diff --git a/src/opnsense/www/js/opnsense_widget_manager.js b/src/opnsense/www/js/opnsense_widget_manager.js
index 7c8a1dd99..a250428e5 100644
--- a/src/opnsense/www/js/opnsense_widget_manager.js
+++ b/src/opnsense/www/js/opnsense_widget_manager.js
@@ -454,8 +454,6 @@ class WidgetManager  {
                 `);
             });
         }
-
-        this._updateGrid();
     }
 
     // Executed for each widget; starts the widget-specific tick routine.
@@ -500,8 +498,10 @@ class WidgetManager  {
         // start the widget-specific tick routine
         let onWidgetTick = widget.onWidgetTick.bind(widget);
         await onWidgetTick();
+        this._updateGrid(this.widgetHTMLElements[widget.id]);
         const interval = setInterval(async () => {
             await onWidgetTick();
+            this._updateGrid();
         }, widget.tickTimeout);
         // store the reference to the tick routine so we can clear it later on widget removal
         this.widgetTickRoutines[widget.id] = interval;
diff --git a/src/opnsense/www/js/widgets/BaseWidget.js b/src/opnsense/www/js/widgets/BaseWidget.js
index 39c3f0b9b..16a69d440 100644
--- a/src/opnsense/www/js/widgets/BaseWidget.js
+++ b/src/opnsense/www/js/widgets/BaseWidget.js
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ export default class BaseWidget {
         this.eventSource = null;
         this.eventSourceUrl = null;
         this.eventSourceOnData = null;
+        this.cachedData = {};
     }
 
     /* Public functions */
@@ -97,6 +98,20 @@ export default class BaseWidget {
 
     /* Utility/protected functions */
 
+    dataChanged(id, data) {
+        if (id in this.cachedData) {
+            if (JSON.stringify(this.cachedData[id]) !== JSON.stringify(data)) {
+                this.cachedData[id] = data;
+                return true;
+            }
+        } else {
+            this.cachedData[id] = data;
+            return true;
+        }
+
+        return false;
+    }
+
     setWidgetConfig(config) {
         this.config['widget'] = config;
     }
diff --git a/src/opnsense/www/js/widgets/Interfaces.js b/src/opnsense/www/js/widgets/Interfaces.js
index 25b773675..99cb8a99d 100644
--- a/src/opnsense/www/js/widgets/Interfaces.js
+++ b/src/opnsense/www/js/widgets/Interfaces.js
@@ -51,6 +51,10 @@ export default class Interfaces extends BaseTableWidget {
 
     async onWidgetTick() {
         await ajaxGet('/api/interfaces/overview/interfacesInfo', {}, (data, status) => {
+            if (!this.dataChanged('interfaces', data)) {
+                return;
+            }
+
             let rows = [];
             data.rows.map((intf_data) => {
                 if (!intf_data.hasOwnProperty('config') || intf_data.enabled == false) {
diff --git a/src/opnsense/www/js/widgets/Metadata/Core.xml b/src/opnsense/www/js/widgets/Metadata/Core.xml
index e87c65841..831b403fb 100644
--- a/src/opnsense/www/js/widgets/Metadata/Core.xml
+++ b/src/opnsense/www/js/widgets/Metadata/Core.xml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
         </endpoints>
         <translations>
             <title>System Information</title>
-            <name>name</name>
+            <name>Name</name>
             <versions>Versions</versions>
             <updates>Updates</updates>
             <datetime>Current date/time</datetime>
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@
         </translations>
     </swap>
     <carp>
-        <filename>CARP Status</filename>
+        <filename>Carp.js</filename>
         <endpoints>
             <endpoint>/api/diagnostics/interface/get_vip_status</endpoint>
         </endpoints>