diff --git a/gui/dialogs/multiplayer.xml b/gui/dialogs/multiplayer.xml
index f753abfbe..3ed40af7c 100644
--- a/gui/dialogs/multiplayer.xml
+++ b/gui/dialogs/multiplayer.xml
@@ -76,16 +76,10 @@
                 gui.dialog_update("multiplayer", "host");
             }
             
-            # listen for results arriving  
+            # listen for results arriving
             setlistener("/sim/multiplay/got-servers", updateServers);
             setlistener("/sim/multiplay/get-servers-failure", updateServersFailed);
-            
-            fgcommand("xmlhttprequest",  props.Node.new({
-              "url" : "http://liveries.flightgear.org/mpstatus/mpservers.xml",
-              "targetnode" : "/sim/multiplay/server-list",
-              "complete" : "/sim/multiplay/got-servers",
-              "failure" : "/sim/multiplay/get-servers-failure"
-            }));
+            fgcommand("multiplayer-refreshserverlist");
             ]]>
         </open>
         
@@ -235,21 +229,11 @@
           <binding>
             <command>nasal</command>
             <script>
-              var server = getprop("/sim/multiplay/selected-server");
-              # Get the server name by splitting on the space between
-              # the hostname and the comment.
-              server = split(" ", server)[0];
-              setprop("/sim/multiplay/txhost", server);
-
-              # Standard port is 5000
-              setprop("/sim/multiplay/txport", 5000);
-              setprop("/sim/multiplay/rxport", 5000);
+            fgcommand("multiplayer-connect",  props.Node.new({
+              "servername": getprop("/sim/multiplay/selected-server")
+            }));
             </script> 
           </binding>
-          <binding>
-            <command>reinit</command>
-            <subsystem>mp</subsystem>
-          </binding>
         </button>
 
         <button>
@@ -262,13 +246,7 @@
             <command>dialog-apply</command>
           </binding>
           <binding>
-            <command>nasal</command>
-            <script>
-              setprop("/sim/multiplay/txhost", "");
-            </script> 
-          </binding>
-          <binding>
-            <command>reinit</command>
+            <command>multiplayer-disconnect</command>
             <subsystem>mp</subsystem>
           </binding>
         </button>
diff --git a/webgui/lib/fgcommand.js b/webgui/lib/fgcommand.js
index ff0256b6c..5d25e1938 100644
--- a/webgui/lib/fgcommand.js
+++ b/webgui/lib/fgcommand.js
@@ -2,11 +2,14 @@
  * 
  */
 (function(factory) {
-    if (typeof define === "function" && define.amd)// AMD. Register as an anonymous module.
-    define([
-        'jquery'
-    ], factory); else // Browser globals
-    factory(jQuery);
+    if (typeof define === "function" && define.amd)// AMD. Register as an
+                                                    // anonymous module.
+        define([
+            'jquery'
+        ], factory);
+    else
+        // Browser globals
+        factory(jQuery);
 }(function(jquery) {
 
     fgCommand = {
@@ -79,11 +82,13 @@
                 name : '',
                 children : []
             };
-            if (typeof (subsys) === 'string')arg.children.push({
-                name : 'subsystem',
-                index : 0,
-                value : subsys
-            });else
+            if (typeof (subsys) === 'string')
+                arg.children.push({
+                    name : 'subsystem',
+                    index : 0,
+                    value : subsys
+                });
+            else
                 subsys.forEach(function(s, i) {
                     arg.children.push({
                         name : 'subsystem',
@@ -114,34 +119,39 @@
             this.sendCommand("request-metar", this.twoArgs("station", id, "path", path));
         },
 
-        multiplayer : function(cmd) {
+        multiplayerConnect : function(cmd) {
             cmd = cmd || {};
             var arg = {
                 'name' : '',
-                'children' : [
-                    {
-                        'name' : 'command',
-                        'value' : '',
-                        'index' : 0,
-                    }
-                ],
+                'children' : [],
             };
-            if (cmd.connect) {
-                arg.children[0].value = 'connect';
+            arg.children.push({
+                'name' : 'servername',
+                'value' : cmd.servername
+            });
+            if (cmd.rxport)
                 arg.children.push({
-                    'name' : 'servername',
-                    'value' : cmd.connect.servername
-                });
-                if (cmd.connect.rxport)arg.children.push({
                     'name' : 'rxport',
-                    'value' : Number(cmd.connect.rxport)
+                    'value' : Number(cmd.rxport)
                 });
-                if (cmd.connect.txport)arg.children.push({
+            if (cmd.txport)
+                arg.children.push({
                     'name' : 'txport',
-                    'value' : Number(cmd.connect.txport)
+                    'value' : Number(cmd.txport)
                 });
-            } else if (cmd.disconnect)arg.children[0].value = 'disconnect';else if (cmd.refreshserverlist)arg.children[0].value = 'refreshserverlist';
-            this.sendCommand("multiplayer", arg);
+            this.sendCommand("multiplayer-connect", arg);
+        },
+
+        multiplayerDisconnect : function() {
+            var arg = {
+                'name' : '',
+                'children' : [],
+            };
+            this.sendCommand("multiplayer-disconnect");
+        },
+
+        multiplayerRefreshserverlist : function() {
+            this.sendCommand('multiplayer-refreshserverlist');
         },
 
         clearMetar : function(path) {
diff --git a/webgui/topics/Simulator/Config.js b/webgui/topics/Simulator/Config.js
index 73a750671..8b65e425a 100644
--- a/webgui/topics/Simulator/Config.js
+++ b/webgui/topics/Simulator/Config.js
@@ -57,17 +57,17 @@ define([
         
         self.toggleConnect = function() {
             if( self.online() ) {
-              fgCommand.multiplayer({ disconnect: {} });
+              fgCommand.multiplayerDisconnect();
             } else {
-              fgCommand.multiplayer({ connect: {
-                'servername': self.selectedServer(),
-              } });
+              fgCommand.multiplayerConnect({ 
+                  'servername': self.selectedServer(),
+              });
             }
         }
         
         self.serverListVisible = ko.observable(true);
         
-        fgCommand.multiplayer({ refreshserverlist: {} });
+        fgCommand.multiplayerRefreshserverlist();
     }
 
     // Return component definition