diff --git a/modules/mod_base/dispatch/dispatch b/modules/mod_base/dispatch/dispatch
index 1cbf2c29a8..5f2f60a3b6 100644
--- a/modules/mod_base/dispatch/dispatch
+++ b/modules/mod_base/dispatch/dispatch
@@ -4,19 +4,19 @@
     {home,     [],            resource_template, [ {template, "home.tpl"} ]},
 
     %% Comet connection, used with long polls from the browser.
-    {comet,    ["comet"],     resource_comet, [{ssl, any}, {statz, [no_duration]}]},
+    {comet,    ["comet"],     resource_comet, [{ssl, any}, {statz, [no_duration]}, {no_session, true}]},
 
     %% Comet sub-domain connection, used with long polls from the browser.
     {comet,    ["comet", "subdomain"], resource_template, [{template, "comet_subdomain.tpl"}]},
     
     %% WebSocket connection.
-    {websocket,    ["websocket"],     resource_websocket, [{ssl, any}]},
+    {websocket,    ["websocket"],     resource_websocket, [{ssl, any}, {no_session, true}]},
     
     %% Postback of events from the browser to the server, dispatched from the postback resource.
-    {postback, ["postback"],  resource_postback, [{ssl, any}]},
+    {postback, ["postback"],  resource_postback, [{ssl, any}, {no_session, true}]},
     
     %% Used in Ajax file upload, fixes a problem in Safari.  Just closes the connection.
-    {close_connection, ["close-connection"],  resource_close_connection, [{ssl, any}]},
+    {close_connection, ["close-connection"],  resource_close_connection, [{ssl, any}, {no_session, true}]},
 
     %% Normal page to show a resource.
     {page,    ["page", id],       resource_page, [ {template, {cat, "page.tpl"}} ]},
diff --git a/modules/mod_base/resources/resource_api.erl b/modules/mod_base/resources/resource_api.erl
index df5e2e28a8..7ac33d3fab 100644
--- a/modules/mod_base/resources/resource_api.erl
+++ b/modules/mod_base/resources/resource_api.erl
@@ -45,7 +45,8 @@ service_available(ReqData, DispatchArgs) when is_list(DispatchArgs) ->
 
 allowed_methods(ReqData, Context) ->
     Context0 = ?WM_REQ(ReqData, Context),
-    Context1 = z_context:ensure_all(Context0),
+    Context1 = z_context:ensure_qs(z_context:continue_session(Context0)),
+
     %% 'ping' the service to ensure we loaded all the existing services.
     z_service:all(Context1),
     TheMod = case z_context:get_q("module", Context1) of
diff --git a/modules/mod_base/resources/resource_postback.erl b/modules/mod_base/resources/resource_postback.erl
index 7f8af55e2e..ef3784bf11 100644
--- a/modules/mod_base/resources/resource_postback.erl
+++ b/modules/mod_base/resources/resource_postback.erl
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 
 -export([
     init/1, 
+    service_available/2,
     forbidden/2,
     malformed_request/2,
     allowed_methods/2,
@@ -33,10 +34,16 @@
 -include_lib("webmachine_resource.hrl").
 -include_lib("include/zotonic.hrl").
 
-init(_Args) -> {ok, []}.
+init(DispatchArgs) -> {ok, DispatchArgs}.
 
-malformed_request(ReqData, _Context) ->
-    Context1 = z_context:new(ReqData, ?MODULE),
+service_available(ReqData, DispatchArgs) when is_list(DispatchArgs) ->
+    Context  = z_context:new(ReqData, ?MODULE),
+    Context1 = z_context:set(DispatchArgs, Context),
+    ?WM_REPLY(true, Context1).
+
+
+malformed_request(ReqData, Context) ->
+    Context1 = ?WM_REQ(ReqData, Context),
     Context2 = z_context:ensure_qs(Context1),
     case z_context:get_q("postback", Context2) of
         undefined ->
@@ -61,7 +68,10 @@ content_types_provided(ReqData, Context) ->
 process_post(ReqData, Context) ->
     Context1 = ?WM_REQ(ReqData, Context),
     {Script, EventContext} = process_postback(Context1),
-    CometScript = z_session_page:get_scripts(EventContext#context.page_pid),
+    CometScript = case z_context:has_session_page(EventContext) of
+                      true -> z_session_page:get_scripts(EventContext#context.page_pid);
+                      false -> []
+                  end,
     
     % Send back all the javascript.
     RD  = z_context:get_reqdata(EventContext),
diff --git a/src/support/z_context.erl b/src/support/z_context.erl
index a20a9338e7..6489e13aee 100644
--- a/src/support/z_context.erl
+++ b/src/support/z_context.erl
@@ -46,10 +46,10 @@
 
     continue_session/1,
     has_session/1,
+    has_session_page/1,
     
     ensure_all/1,
     ensure_session/1,
-    ensure_page_session/1,
     ensure_qs/1,
 
     get_reqdata/1,
@@ -456,6 +456,12 @@ continue_session(Context) ->
     end.
     
 
+%% @doc Check if the current context has a session page attached
+has_session_page(#context{page_pid=PagePid}) when is_pid(PagePid) ->
+    true;
+has_session_page(_) ->
+    false.
+
 %% @doc Check if the current context has a session attached
 has_session(#context{session_pid=SessionPid}) when is_pid(SessionPid) ->
     true;
@@ -465,9 +471,13 @@ has_session(_) ->
 
 %% @doc Ensure session and page session and fetch and parse the query string
 ensure_all(Context) ->
-    ensure_page_session(
-        ensure_session(
-            ensure_qs(Context))).
+    case get(no_session, Context, false) of
+        false ->
+            ensure_page_session(ensure_session(ensure_qs(Context)));
+        true ->
+            continue_page_session(continue_session(ensure_qs(Context)))
+    end.
+
 
 
 %% @doc Ensure that we have a session, start a new session process when needed
@@ -482,16 +492,24 @@ ensure_session(Context) ->
             Context
     end.
 
-%% @doc Ensure that we have a page session, used for comet and postback requests
+%% @doc Ensure that we have a page session, used for comet and postback requests.
 ensure_page_session(Context) ->
     case Context#context.page_pid of
         undefined ->
-            Context1 = ensure_session(Context),
-            z_session:ensure_page_session(Context1);
+            z_session:ensure_page_session(Context);
         _ ->
             Context
     end.
 
+continue_page_session(Context) ->
+    case Context#context.session_pid of
+        undefined ->
+            Context;
+        _ ->
+            z_session:ensure_page_session(Context)
+    end.
+
+
 %% @doc Ensure that we have parsed the query string, fetch body if necessary
 ensure_qs(Context) ->
     case proplists:lookup('q', Context#context.props) of