diff --git a/apps/routerconsole/java/src/net/i2p/router/web/SummaryBarRenderer.java b/apps/routerconsole/java/src/net/i2p/router/web/SummaryBarRenderer.java
index 6dab97c52..d3f87e853 100644
--- a/apps/routerconsole/java/src/net/i2p/router/web/SummaryBarRenderer.java
+++ b/apps/routerconsole/java/src/net/i2p/router/web/SummaryBarRenderer.java
@@ -802,7 +802,7 @@ class SummaryBarRenderer {
                .append("\"><td><span id=\"sb_graphstats\">")
                .append(_helper.getSecondKBps())
                .append("Bps</span></td></tr></table></a></div>\n");
-//               .append("<script src=\"/js/refreshGraph.js\" type=\"text/javascript\"></script>");
+        buf.append("<script src=\"/js/refreshGraph.js\" type=\"text/javascript\" id=\"refreshGraph\" async></script>");
         return buf.toString();
     }
 
diff --git a/apps/routerconsole/java/src/net/i2p/router/web/SummaryHelper.java b/apps/routerconsole/java/src/net/i2p/router/web/SummaryHelper.java
index f4c753ed7..1774029d2 100644
--- a/apps/routerconsole/java/src/net/i2p/router/web/SummaryHelper.java
+++ b/apps/routerconsole/java/src/net/i2p/router/web/SummaryHelper.java
@@ -316,7 +316,7 @@ public class SummaryHelper extends HelperBase {
         // long free = Runtime.getRuntime().freeMemory()/1024/1024;
         // return integerFormatter.format(used) + "MB (" + usedPc + "%)";
         // return integerFormatter.format(used) + "MB / " + free + " MB";
-        return "<div class=\"percentBarOuter\"><div class=\"percentBarText\">RAM: " + integerFormatter.format(used) + " / " + total + "MB" +
+        return "<div class=\"percentBarOuter\" id=\"sb_memoryBar\"><div class=\"percentBarText\">RAM: " + integerFormatter.format(used) + " / " + total + "MB" +
         "</div><div class=\"percentBarInner\" style=\"width: " + integerFormatter.format(usedPc) +
         "%;\"></div></div>";
     }
diff --git a/apps/routerconsole/jsp/js/ajax.js b/apps/routerconsole/jsp/js/ajax.js
index 8933f9719..6f7701945 100644
--- a/apps/routerconsole/jsp/js/ajax.js
+++ b/apps/routerconsole/jsp/js/ajax.js
@@ -35,14 +35,10 @@ function ajaxDone(url, target, refresh) {
       //document.getElementByClassName("hideifdown").style.display="none";
     }
 
-    // conditionally load sidebar refreshGraph script
-    var graph = document.getElementById('sb_graphcontainer');
-    if (graph) {
-      var js_refreshGraph = document.createElement('script');
-      js_refreshGraph.type = "text/javascript";
-      js_refreshGraph.src = "/js/refreshGraph.js";
-      js_refreshGraph.async = true;
-      document.getElementsByTagName('head')[0].appendChild(js_refreshGraph);
+    // conditionally display graph so ajax call doesn't interfere with refreshGraph.js
+    var graph = document.getElementById("sb_graphcontainer");
+      if (graph) {
+      graph.style.backgroundImage = "url(/viewstat.jsp?stat=bw.combined&periodCount=20&width=220&height=50&hideLegend=true&hideGrid=true&time=" + new Date().getTime();
     }
 
     setTimeout(function() {ajax(url, target, refresh);}, refresh);
diff --git a/history.txt b/history.txt
index 5f32fec1c..8e2255d3d 100644
--- a/history.txt
+++ b/history.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2017-11-02 str4d
+ * Console:
+   - Sidebar:
+     - Fix erratic display of sidebar graph
+     - Add id to memory bar so we can target it for Chrome/blink display issue
+
 2017-10-25 str4d
  * Console:
    - /graphs: