diff --git a/luci-app-openmptcprouter/luasrc/view/openmptcprouter/wanstatus.htm b/luci-app-openmptcprouter/luasrc/view/openmptcprouter/wanstatus.htm
index 96ae45666..fb62da0cb 100644
--- a/luci-app-openmptcprouter/luasrc/view/openmptcprouter/wanstatus.htm
+++ b/luci-app-openmptcprouter/luasrc/view/openmptcprouter/wanstatus.htm
@@ -36,10 +36,15 @@
 <script type="text/javascript" src="<%=resource%>/cbi.js?v=git-18.120.38690-2678b12"></script>
 <script type="text/javascript">//<![CDATA[
 	var anonymize = false;
+	function getCookieValue(a) {
+		var b = document.cookie.match('(^|;)\\s*' + a + '\\s*=\\s*([^;]+)');
+		return b ? b.pop() : '';
+	}
 	XHR.poll(20, '/cgi-bin/luci/admin/system/openmptcprouter/interfaces_status', null,
 		function(x, mArray)
 		{
-			if (anonymize)
+			anonymize=getCookieValue("anonymize");
+			if (anonymize == "true")
 			{
 				mArray.openmptcprouter.wan_addr=replaceLastNChars(mArray.openmptcprouter.wan_addr,"x",6);
 				mArray.openmptcprouter.wan_addr6=replaceLastNChars(mArray.openmptcprouter.wan_addr6,"x",10);
@@ -449,9 +454,10 @@
 		return colour;
 	}
 
-	function setAnonymize()
+	function setAnonymize(data)
 	{
-		anonymize=true;
+		document.cookie="anonymize=" + data.checked + "; path=/cgi-bin/luci/";
+		location.reload();
 	}
 
 	var replaceLastNChars = function(str, replace, num) {
@@ -472,7 +478,7 @@
 			<div class="cbi-value">
 				<label class="cbi-value-title">Anonymize public IPs (at next refresh)</label>
 				<div class="cbi-value-field">
-					<input type="checkbox" name="anon" class="cbi-input-checkbox" value="1" onclick="setAnonymize()" \>
+					<input type="checkbox" name="anon" class="cbi-input-checkbox" value="1" onclick="setAnonymize(this)" \>
 				</div>
 			</div>
 		</fieldset>