diff --git a/deluge/ui/webui/webui_plugin/tests/multicall_notepad.py b/deluge/ui/webui/webui_plugin/tests/multicall_notepad.py
index 8085a574d..f6682eb5c 100644
--- a/deluge/ui/webui/webui_plugin/tests/multicall_notepad.py
+++ b/deluge/ui/webui/webui_plugin/tests/multicall_notepad.py
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@ print "sync-stats:",time.time() - start
 print stats
 
 #
-#pattern:
 #map callback to a a dict-setter
 def dict_cb(key,d):
     def callback(result):
@@ -39,11 +38,10 @@ d = {}
 async_proxy.get_download_rate(dict_cb('download_rate',d))
 async_proxy.get_upload_rate(dict_cb('upload_rate',d))
 async_proxy.get_config_value(dict_cb('max_download',d),"max_download_speed")
-async_proxy.get_config_value(dict_cb('max_download',d),"max_upload_speed")
+async_proxy.get_config_value(dict_cb('max_upload',d),"max_upload_speed")
 async_proxy.get_num_connections(dict_cb("num_connections",d))
 async_proxy.get_config_value(dict_cb('max_num_connections',d),"max_connections_global")
 
-
 async_proxy.force_call(block=True)
 
 print "Async-stats:",time.time() - start
@@ -55,22 +53,25 @@ print d
 
 #old-sync:
 start = time.time()
+
 torrent_list = [ws.proxy.get_torrent_status(id,[])
     for id in ws.proxy.get_session_state()
     ]
+
 print "sync-list:",time.time() - start
 print torrent_list
 
 #new async:
 
 start = time.time()
+
 torrent_ids  = ws.proxy.get_session_state() #Syc-api.
 torrent_list = []
 for id in torrent_ids:
     async_proxy.get_torrent_status(torrent_list.append, id, [])
 async_proxy.force_call(block=True)
-print "Async-list:",time.time() - start
 
+print "Async-list:",time.time() - start
 print torrent_list
 
 
diff --git a/deluge/ui/webui/webui_plugin/utils.py b/deluge/ui/webui/webui_plugin/utils.py
index 036f9b5e9..21a937c0a 100644
--- a/deluge/ui/webui/webui_plugin/utils.py
+++ b/deluge/ui/webui/webui_plugin/utils.py
@@ -51,6 +51,12 @@ from webserver_common import ws
 
 debug_unicode = False
 
+#async-proxy: map callback to a a dict-setter
+def dict_cb(key,d):
+    def callback(result):
+        d[key] = result
+    return callback
+
 #methods:
 def setcookie(key, val):
     """add 30 days expires header for persistent cookies"""
@@ -105,23 +111,37 @@ def getcookie(key, default = None):
 
 
 def get_stats():
-    stats = Storage({
-    'download_rate':fspeed(ws.proxy.get_download_rate()),
-    'upload_rate':fspeed(ws.proxy.get_upload_rate()),
-    'max_download':ws.proxy.get_config_value('max_download_speed_bps'),
-    'max_upload':ws.proxy.get_config_value('max_upload_speed_bps'),
-    'num_connections':ws.proxy.get_num_connections(),
-    'max_num_connections':ws.proxy.get_config_value('max_connections_global')
-    })
+    stats = Storage()
+
+    ws.async_proxy.get_download_rate(dict_cb('download_rate',stats))
+    ws.async_proxy.get_upload_rate(dict_cb('upload_rate',stats))
+    ws.async_proxy.get_config_value(dict_cb('max_download',stats)
+        ,"max_download_speed")
+    ws.async_proxy.get_config_value(dict_cb('max_upload',stats)
+        ,"max_upload_speed")
+    ws.async_proxy.get_num_connections(dict_cb("num_connections",stats))
+    ws.async_proxy.get_config_value(dict_cb('max_num_connections',stats)
+        ,"max_connections_global")
+
+    ws.async_proxy.force_call(block=True)
+
+    ws.log.debug(str(stats))
+
+    stats.download_rate = fspeed(stats.download_rate)
+    stats.upload_rate = fspeed(stats.upload_rate)
+    #stats.max_upload = stats.max_upload
+    #stats.max_download = stats.max_download
+
+
     if stats.max_upload < 0:
         stats.max_upload = _("Unlimited")
     else:
-        stats.max_upload = fspeed(stats.max_upload)
+        stats.max_upload = "%s KiB/s" % stats.max_upload
 
     if stats.max_download < 0:
         stats.max_download = _("Unlimited")
     else:
-        stats.max_download = fspeed(stats.max_download)
+        stats.max_download = "%s KiB/s" % stats.max_download
 
     return stats
 
@@ -167,7 +187,7 @@ def get_torrent_status(torrent_id):
         status.calc_state_str = "seeding"
 
     #action for torrent_pause
-    if status.user_paused:
+    if status.paused: #no user-paused in 0.6 !!!
         status.action = "start"
     else:
         status.action = "stop"
diff --git a/deluge/ui/webui/webui_plugin/webserver_common.py b/deluge/ui/webui/webui_plugin/webserver_common.py
index ed257461c..6dacf6190 100644
--- a/deluge/ui/webui/webui_plugin/webserver_common.py
+++ b/deluge/ui/webui/webui_plugin/webserver_common.py
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ import pickle
 import sys
 import base64
 from md5 import md5
+import inspect
 
 random.seed()
 
@@ -118,16 +119,21 @@ class SyncProxyFunction():
 
     def __call__(self,*args,**kwargs):
         sync_result = []
-
-        def callback( result):
-            sync_result.append(result)
         func = getattr(self.client,self.func_name)
 
-        func(callback,*args)
+        if self.has_callback(func):
+            func(sync_result.append,*args, **kwargs)
+            self.client.force_call(block=True)
+            return sync_result[0]
+        else:
+            ws.log.debug('no-cb: %s' % self.func_name)
+            func(*args, **kwargs)
+            self.client.force_call(block=True)
+            return
 
-        self.client.force_call(block=True)
-
-        return sync_result[0]
+    @staticmethod
+    def has_callback(func):
+        return  "callback" in inspect.getargspec(func)[0]
 
 class SyncProxy(object):
     """acts like the old synchonous proxy"""