diff --git a/core/app.js b/core/app.js
index c5623062..8083fb3d 100644
--- a/core/app.js
+++ b/core/app.js
@@ -141,11 +141,7 @@ function socket(request, response, client) {
 				}
 			} else if (message.action == 'enableStats') {
 				if (process) {
-					process.stats = message.enabled;
-					if (!gStatsTimer) {
-						sendStats();
-						gStatsTimer = true;
-					}
+					core.enableStats(process, message.enabled);
 				}
 			} else {
 				if (process && process.eventHandlers['message']) {
diff --git a/core/core.js b/core/core.js
index 6eaea5c3..cee3790b 100644
--- a/core/core.js
+++ b/core/core.js
@@ -559,6 +559,14 @@ function sendStats() {
 	}
 }
 
+function enableStats(process, enabled) {
+	process.stats = enabled;
+	if (!gStatsTimer) {
+		gStatsTimer = true;
+		sendStats();
+	}
+}
+
 loadSettings().then(function() {
 	var auth = require("auth");
 	var httpd = require("httpd");
@@ -601,3 +609,4 @@ exports.getSessionProcessBlob = getSessionProcessBlob;
 exports.invoke = invoke;
 exports.globalSettings = gGlobalSettings;
 exports.setGlobalSettings = setGlobalSettings;
+exports.enableStats = enableStats;