diff --git a/backend-rpc.php b/backend-rpc.php
index 1e98aa125..6387b1e53 100644
--- a/backend-rpc.php
+++ b/backend-rpc.php
@@ -24,22 +24,29 @@
 		if ($subop == "getLabelCounters") {
 			$aid = $_GET["aid"];		
 			print "<rpc-reply>";
+			print "<counters>";
 			getLabelCounters($link);
 			if ($aid) {
 				getFeedCounter($link, $aid);
 			}
+			print "</counters>";
 			print "</rpc-reply>";
 		}
 
 		if ($subop == "getFeedCounters") {
 			print "<rpc-reply>";
+			print "<counters>";
 			getFeedCounters($link);
+			print "</counters>";
 			print "</rpc-reply>";
 		}
 
 		if ($subop == "getAllCounters") {
 			print "<rpc-reply>";
+			print "<counters>";
 			getAllCounters($link);
+			print "</counters>";
+			print_runtime_info($link);
 			print "</rpc-reply>";
 		}
 
@@ -71,8 +78,10 @@
 				update_rss_feed($link, $feed_url, $feed_id);
 			}
 
-			print "<rpc-reply>";
+			print "<rpc-reply>";	
+			print "<counters>";
 			getFeedCounter($link, $feed_id);
+			print "</counters>";
 			print "</rpc-reply>";
 			
 			return;
@@ -108,6 +117,8 @@
 
 			print "<rpc-reply>";
 
+			print "<counters>";
+
 			if ($global_unread_caller != $global_unread) {
 
 	 			$omode = $_GET["omode"];
@@ -126,6 +137,10 @@
 
  			getGlobalCounters($link, $global_unread);
 
+			print "</counters>";
+
+			print_runtime_info($link);
+
 			print "</rpc-reply>";
 
 		}
@@ -154,7 +169,10 @@
 				}
 			}
 			print "<rpc-reply>";
+			print "<counters>";
 			getAllCounters($link);
+			print "</counters>";
+			print_runtime_info($link);
 			print "</rpc-reply>";
 		}
 
@@ -181,7 +199,10 @@
 				}
 			}
 			print "<rpc-reply>";
+			print "<counters>";
 			getAllCounters($link);
+			print "</counters>";
+			print_runtime_info($link);
 			print "</rpc-reply>";
 		}
 
@@ -190,6 +211,7 @@
 			if (sanity_check($link)) {
 				print "<error error-code=\"0\"/>";
 				print_init_params($link);
+				print_runtime_info($link);
 			}
 			print "</rpc-reply>";
 		}		
diff --git a/functions.js b/functions.js
index 355793640..e58a97036 100644
--- a/functions.js
+++ b/functions.js
@@ -470,6 +470,11 @@ function parse_counters(reply, scheduled_call) {
 		var f_document = getFeedsContext().document;
 		var title_obj = getMainContext();
 
+		if (reply.firstChild && reply.firstChild.firstChild) {
+			debug("<b>wrong element passed to parse_counters, adjusting.</b>");
+			reply = reply.firstChild;
+		}
+
 		debug("F_DOC: " + f_document + ", T_OBJ: " + title_obj);
 
 		for (var l = 0; l < reply.childNodes.length; l++) {
@@ -565,7 +570,9 @@ function all_counters_callback() {
 
 			var reply = xmlhttp_rpc.responseXML.firstChild;
 
-			parse_counters(reply);
+			var counters = reply.firstChild;
+
+			parse_counters(counters);
 	
 		} catch (e) {
 			exception_error("all_counters_callback", e);
diff --git a/functions.php b/functions.php
index 5ec8d45f4..fbce56b5e 100644
--- a/functions.php
+++ b/functions.php
@@ -1718,4 +1718,11 @@
 
 		print "</init-params>";
 	}
+
+	function print_runtime_info($link) {
+		print "<runtime-info>";
+		print "<param key=\"daemon_is_running\" value=\"".
+			sprintf("%d", file_is_locked("update_daemon.lock")) . "\"/>";
+		print "</runtime-info>";
+	}
 ?>
diff --git a/tt-rss.js b/tt-rss.js
index 55c813b7f..7157d3292 100644
--- a/tt-rss.js
+++ b/tt-rss.js
@@ -70,8 +70,10 @@ function refetch_callback() {
 			if (error_code && error_code != 0) {
 				return fatalError(error_code, reply.getAttribute("error-msg"));
 			}
+
+			var counters = reply.firstChild;
 	
-			parse_counters(reply, true);
+			parse_counters(counters, true);
 
 			debug("refetch_callback: done");