diff --git a/admin/report.ajax.php b/admin/report.ajax.php
index 19fcc7d5..e1437dc5 100644
--- a/admin/report.ajax.php
+++ b/admin/report.ajax.php
@@ -32,8 +32,14 @@
 
  if($reports_id > 0) {
 	$report = report_load($reports_id);
-	echo json_encode($report);
+	echo $report['type']."\n";
+	echo $report['stock']."\n";
+	echo $report['desc']."\n";
+//	echo json_encode($report);
  }
  else
- 	echo json_encode(array());
+ {
+ 	echo "\n\n\n";
+// 	echo json_encode(array());
+ }
 ?>
diff --git a/admin/reports.php b/admin/reports.php
index 9f937ff2..31b51b27 100644
--- a/admin/reports.php
+++ b/admin/reports.php
@@ -239,6 +239,7 @@
 					document.getElementById('reporttypecustom').style.display='none';
 					document.getElementById('reportstockcustom').style.display='none';
 
+/* dont use JSON anymore since it adds an extra PHP-side requirement, we'll just get a 3 line response with one thing per line that we need
 					var obj=eval('('+http.responseText+')');
 					if(obj['option']['type']) {
 						for(i=0;i<document.addreport.type.options.length;i++) {
@@ -260,6 +261,32 @@
 
 					if(obj['desc'])
 						document.addreport.comment.value=obj['desc'];
+*/
+					var lines=http.responseText.split('\n');
+					var reportType=lines[0];
+					var reportStock=lines[1];
+					var reportDesc=lines[2];
+
+					if(reportType) {
+						for(i=0;i<document.addreport.type.options.length;i++) {
+							if(document.addreport.type.options[i].value==reportType)
+								document.addreport.type.selectedIndex=i;
+						}
+					}
+					else
+						document.addreport.type.selectedIndex=0;
+
+					if(reportStock) {
+						for(i=0;i<document.addreport.stock.options.length;i++) {
+							if(document.addreport.stock.options[i].value==reportStock)
+								document.addreport.stock.selectedIndex=i;
+						}
+					}
+					else
+						document.addreport.stock.selectedIndex=0;
+
+					if(reportDesc);
+						document.addreport.comment.value=reportDesc;
 				}
 				else
 				{