diff --git a/include/staff/header.inc.php b/include/staff/header.inc.php
index 0fabe6585d42dbcdcc6f5b1e769fb145f01cc356..58d4f28dcdf77cbe3fa184e8a4979982b01de0fe 100644
--- a/include/staff/header.inc.php
+++ b/include/staff/header.inc.php
@@ -1,7 +1,12 @@
<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/strict.dtd">
<html>
<head>
- <meta charset="utf-8">
+ <meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8">
+ <?php
+ if(defined('AUTO_REFRESH') && is_numeric(AUTO_REFRESH_RATE) && AUTO_REFRESH_RATE>0){ //Refresh rate
+ echo '<meta http-equiv="refresh" content="'.AUTO_REFRESH_RATE.'" />';
+ }
+ ?>
<title>osTicket Staff Control Panel</title>
<!--[if IE]>
<style type="text/css">