diff --git a/app/vars/var_delete.php b/app/vars/var_delete.php
index 85d900e430..e47c76bfb8 100644
--- a/app/vars/var_delete.php
+++ b/app/vars/var_delete.php
@@ -56,13 +56,9 @@ else {
 		save_var_xml();
 	}
 
-//redirect the user
-	require_once "resources/header.php";
-	echo "<meta http-equiv=\"refresh\" content=\"2;url=vars.php\">\n";
-	echo "<div align='center'>\n";
-	echo $text['message-delete']."\n";
-	echo "</div>\n";
-	require_once "resources/footer.php";
-	return;
+
+$_SESSION["message"] = $text['message-delete'];
+header("Location: vars.php");
+return;
 
 ?>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/app/vars/var_edit.php b/app/vars/var_edit.php
index 03347687e2..b0f4535f9e 100644
--- a/app/vars/var_edit.php
+++ b/app/vars/var_edit.php
@@ -122,14 +122,9 @@ if (count($_POST)>0 && strlen($_POST["persistformvar"]) == 0) {
 				//synchronize the configuration
 					save_var_xml();
 
-				//redirect the user
-					require_once "resources/header.php";
-					echo "<meta http-equiv=\"refresh\" content=\"2;url=vars.php\">\n";
-					echo "<div align='center'>\n";
-					echo $text['message-add']."\n";
-					echo "</div>\n";
-					require_once "resources/footer.php";
-					return;
+				$_SESSION["message"] = $text['message-add'];
+				header("Location: vars.php");
+				return;
 			} //if ($action == "add")
 
 			if ($action == "update" && permission_exists('var_edit')) {
@@ -151,14 +146,9 @@ if (count($_POST)>0 && strlen($_POST["persistformvar"]) == 0) {
 				//synchronize the configuration
 					save_var_xml();
 
-				//redirect the user
-					require_once "resources/header.php";
-					echo "<meta http-equiv=\"refresh\" content=\"2;url=vars.php\">\n";
-					echo "<div align='center'>\n";
-					echo $text['message-update']."\n";
-					echo "</div>\n";
-					require_once "resources/footer.php";
-					return;
+				$_SESSION["message"] = $text['message-update'];
+				header("Location: vars.php");
+				return;
 			} //if ($action == "update")
 	} //if ($_POST["persistformvar"] != "true")
 } //(count($_POST)>0 && strlen($_POST["persistformvar"]) == 0)