diff --git a/public/js/legacy/widgets/form/form.js b/public/js/legacy/widgets/form/form.js
index 661f0fdf19..6a2c263bee 100644
--- a/public/js/legacy/widgets/form/form.js
+++ b/public/js/legacy/widgets/form/form.js
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ _f.Frm = function(doctype, parent, in_form) {
 	this.docname = '';
 	this.doctype = doctype;
 	this.display = 0;
-	this.refresh_if_stale_for = 600;
+	this.refresh_if_stale_for = 120;
 		
 	var me = this;
 	this.last_view_is_edit = {};
@@ -881,16 +881,31 @@ _f.Frm.prototype.reload_doc = function() {
 	var me = this;
 	var onsave = function(r, rtxt) {
 		// n tweets and last comment				
-		me.runclientscript('setup', me.doctype, me.docname);
+		//me.runclientscript('setup', me.doctype, me.docname);
 		me.refresh();
 	}
 
 	if(me.doc.__islocal) { 
-		// reload only doctype
-		$c('webnotes.widgets.form.load.getdoctype', {'doctype':me.doctype }, onsave, null, null, 'Refreshing ' + me.doctype + '...');
+		wn.call({
+			method: "webnotes.widgets.form.load.getdoctype",
+			args: {
+				doctype: me.doctype
+			},
+			callback: function(r) {
+				me.refresh();
+			}
+		})
 	} else {
-		// reload doc and docytpe
-		$c('webnotes.widgets.form.load.getdoc', {'name':me.docname, 'doctype':me.doctype, 'getdoctype':1, 'user':user}, onsave, null, null, 'Refreshing ' + me.docname + '...');
+		wn.call({
+			method: "webnotes.widgets.form.load.getdoc",
+			args: {
+				doctype: me.doctype,
+				name: me.docname
+			},
+			callback: function(r) {
+				me.refresh();
+			}
+		});
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/webnotes/widgets/form/load.py b/webnotes/widgets/form/load.py
index ed564b97cf..e7580f4ed8 100644
--- a/webnotes/widgets/form/load.py
+++ b/webnotes/widgets/form/load.py
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ import webnotes.model.doc
 import webnotes.utils
 
 @webnotes.whitelist()
-def getdoc():
+def getdoc(doctype, name, user=None):
 	"""
 	Loads a doclist for a given document. This method is called directly from the client.
 	Requries "doctype", "name" as form variables.
@@ -35,18 +35,15 @@ def getdoc():
 
 	import webnotes
 	
-	form = webnotes.form_dict
-	doctype, docname = form.get('doctype'), form.get('name')
-
-	if not (doctype and docname):
+	if not (doctype and name):
 		raise Exception, 'doctype and name required!'
 	
 	doclist = []
 	# single
-	doclist = load_single_doc(doctype, docname, (form.get('user') or webnotes.session['user']))
+	doclist = load_single_doc(doctype, name, user or webnotes.session.user)
 	
 	# load doctype along with the doc
-	if form.get('getdoctype'):
+	if webnotes.form_dict.get('getdoctype'):
 		import webnotes.model.doctype
 		doclist += webnotes.model.doctype.get(doctype, processed=True)