setup_form_view();
     },
     on_write: function(id, data) {
-        this.stop();
         if (!this.options.auto_write)
             return;
         var self = this;
@@ -2499,7 +2505,9 @@ openerp.web.form.FormOpenPopup = openerp.web.OldWidget.extend(/** @lends openerp
             $buttons.html(QWeb.render("FormOpenPopup.form.buttons"));
             var $nbutton = $buttons.find(".oe_formopenpopup-form-save");
             $nbutton.click(function() {
-                self.view_form.do_save();
+                self.view_form.do_save().then(function() {
+                    self.stop();
+                });
             });
             var $cbutton = $buttons.find(".oe_formopenpopup-form-close");
             $cbutton.click(function() {
@@ -2626,7 +2634,7 @@ openerp.web.form.FieldBinary = openerp.web.form.Field.extend({
     on_file_uploaded: function(size, name, content_type, file_base64) {
         delete(window[this.iframe]);
         if (size === false) {
-            this.notification.warn("File Upload", "There was a problem while uploading your file");
+            this.do_warn("File Upload", "There was a problem while uploading your file");
             // TODO: use openerp web crashmanager
             console.warn("Error while uploading file : ", name);
         } else {
@@ -2640,7 +2648,7 @@ openerp.web.form.FieldBinary = openerp.web.form.Field.extend({
     },
     on_save_as: function() {
         if (!this.view.datarecord.id) {
-            this.notification.warn("Can't save file", "The record has not yet been saved");
+            this.do_warn("Can't save file", "The record has not yet been saved");
         } else {
             var url = '/web/binary/saveas?session_id=' + this.session.session_id + '&model=' +
                 this.view.dataset.model +'&id=' + (this.view.datarecord.id || '') + '&field=' + this.name +
diff --git a/addons/web/static/src/js/view_list_editable.js b/addons/web/static/src/js/view_list_editable.js
index 826508eaa27..4cc081a6266 100644
--- a/addons/web/static/src/js/view_list_editable.js
+++ b/addons/web/static/src/js/view_list_editable.js
@@ -194,7 +194,7 @@ openerp.web.list_editable = function (openerp) {
                 }
                 self.edition = true;
                 self.edition_id = record_id;
-                self.edition_form = _.extend(new openerp.web.ListEditableFormView(self, self.dataset, false), {
+                self.edition_form = _.extend(new openerp.web.ListEditableFormView(self.view, self.dataset, false), {
                     form_template: 'ListView.row.form',
                     registry: openerp.web.list.form.widgets,
                     $element: $new_row
diff --git a/addons/web/static/src/js/views.js b/addons/web/static/src/js/views.js
index 8976887035a..d4fc7b55bb2 100644
--- a/addons/web/static/src/js/views.js
+++ b/addons/web/static/src/js/views.js
@@ -123,8 +123,8 @@ db.web.ActionManager = db.web.Widget.extend({
         }
         if (this.dialog && action.context) {
             var model = action.context.active_model;
-            if (model === 'base.module.upgrade' || model === 'base.setup.installer') {
-                db.webclient.menu.reload();
+            if (model === 'base.module.upgrade' || model === 'base.setup.installer' || model === 'base.module.upgrade') {
+                db.webclient.do_reload();
             }
         }
         this.dialog_stop();
@@ -903,7 +903,7 @@ db.web.View = db.web.Widget.extend(/** @lends db.web.View# */{
             var view_editor = new db.web.ViewEditor(this, this.$element, this.dataset, this.fields_view.arch);
             view_editor.start();
         } else {
-            this.notification.warn("Manage Views", "Could not find current view declaration");
+            this.do_warn("Manage Views", "Could not find current view declaration");
         }
     },
     on_sidebar_edit_workflow: function() {
diff --git a/addons/web/static/src/xml/base.xml b/addons/web/static/src/xml/base.xml
index 2a1030676b5..8baf7ce561e 100644
--- a/addons/web/static/src/xml/base.xml
+++ b/addons/web/static/src/xml/base.xml
@@ -2,9 +2,8 @@
 <!-- vim:fdl=1:
 -->
 <templates id="template" xml:space="preserve">
-<t t-name="Interface">
-    <div id="oe_loading" class="loading"></div>
-    <div id="oe_notification" class="oe_notification">
+<t t-name="Notification">
+    <div class="oe_notification">
         <div id="oe_notification_default">
             <a class="ui-notify-cross ui-notify-close" href="#">x</a>
             <h1>#{title}</h1>
@@ -17,6 +16,9 @@
             <p>#{text}</p>
         </div>
     </div>
+</t>
+<t t-name="Interface">
+    <div id="oe_loading" class="loading"></div>
     <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" height="100%" class="main_table">
     <tr>
         <td colspan="2" valign="top">
diff --git a/addons/web_calendar/static/src/js/calendar.js b/addons/web_calendar/static/src/js/calendar.js
index de2ae89b91e..459c44d699a 100644
--- a/addons/web_calendar/static/src/js/calendar.js
+++ b/addons/web_calendar/static/src/js/calendar.js
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
  *---------------------------------------------------------*/
 
 openerp.web_calendar = function(openerp) {
+var _t = openerp.web._t;
 var QWeb = openerp.web.qweb;
 QWeb.add_template('/web_calendar/static/src/xml/web_calendar.xml');
 openerp.web.views.add('calendar', 'openerp.web_calendar.CalendarView');
diff --git a/addons/web_dashboard/static/src/js/dashboard.js b/addons/web_dashboard/static/src/js/dashboard.js
index 0eac5623b45..74393684ad2 100644
--- a/addons/web_dashboard/static/src/js/dashboard.js
+++ b/addons/web_dashboard/static/src/js/dashboard.js
@@ -485,9 +485,8 @@ openerp.web_dashboard.ApplicationTiles = openerp.web.View.extend({
         var self = this;
         new openerp.web.DataSet(this, 'res.config').call('start', [[]], function (action) {
             $.unblockUI();
-            self.do_action(action, function () {
-                // TODO: less brutal reloading
-                window.location.reload(true);
+            self.widget_parent.widget_parent.do_action(action, function () {
+                openerp.webclient.do_reload();
             });
         });
     }