diff --git a/media/js/utils.js b/media/js/utils.js
index 584b745cfa..f168b9dcb1 100644
--- a/media/js/utils.js
+++ b/media/js/utils.js
@@ -80,8 +80,7 @@ function filesizeformat(bytes, precision)
     var gigabyte = megabyte * 1024;
     var terabyte = gigabyte * 1024;
 
-    if (precision === undefined)
-        precision = 0;
+    precision = precision || 0;
    
     if ((bytes >= 0) && (bytes < kilobyte)) {
         return bytes + ' B';
@@ -106,3 +105,25 @@ function filesizeformat(bytes, precision)
 function e(str) {
     return encodeURIComponent(str);
 }
+
+function prepareCSRFToken(xhr, settings) {
+    function getCookie(name) {
+        var cookieValue = null;
+        if (document.cookie && document.cookie != '') {
+            var cookies = document.cookie.split(';');
+            for (var i = 0; i < cookies.length; i++) {
+                var cookie = jQuery.trim(cookies[i]);
+                // Does this cookie string begin with the name we want?
+                if (cookie.substring(0, name.length + 1) == (name + '=')) {
+                    cookieValue = decodeURIComponent(cookie.substring(name.length + 1));
+                    break;
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        return cookieValue;
+    }
+    if (!(/^http:.*/.test(settings.url) || /^https:.*/.test(settings.url))) {
+        // Only send the token to relative URLs i.e. locally.
+        xhr.setRequestHeader("X-CSRFToken", getCookie('csrftoken'));
+    }
+}
diff --git a/templates/myhome.html b/templates/myhome.html
index 82eeb3aabb..8b0d167648 100644
--- a/templates/myhome.html
+++ b/templates/myhome.html
@@ -287,37 +287,13 @@ $('#repo-create-submit').click(function() {
         }
     }
 
-    // prepare django csrf token
-    $.ajaxSetup({ 
-        beforeSend: function(xhr, settings) {
-            function getCookie(name) {
-                var cookieValue = null;
-                if (document.cookie && document.cookie != '') {
-                    var cookies = document.cookie.split(';');
-                    for (var i = 0; i < cookies.length; i++) {
-                        var cookie = jQuery.trim(cookies[i]);
-                        // Does this cookie string begin with the name we want?
-                        if (cookie.substring(0, name.length + 1) == (name + '='))        {
-                            cookieValue = decodeURIComponent(cookie.substring(name.length + 1));
-                            break;
-                        }
-                    }
-                }
-                return cookieValue;
-            }
-            if (!(/^http:.*/.test(settings.url) || /^https:.*/.test(settings.url))) {
-                // Only send the token to relative URLs i.e. locally.
-                xhr.setRequestHeader("X-CSRFToken", getCookie('csrftoken'));
-            }
-        } 
-    }); 
-
     $.ajax({
         url: '{{ SITE_ROOT }}repo/create/',
         type: 'POST',
         dataType: 'json',
         cache: 'false',
         contentType: 'application/json; charset=utf-8',
+        beforeSend: prepareCSRFToken,
         data: {
             'repo_name': $('#repo-name').val(),
             'repo_desc': $('#repo-desc').val(),
diff --git a/templates/repo_view_file.html b/templates/repo_view_file.html
index cad181ea62..355f574701 100644
--- a/templates/repo_view_file.html
+++ b/templates/repo_view_file.html
@@ -135,7 +135,6 @@ $('#rm-shared-link').click(function() {
 });
 
 $('#send-shared-link').click(function() {
-    $('#error, #sending, #success').attr('class', 'hide');
     $("#link-send-form").modal({appendTo: "#main"});
 });
 
@@ -155,36 +154,13 @@ $("#link-send-form").submit(function(event) {
    $('#simplemodal-container').css('height', $('#link-send-form').height());
 
    if (email.length <= 512) {
-       // prepare django csrf token
-       $.ajaxSetup({ 
-           beforeSend: function(xhr, settings) {
-               function getCookie(name) {
-               var cookieValue = null;
-               if (document.cookie && document.cookie != '') {
-                   var cookies = document.cookie.split(';');
-                   for (var i = 0; i < cookies.length; i++) {
-                       var cookie = jQuery.trim(cookies[i]);
-                       // Does this cookie string begin with the name we want?
-                       if (cookie.substring(0, name.length + 1) == (name + '='))        {
-                          cookieValue = decodeURIComponent(cookie.substring(name.length + 1));
-                          break;
-                       }
-                   }
-               }
-               return cookieValue;
-               }
-               if (!(/^http:.*/.test(settings.url) || /^https:.*/.test(settings.url))) {
-                  // Only send the token to relative URLs i.e. locally.
-                  xhr.setRequestHeader("X-CSRFToken", getCookie('csrftoken'));
-               }
-           } 
-       });   
        $.ajax({
            type: "POST",
            url: "{{ SITE_ROOT }}sharedlink/send/",
            dataType: 'json',
            cache: false,
            contentType: 'application/json; charset=utf-8',
+           beforeSend: prepareCSRFToken,
            data: {file_shared_link: file_shared_link, email: email},
            success: function(data) {
                $('#sending').attr('class', 'hide');