diff --git a/core/apps/apps_delete.php b/core/apps/apps_delete.php
index cf922f0328..627465d684 100644
--- a/core/apps/apps_delete.php
+++ b/core/apps/apps_delete.php
@@ -90,12 +90,8 @@ if (strlen($id)>0) {
 }
 
 //redirect the browser
-	require_once "resources/header.php";
-	echo "<meta http-equiv=\"refresh\" content=\"2;url=apps.php\">\n";
-	echo "<div align='center'>\n";
-	echo $text['message-delete']."\n";
-	echo "</div>\n";
-	require_once "resources/footer.php";
+	$_SESSION["message"] = $text['message-delete'];
+	header("Location: apps.php");
 	return;
 
 ?>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/core/apps/apps_edit.php b/core/apps/apps_edit.php
index 33ec6da7b7..49144b4403 100644
--- a/core/apps/apps_edit.php
+++ b/core/apps/apps_edit.php
@@ -90,12 +90,8 @@ if (count($_POST)>0 && strlen($_POST["persistformvar"]) == 0) {
 				//$db->exec(check_sql($sql));
 				unset($sql);
 
-				require_once "resources/header.php";
-				echo "<meta http-equiv=\"refresh\" content=\"2;url=apps.php\">\n";
-				echo "<div align='center'>\n";
-				echo $text['message-add']."\n";
-				echo "</div>\n";
-				require_once "resources/footer.php";
+				$_SESSION["message"] = $text['message-add'];
+				header("Location: apps.php");
 				return;
 			} //if ($action == "add")
 
@@ -106,12 +102,8 @@ if (count($_POST)>0 && strlen($_POST["persistformvar"]) == 0) {
 				//$db->exec(check_sql($sql));
 				unset($sql);
 
-				require_once "resources/header.php";
-				echo "<meta http-equiv=\"refresh\" content=\"2;url=apps.php\">\n";
-				echo "<div align='center'>\n";
-				echo $text['message-update']."\n";
-				echo "</div>\n";
-				require_once "resources/footer.php";
+				$_SESSION["message"] = $text['message-update'];
+				header("Location: apps.php");
 				return;
 			} //if ($action == "update")
 		} //if ($_POST["persistformvar"] != "true")