diff --git a/gui/slick/js/restart.js b/gui/slick/js/restart.js
index 9c7ec6f0703d5fee800dec7855e7dd0408cb463a..1dc8af1412ed805a29100e2a3f4eba6539b828ab 100644
--- a/gui/slick/js/restart.js
+++ b/gui/slick/js/restart.js
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ $(document).ready(function() {
 
     var isAliveUrl = srRoot + '/home/is_alive/';
 
-    var checkIsAlive = setInterval(isAlive, 1000);
+    var checkIsAlive = setInterval(isAlive, 100);
 
     function isAlive() {  // jshint ignore:line
         // Setup error detection
diff --git a/sickbeard/__init__.py b/sickbeard/__init__.py
index 36fef2546e9b9476577c62e8539b96e105c4cda9..75508c6998827408151750b16811abc869ae1849 100644
--- a/sickbeard/__init__.py
+++ b/sickbeard/__init__.py
@@ -1149,7 +1149,7 @@ def initialize(consoleLogging=True):
                                       if x]
         SUBTITLES_DEFAULT = bool(check_setting_int(CFG, 'Subtitles', 'subtitles_default', 0))
         SUBTITLES_HISTORY = bool(check_setting_int(CFG, 'Subtitles', 'subtitles_history', 0))
-        SUBTITLES_PERFECT_MATCH = bool(check_setting_int(CFG, 'Subtitles', 'subtitles_perfect_match', 1)) 
+        SUBTITLES_PERFECT_MATCH = bool(check_setting_int(CFG, 'Subtitles', 'subtitles_perfect_match', 1))
         EMBEDDED_SUBTITLES_ALL = bool(check_setting_int(CFG, 'Subtitles', 'embedded_subtitles_all', 0))
         SUBTITLES_HEARING_IMPAIRED = bool(check_setting_int(CFG, 'Subtitles', 'subtitles_hearing_impaired', 0))
         SUBTITLES_FINDER_FREQUENCY = check_setting_int(CFG, 'Subtitles', 'subtitles_finder_frequency', 1)
@@ -1537,7 +1537,6 @@ def halt():
             logger.log(u"Aborting all threads")
 
             threads = [
-                events,
                 dailySearchScheduler,
                 backlogSearchScheduler,
                 showUpdateScheduler,
@@ -1547,7 +1546,8 @@ def halt():
                 autoPostProcesserScheduler,
                 traktCheckerScheduler,
                 properFinderScheduler,
-                subtitlesFinderScheduler
+                subtitlesFinderScheduler,
+                events
             ]
 
             # set them all to stop at the same time