diff --git a/www/events.js b/www/events.js
index 2dfc8d0..9a55398 100644
--- a/www/events.js
+++ b/www/events.js
@@ -66,33 +66,44 @@ function getGeolocation(id, lat, lng) {
 };
 
 /* Load events using ajax */
-function ajaxLoadEvents(stime, etime, id, target) {
+function ajaxLoadEvents(stime, etime, id, url, target) {
 	var mapBounds = map.getBounds();
 	var request_data = {};
+	var rtime;
+	var ajax_url = config['ajax']['eventURL'];
 	if ( stime == '' || !stime ) {
 		stime = new Date();
 		stime.setDate(stime.getDate()-config['map']['timespan']);
-	};
-	if ( id ) {
-		request_data = { eventid: id };
+		rtime = new Date();
+		rtime.setDate(rtime.getDate()-config['ajax']['timespan']);
 	} else {
-		request_data = {
-			starttime: sprintf("%d-%02d-%02d", stime.getFullYear(), stime.getMonth()+1, stime.getDate()),
-			orderby: 'time-asc',
-			minlat: sprintf('%.2f', mapBounds.getSouth()-config['map']['latlngDelta']),
-			maxlat: sprintf('%.2f', mapBounds.getNorth()+config['map']['latlngDelta']),
-			minlon: sprintf('%.2f', mapBounds.getWest()-config['map']['latlngDelta']),
-			maxlon: sprintf('%.2f', mapBounds.getEast()+config['map']['latlngDelta']),
-			minmag: sprintf('%.1f', config['event']['minMag']-config['event']['minMagDelta']),
-		};
-		if ( etime ) {
-			request_data['endtime'] = sprintf("%d-%02d-%02d", etime.getFullYear(), etime.getMonth()+1, etime.getDate());
+		rtime = stime;
+	};
+	if ( url ) {
+		var ajax_url = url;
+		request_data = {};
+	} else {
+		if ( id ) {
+			request_data = { eventid: id };
+		} else {
+			request_data = {
+				starttime: sprintf("%d-%02d-%02d", rtime.getFullYear(), rtime.getMonth()+1, rtime.getDate()),
+				orderby: 'time-asc',
+				minlat: sprintf('%.2f', mapBounds.getSouth()-config['map']['latlngDelta']),
+				maxlat: sprintf('%.2f', mapBounds.getNorth()+config['map']['latlngDelta']),
+				minlon: sprintf('%.2f', mapBounds.getWest()-config['map']['latlngDelta']),
+				maxlon: sprintf('%.2f', mapBounds.getEast()+config['map']['latlngDelta']),
+				minmag: sprintf('%.1f', config['event']['minMag']-config['event']['minMagDelta']),
+			};
+			if ( etime ) {
+				request_data['endtime'] = sprintf("%d-%02d-%02d", etime.getFullYear(), etime.getMonth()+1, etime.getDate());
+			};
 		};
 	};
 	if ( etime == '' || !etime  ) { etime = new Date(); };
 	$.ajax({
 		type: "GET",
-		url: config['ajax']['eventURL'],
+		url: ajax_url,
 		data: request_data,
 		dataType: "xml",
 		success: function (xml) {
diff --git a/www/map.js b/www/map.js
index 4473cfc..23d1516 100644
--- a/www/map.js
+++ b/www/map.js
@@ -178,6 +178,7 @@ $(document).ready(function() {
 	eventLayer = new L.MarkerGroup().addTo(map);
 
 	// load events
+	ajaxLoadEvents('', '', '', 'events.xml');
 	ajaxLoadEvents();
 	specialEvents.map(function(id) {
 		ajaxLoadEvents('', '', id)
diff --git a/www/misc.js b/www/misc.js
index 9771431..f93bfaf 100644
--- a/www/misc.js
+++ b/www/misc.js
@@ -97,6 +97,7 @@ var config = {
 		stationURL: 'https://ariadne.geophysik.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/fdsnws/station/1/query',
 		nominatimURL: '//open.mapquestapi.com/nominatim/v1/reverse.php',
 		// nominatimURL: '//nominatim.openstreetmap.org/reverse',
+		timespan: 60,
 	},
 	event: {
 		evaluationBlacklist: ['automatic', 'preliminary', 'rejected'],