diff --git a/lib/interval.js b/lib/interval.js
index 9de411e..b3be1fd 100644
--- a/lib/interval.js
+++ b/lib/interval.js
@@ -40,7 +40,29 @@ onInterval = function(interval, load) {
     if (interval < 1000) {
       return Observable["throw"](new Error("Interval has to be at least 1s: " + interval + "ms"));
     } else {
-      return load().concat(Observable.interval(interval).flatMap(load));
+      return Observable.create(function(observer) {
+        var dispose, loadSubscription, prepareNext, runLoad, timeoutHandle;
+        loadSubscription = timeoutHandle = null;
+        dispose = function() {
+          if (timeoutHandle) {
+            clearTimeout(timeoutHandle);
+          }
+          if (loadSubscription) {
+            loadSubscription.dispose();
+          }
+          return loadSubscription = timeoutHandle = null;
+        };
+        prepareNext = function() {
+          dispose();
+          return timeoutHandle = setTimeout(runLoad, interval);
+        };
+        runLoad = function() {
+          dispose();
+          return loadSubscription = load().subscribe(observer.onNext.bind(observer), observer.onError.bind(observer), prepareNext);
+        };
+        runLoad();
+        return dispose;
+      });
     }
   } else {
     return load();
diff --git a/src/interval.coffee b/src/interval.coffee
index 689f392..b82245e 100644
--- a/src/interval.coffee
+++ b/src/interval.coffee
@@ -39,9 +39,29 @@ onInterval = (interval, load) ->
     if interval < 1000
       Observable.throw new Error "Interval has to be at least 1s: #{interval}ms"
     else
-      load().concat(
-        Observable.interval(interval).flatMap(load)
-      )
+      Observable.create (observer) ->
+        loadSubscription = timeoutHandle = null
+
+        dispose = ->
+          clearTimeout(timeoutHandle) if timeoutHandle
+          loadSubscription.dispose() if loadSubscription
+          loadSubscription = timeoutHandle = null
+
+        prepareNext = ->
+          dispose()
+          timeoutHandle = setTimeout runLoad, interval
+
+        runLoad = ->
+          dispose()
+          loadSubscription = load().subscribe(
+            observer.onNext.bind(observer),
+            observer.onError.bind(observer),
+            prepareNext
+          )
+
+        runLoad()
+
+        dispose
   else
     load()