diff --git a/app/system/resources/dashboard/system_cpu_status.php b/app/system/resources/dashboard/system_cpu_status.php
index 34c5106aff..41919d9f7a 100644
--- a/app/system/resources/dashboard/system_cpu_status.php
+++ b/app/system/resources/dashboard/system_cpu_status.php
@@ -60,39 +60,38 @@
 
 	subscriber::save_token($token, [system_dashboard_service::get_service_name()]);
 
-	//break the caching with version
-	$version = md5(file_get_contents(__DIR__, '/resources/javascript/websocket_client.js'));
-
-	//set script source
-	echo "<script src='/app/system/resources/javascript/websocket_client.js?v=$version'></script>\n";
-
 	//add half doughnut chart
 	if (!isset($dashboard_chart_type) || $dashboard_chart_type == "doughnut"): ?>
 		<div class='hud_chart' style='width: 175px;'><canvas id='system_cpu_status_chart'></canvas></div>
 
 		<script>
-			const authToken = {
+			const cpu_status_auth_token = {
 				name: "<?= $token['name']; ?>",
 				hash: "<?= $token['hash']; ?>"
 			}
 
-			const serviceName = '<?php echo system_dashboard_service::get_service_name(); ?>'
-			const cpuStatusTopic = '<?php echo system_dashboard_service::CPU_STATUS_TOPIC; ?>';
+			const cpu_status_subject = '<?php echo system_dashboard_service::CPU_STATUS_TOPIC; ?>';
 			const dashboard_cpu_usage_chart_main_color = [
 				'<?php echo ($settings->get('theme', 'dashboard_cpu_usage_chart_main_color')[0] ?? '#03c04a'); ?>',
 				'<?php echo ($settings->get('theme', 'dashboard_cpu_usage_chart_main_color')[1] ?? '#ff9933'); ?>',
 				'<?php echo ($settings->get('theme', 'dashboard_cpu_usage_chart_main_color')[2] ?? '#ea4c46'); ?>'
 			];
 
-			function connectWebsocket() {
-				client = new ws_client(`wss://${window.location.hostname}/websockets/`, authToken);
+			function connect_cpu_status_websocket() {
+				client = new ws_client(`wss://${window.location.hostname}/websockets/`, cpu_status_auth_token);
 				client.ws.addEventListener("open", async () => {
 					try {
 						console.log('Connected');
 						console.log('Requesting authentication');
+
+						// Wait until we are authenticated
 						await client.request('authentication');
-						client.onEvent(cpuStatusTopic, updateCpuChart);
-						client.request(serviceName, cpuStatusTopic);
+						console.log('authenticated');
+
+						// Bind event handler so websocket_client.js can call the function when it
+						// receives the cpu_status event
+						client.onEvent(cpu_status_subject, update_cpu_chart);
+
 					} catch (err) {
 						console.error("WS setup failed: ", err);
 						return;
@@ -104,31 +103,33 @@
 				});
 			}
 
-			function bindEventHandlers(client) {
-				client.onEvent(cpuStatusTopic, updateCpuChart);
-			}
-
-			function updateCpuChart(payload) {
-				let cpuPercent = payload.cpu_status;
+			// Function is called automatically by the websocket_client.js when there is a CPU status update
+			function update_cpu_chart(payload) {
+				let cpu_status = payload.cpu_status;
 				const chart = window.system_cpu_status_chart;
 
 				if (!chart) return;
 
 				// Update chart data
-				cpuPercent = Math.round(cpuPercent);
-				chart.data.datasets[0].data = [cpuPercent, 100 - cpuPercent];
+				cpu_rounded = Math.round(cpu_status);
+				chart.data.datasets[0].data = [cpu_rounded, 100 - cpu_rounded];
 
 				// Update color based on threshold
-				if (cpuPercent <= 60) {
-					chart.data.datasets[0].backgroundColor[0] = dashboard_cpu_usage_chart_main_color[0];
-				} else if (cpuPercent <= 80) {
-					chart.data.datasets[0].backgroundColor[0] = dashboard_cpu_usage_chart_main_color[1];
+				if (cpu_rounded <= 60) {
+					chart.data.datasets[0].backgroundColor[0] = '<?php echo ($settings->get('theme', 'dashboard_cpu_usage_chart_main_color')[0] ?? '#03c04a'); ?>';
+				} else if (cpu_rounded <= 80) {
+					chart.data.datasets[0].backgroundColor[0] = '<?php echo ($settings->get('theme', 'dashboard_cpu_usage_chart_main_color')[1] ?? '#ff9933'); ?>';
 				} else {
-					chart.data.datasets[0].backgroundColor[0] = dashboard_cpu_usage_chart_main_color[2];
+					chart.data.datasets[0].backgroundColor[0] = '<?php echo ($settings->get('theme', 'dashboard_cpu_usage_chart_main_color')[2] ?? '#ea4c46'); ?>';
 				}
 
-				chart.options.plugins.chart_number_2.text = cpuPercent;
+				chart.options.plugins.chart_number_2.text = cpu_rounded;
 				chart.update();
+
+				// Update the row data
+				const td_cpu_status = document.getElementById('td_system_cpu_status_chart');
+				if (!td_cpu_status) { return; }
+				td_cpu_status.textContent = `${payload.cpu_status}%`;
 			}
 
 			window.system_cpu_status_chart = new Chart(
@@ -182,7 +183,7 @@
 				}
 			);
 
-			connectWebsocket();
+			connect_cpu_status_websocket();
 		</script>
 <?php endif; ?>
 	<?php
@@ -203,7 +204,7 @@
 			if (!empty($percent_cpu)) {
 				echo "<tr class='tr_link_void'>\n";
 				echo "<td valign='top' class='".$row_style[$c]." hud_text'>".$text['label-cpu_usage']."</td>\n";
-				echo "<td valign='top' class='".$row_style[$c]." hud_text' style='text-align: right;'>".$percent_cpu."%</td>\n";
+				echo "<td id='td_system_cpu_status_chart' valign='top' class='".$row_style[$c]." hud_text' style='text-align: right;'>".$percent_cpu."%</td>\n";
 				echo "</tr>\n";
 				$c = ($c) ? 0 : 1;
 			}
diff --git a/app/system/resources/dashboard/system_status.php b/app/system/resources/dashboard/system_status.php
index 90ab835233..459977a962 100644
--- a/app/system/resources/dashboard/system_status.php
+++ b/app/system/resources/dashboard/system_status.php
@@ -63,12 +63,61 @@
 		$used_space = $tmp[2] ?? '-';
 		$total_space = $tmp[1] ?? '-';
 		$percent_disk_usage = '';
-		
+
 		foreach ($tmp as $stat) {
 			if (substr_count($stat, '%') > 0) { $percent_disk_usage = rtrim($stat,'%'); break; }
 		}
 	}
 
+//include websocket real-time updates
+	$token = (new token())->create($_SERVER['PHP_SELF']);
+	echo "	<input id='token' type='hidden' name='" . $token['name'] . "' value='" . $token['hash'] . "'>\n";
+	subscriber::save_token($token, [system_dashboard_service::get_service_name()]);
+?>
+		<script>
+			const system_status_auth_token = {
+				name: "<?= $token['name']; ?>",
+				hash: "<?= $token['hash']; ?>"
+			}
+
+			function connect_system_cpu_status_websocket() {
+				system_status_client = new ws_client(`wss://${window.location.hostname}/websockets/`, system_status_auth_token);
+				system_status_client.ws.addEventListener("open", async () => {
+					try {
+						console.log('Connected');
+						console.log('Requesting authentication');
+
+						// Wait until we are authenticated
+						await system_status_client.request('authentication');
+						console.log('authenticated');
+
+						// call the update_system_cpu_status function when a cpu usage event occurs
+						system_status_client.onEvent('<?php echo system_dashboard_service::CPU_STATUS_TOPIC; ?>', update_system_cpu_status);
+					} catch (err) {
+						console.error("WS setup failed: ", err);
+						return;
+					}
+				});
+
+				system_status_client.ws.addEventListener("close", async () => {
+					console.warn("Websocket Disconnected");
+				});
+			}
+
+			function update_system_cpu_status(payload) {
+				const progress = document.getElementById('cpu_status_progress_bar');
+
+				if (!progress) return;
+
+				// Update progress bar
+				cpu_percent = Math.round(payload.cpu_status);
+				progress.style.width = `${cpu_percent}%`;
+				progress.innerHTML = `${cpu_percent}%`;
+			}
+
+			connect_system_cpu_status_websocket();
+		</script>
+<?php
 
 //show the results
 	echo "	<div class='hud_content' ".($dashboard_details_state == "disabled" ?: "onclick=\"$('#hud_system_status_details').slideToggle('fast'); toggle_grid_row_end('".$dashboard_name."')\"").">\n";
@@ -137,7 +186,7 @@
 		if ($dashboard_row_span > 1) {
 			echo "	<span class='hud_title cpu_usage' style='text-align: left; font-size: 11px; line-height: 1.8; font-weight: unset; padding-left: 10%;'>".$text['label-processor_usage']."</span>\n";
 			echo "	<div class='progress_container' style='width: 80%; height: 15px; border-radius: 10px; background: ".($settings->get('theme', 'dashboard_cpu_usage_chart_sub_color') ?? '#d4d4d4').";'>\n";
-			echo "		<div class='progress_bar' style='width: ".($percent_cpu > 100 ? 100 : $percent_cpu)."%; height: 15px; border-radius: 10px; font-size: x-small; color: ".$row['dashboard_number_text_color']."; background: ".($settings->get('theme', 'dashboard_cpu_usage_chart_main_color') ?? '#03c04a').";'>".($percent_cpu > 100 ? 100 : round($percent_cpu))."%</div>\n";
+			echo "		<div id='cpu_status_progress_bar' class='progress_bar' style='width: ".($percent_cpu > 100 ? 100 : $percent_cpu)."%; height: 15px; border-radius: 10px; font-size: x-small; color: ".$row['dashboard_number_text_color']."; background: ".($settings->get('theme', 'dashboard_cpu_usage_chart_main_color') ?? '#03c04a').";'>".($percent_cpu > 100 ? 100 : round($percent_cpu))."%</div>\n";
 			echo "	</div>\n";
 			echo "	<div style='width: 100%; height: 15px'>&nbsp;</div>\n";
 		}
@@ -185,15 +234,15 @@
 				if (file_exists('/etc/os-release')) {
 					$os_release = parse_ini_file('/etc/os-release');
 					$os_info = $os_release['PRETTY_NAME'] ?? '';
-				} 
+				}
 				// Fallback to basic uname info
 				elseif (function_exists('php_uname')) {
 					$os_info = php_uname('s') . ' ' . php_uname('r'); // e.g. "Linux 5.10.0"
 				}
-				
+
 				// Clean up the output
 				$os_info = str_replace('"', '', $os_info); // Remove quotes if present
-				
+
 				if (!empty($os_info)) {
 					echo "<tr class='tr_link_void'>\n";
 					echo "<td valign='top' class='".$row_style[$c]." hud_text'>".$text['label-os_version']."</td>\n";
@@ -224,18 +273,18 @@
 				if (!empty($meminfo)) {
 					$meminfo = preg_replace('/\s+/', ' ', trim($meminfo));
 					$parts = explode(' ', $meminfo);
-					
+
 					$total = $parts[1];
 					$used = $parts[2];
 					$percent_memory = round(($used / $total) * 100, 1);
 
 					// Set style color based on thresholds
 					$style = ($percent_memory > 90) ? "color: red;" : (($percent_memory > 75) ? "color: orange;" : "");
-					
+
 					// Format with used/total (e.g. "40% (3.2G/8G)")
 					$total_h = round($total / (1024*1024*1024), 1) . 'G';
 					$used_h = round($used / (1024*1024*1024), 1) . 'G';
-					
+
 					echo "<tr class='tr_link_void'>\n";
 					echo "<td valign='top' class='".$row_style[$c]." hud_text'>".$text['label-memory_usage']."</td>\n";
 					echo "<td valign='top' class='".$row_style[$c]." hud_text' style='text-align: right; $style'>".$percent_memory."% (".$used_h." / ".$total_h.")"."</td>\n";
@@ -250,10 +299,10 @@
 				if (!empty($swapinfo)) {
 					$swapinfo = preg_replace('/\s+/', ' ', trim($swapinfo));
 					$parts = explode(' ', $swapinfo);
-					
+
 					$swap_total = $parts[1];
 					$swap_used = $parts[2];
-					
+
 					// Only show swap if it exists (total > 0)
 					if ($swap_total > 0) {
 						$percent_swap = round(($swap_used / $swap_total) * 100, 1);
@@ -262,7 +311,7 @@
 
 						// Set style color based on thresholds
 						$style = ($percent_swap > 90) ? "color: red;" : (($percent_swap > 75) ? "color: orange;" : "");
-						
+
 						echo "<tr class='tr_link_void'>\n";
 						echo "<td valign='top' class='".$row_style[$c]." hud_text'>".$text['label-swap_usage']."</td>\n";
 						echo "<td valign='top' class='".$row_style[$c]." hud_text' style='text-align: right; $style'>".$percent_swap."% (".$swap_used_h." / ".$swap_total_h.")"."</td>\n";
@@ -274,11 +323,11 @@
 
 		//disk usage display
 			if (stristr(PHP_OS, 'Linux') || stristr(PHP_OS, 'FreeBSD')) {
-					  
+
 				if (!empty($percent_disk_usage) && $used_space != '-' && $total_space != '-') {
 					// Set style color based on thresholds
 					$style = ($percent_disk_usage > 90) ? "color: red;" : (($percent_disk_usage > 75) ? "color: orange;" : "");
-					
+
 					echo "<tr class='tr_link_void'>\n";
 					echo "<td valign='top' class='".$row_style[$c]." hud_text'>".$text['label-disk_usage']."</td>\n";
 					echo "<td valign='top' class='".$row_style[$c]." hud_text' style='text-align: right; $style'>".$percent_disk_usage."% (".$used_space." / ".$total_space.")"."</td>\n";
@@ -305,30 +354,30 @@
 						$connections = sizeof($tmp) - 1;
 					}
 			}
-	
+
 			if (!empty($sql_current) && !empty($sql_max)) {
 				if (!isset($database)) { $database = new database; }
-				
+
 				// Get current connections
 				$current_connections = $database->select($sql_current, null, 'column');
-				
+
 				// Get max connections (handles both PostgreSQL & MySQL)
 				$max_result = $database->select($sql_max, null, ($db_type == 'pgsql') ? 'column' : 'row');
 				$max_connections = ($db_type == 'mysql') ? $max_result['Value'] : $max_result;
-				
+
 				// Format as "current/max"
-				$connections = ($current_connections !== false && $max_connections !== false) 
-					? "Current: " . $current_connections . ", Max: " . $max_connections 
+				$connections = ($current_connections !== false && $max_connections !== false)
+					? "Current: " . $current_connections . ", Max: " . $max_connections
 					: "N/A";
-				
+
 				unset($sql_current, $sql_max);
 			}
-	
+
 			if (!empty($connections)) {
 				// Set style color based on thresholds
 				$ratio = $current_connections / $max_connections;
 				$style = ($ratio > 0.9) ? "color: red;" : (($ratio > 0.75) ? "color: orange;" : "");
-				
+
 				echo "<tr class='tr_link_void'>\n";
 				echo "<td valign='top' class='" . $row_style[$c] . " hud_text'>" . $text['label-database_connections'] . "</td>\n";
 				echo "<td valign='top' class='" . $row_style[$c] . " hud_text' style='text-align: right; $style'>" . $connections . "</td>\n";
diff --git a/app/system/resources/services/debian-system_dashboard.service b/app/system/resources/services/debian-system_dashboard.service
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c00092af30
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/system/resources/services/debian-system_dashboard.service
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+; Author: Mark J Crane <markjcrane@fusionpbx.com>
+; cp /var/www/fusionpbx/app/system/resources/service/debian.service /etc/systemd/system/system_dashboard.service
+; systemctl daemon-reload
+; systemctl enable --now system_dashboard
+
+[Unit]
+Description=FusionPBX System Dashboard Information Service
+Wants=network-online.target
+Requires=network.target local-fs.target
+;Requires=network.target local-fs.target postgresql.service
+After=network.target network-online.target local-fs.target
+;After=network.target network-online.target local-fs.target postgresql.service
+StartLimitIntervalSec=0
+
+[Service]
+Type=simple
+;Type=forking
+PIDFile=/var/run/fusionpbx/system_dashboard.pid
+WorkingDirectory=/var/www/fusionpbx
+;Environment="USER=www-data"
+;Environment="GROUP=www-data"
+;EnvironmentFile=-/etc/default/fusionpbx
+ExecStartPre=/bin/mkdir -p /var/run/fusionpbx
+;ExecStartPre=/bin/chown -R ${USER}:${GROUP} /var/www/fusionpbx
+ExecStart=/usr/bin/php /var/www/fusionpbx/app/system/resources/service/system.php --no-fork
+User=www-data
+Group=www-data
+TimeoutSec=55s
+Restart=always
+
+[Install]
+WantedBy=multi-user.target
+Also=
diff --git a/core/dashboard/index.php b/core/dashboard/index.php
index 60feaad13c..931912fd8d 100644
--- a/core/dashboard/index.php
+++ b/core/dashboard/index.php
@@ -171,6 +171,10 @@
 	$document['title'] = $text['title-dashboard'];
 	require_once "resources/header.php";
 
+//include websockets
+	$version = md5(file_get_contents(__DIR__, '/resources/javascript/ws_client.js'));
+	echo "<script src='/core/dashboard/resources/javascript/ws_client.js?v=$version'></script>\n";
+
 //include sortablejs
 	echo "<script src='/resources/sortablejs/sortable.min.js'></script>";
 
diff --git a/app/system/resources/javascript/websocket_client.js b/core/dashboard/resources/javascript/ws_client.js
similarity index 100%
rename from app/system/resources/javascript/websocket_client.js
rename to core/dashboard/resources/javascript/ws_client.js
diff --git a/core/websockets/resources/classes/base_websocket_system_service.php b/core/websockets/resources/classes/base_websocket_system_service.php
index 8e891bb7ff..369db33d36 100644
--- a/core/websockets/resources/classes/base_websocket_system_service.php
+++ b/core/websockets/resources/classes/base_websocket_system_service.php
@@ -142,8 +142,6 @@ abstract class base_websocket_system_service extends service implements websocke
 			// Timers can be set by child classes
 			if ($this->timer_expire_time !== null && time() >= $this->timer_expire_time) {
 				$this->on_timer();
-				// Set another timer to fire again
-				$this->set_timer(3);
 			}
 		}
 		return 0;