diff --git a/mopidy_musicbox_webclient/static/js/controls.js b/mopidy_musicbox_webclient/static/js/controls.js
index 53b7474..266e041 100644
--- a/mopidy_musicbox_webclient/static/js/controls.js
+++ b/mopidy_musicbox_webclient/static/js/controls.js
@@ -517,9 +517,11 @@ function getCurrentlyPlaying() {
 }
 
 function getPlaylistByName(name, scheme, create) {
-    return mopidy.playlists.filter({"name": name}).then(function(plists) {
+    var uri_scheme = scheme || '';
+    var uri = '';
+    return mopidy.playlists.asList().catch(console.error.bind(console)).then(function(plists) {
         for (var i = 0; i < plists.length; i++) {
-            if (!scheme || getScheme(plists[i].uri) == scheme) {
+            if ((plists[i].name === name) && (scheme === '' || getScheme(plists[i].uri) === scheme)) {
                 return plists[i];
             }
         }
@@ -533,11 +535,18 @@ function getPlaylistByName(name, scheme, create) {
     });
 }
 
+function getPlaylistFull(uri) {
+    return mopidy.playlists.lookup(uri).then(function(pl) {
+            playlists[uri] = pl;
+            return pl;
+    });
+}
+
 function getFavourites() {
     return getPlaylistByName(STREAMS_PLAYLIST_NAME, 
                              STREAMS_PLAYLIST_SCHEME,
                              true).then(function(playlist) {
-        return playlist;
+        return getPlaylistFull(playlist.uri);
     });
 }
 
diff --git a/mopidy_musicbox_webclient/static/js/functionsvars.js b/mopidy_musicbox_webclient/static/js/functionsvars.js
index 32753e4..a2ec0fd 100644
--- a/mopidy_musicbox_webclient/static/js/functionsvars.js
+++ b/mopidy_musicbox_webclient/static/js/functionsvars.js
@@ -425,7 +425,12 @@ function playlisttotable(pl, target, uri) {
 
 function getPlaylistTracks(uri) {
     if (playlists[uri] && playlists[uri].tracks) {
-        return playlists[uri].tracks;
+        return Mopidy.when(playlists[uri].tracks);
+    } else {
+        showLoading(true);
+        return mopidy.playlists.getItems(uri).then(function(refs) {
+            return processPlaylistItems({'uri':uri, 'items':refs});
+        }, console.error);
     }
 }
 
@@ -438,16 +443,15 @@ function getUris(tracks) {
 }
 
 function getTracksFromUri(uri, full_track_data) {
-    full_track_data = full_track_data || false;
-    var tracks = getPlaylistTracks(uri);
-    if (!tracks && customTracklists[uri]) {
-        tracks = customTracklists[uri];
+    var returnTracksOrUris = function(tracks) {
+        return (full_track_data || false) ? tracks : getUris(tracks);
     }
-    if (full_track_data) {
-        return tracks;
-    } else {
-        return getUris(tracks);
+    if (customTracklists[uri]) {
+        return returnTracksOrUris(customTracklists[uri]);
+    } else if (playlists[uri] && playlists[uri].tracks) {
+        return returnTracksOrUris(playlists[uri].tracks);
     }
+    return [];
 }
 
 //convert time to human readable format
diff --git a/mopidy_musicbox_webclient/static/js/library.js b/mopidy_musicbox_webclient/static/js/library.js
index 78d4b60..74b29d5 100644
--- a/mopidy_musicbox_webclient/static/js/library.js
+++ b/mopidy_musicbox_webclient/static/js/library.js
@@ -250,14 +250,10 @@ function togglePlaylists() {
 function showTracklist(uri) {
     $(PLAYLIST_TABLE).empty();
     togglePlaylists();
-    var tracks = getPlaylistTracks(uri);
-    //load from cache
-    if (tracks) {
+    var tracks = getPlaylistTracks(uri).then(function(tracks) {
         resultsToTables(tracks, PLAYLIST_TABLE, uri);
-        return;
-    } else {
-        showLoading(true);
-    }
+    });
+    showLoading(false);
     updatePlayIcons(uri);
     $('#playlistslist li a').each(function() {
         $(this).removeClass("playlistactive");
@@ -266,10 +262,6 @@ function showTracklist(uri) {
         }
     });
 //    scrollToTracklist();
-    //lookup recent tracklist
-    mopidy.playlists.getItems(uri).then(function(refs) {
-        processPlaylistItems({'uri':uri, 'items':refs});
-    }, console.error);
     return false;
 }
 
diff --git a/mopidy_musicbox_webclient/static/js/process_ws.js b/mopidy_musicbox_webclient/static/js/process_ws.js
index 1202c28..fe14d6b 100644
--- a/mopidy_musicbox_webclient/static/js/process_ws.js
+++ b/mopidy_musicbox_webclient/static/js/process_ws.js
@@ -199,10 +199,10 @@ function processPlaylistItems(resultDict) {
         for (i = 0; i < trackUris.length; i++) {
             playlists[newplaylisturi].tracks.push(tracks[trackUris[i]][0]);
         }
-        resultsToTables(playlists[newplaylisturi].tracks, PLAYLIST_TABLE, newplaylisturi);
         showLoading(false);
+        return playlists[newplaylisturi].tracks;
     });
-    
+    return false;
 }
 
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