diff --git a/src/components/Widgets/IframeWidget.vue b/src/components/Widgets/IframeWidget.vue
index 5c5f7b71..656b893e 100644
--- a/src/components/Widgets/IframeWidget.vue
+++ b/src/components/Widgets/IframeWidget.vue
@@ -45,8 +45,17 @@ export default {
     /* Refreshes iframe contents, called by parent */
     update() {
       this.startLoading();
-      this.updateCount += 1;
-      (document.getElementById(this.frameId) || {}).src = this.frameUrl;
+      const iframe = document.getElementById(this.frameId);
+      if (iframe.contentWindow) {
+        try {
+          iframe.contentWindow.location.href = this.frameUrl;
+          iframe.contentWindow.location.reload(true);
+        } catch (e) {
+          this.error('Failed to refresh iframe', e, true);
+        }
+      } else {
+        this.error('Couldn\'t find iframe', null, true);
+      }
       this.finishLoading();
     },
   },
diff --git a/src/mixins/WidgetMixin.js b/src/mixins/WidgetMixin.js
index 53019adf..a497dafb 100644
--- a/src/mixins/WidgetMixin.js
+++ b/src/mixins/WidgetMixin.js
@@ -72,9 +72,9 @@ const WidgetMixin = {
       this.updater = setInterval(() => { this.update(); }, this.updateInterval);
     },
     /* Called when an error occurs. Logs to handler, and passes to parent component */
-    error(msg, stackTrace) {
+    error(msg, stackTrace, quite = false) {
       ErrorHandler(msg, stackTrace);
-      if (!this.options.ignoreErrors) {
+      if (!this.options.ignoreErrors && !quite) {
         this.$emit('error', msg);
       }
     },