diff --git a/include/proxysql_admin.h b/include/proxysql_admin.h
index 5b76f328a..61fd30fab 100644
--- a/include/proxysql_admin.h
+++ b/include/proxysql_admin.h
@@ -132,5 +132,6 @@ class ProxySQL_Admin {
 	int Read_MySQL_Servers_from_configfile();
 
 	void flush_error_log();
+	void GenericRefreshStatistics(const char *query_no_space, unsigned int query_no_space_length);
 };
 #endif /* __CLASS_PROXYSQL_ADMIN_H */
diff --git a/lib/ProxySQL_Admin.cpp b/lib/ProxySQL_Admin.cpp
index 2ef600084..ab9742758 100644
--- a/lib/ProxySQL_Admin.cpp
+++ b/lib/ProxySQL_Admin.cpp
@@ -865,6 +865,44 @@ bool admin_handler_command_load_or_save(char *query_no_space, unsigned int query
 }
 
 
+void ProxySQL_Admin::GenericRefreshStatistics(const char *query_no_space, unsigned int query_no_space_length) {
+	bool refresh=false;
+	bool stats_mysql_processlist=false;
+	bool stats_mysql_connection_pool=false;
+	bool stats_mysql_query_digest=false;
+	bool stats_mysql_query_digest_reset=false;
+	bool dump_global_variables=false;
+
+	if (strstr(query_no_space,"stats_mysql_processlist"))
+		{ stats_mysql_processlist=true; refresh=true; }
+	if (strstr(query_no_space,"stats_mysql_query_digest"))
+		{ stats_mysql_query_digest=true; refresh=true; }
+	if (strstr(query_no_space,"stats_mysql_query_digest_reset"))
+		{ stats_mysql_query_digest_reset=true; refresh=true; }
+	if (strstr(query_no_space,"stats_mysql_connection_pool"))
+		{ stats_mysql_connection_pool=true; refresh=true; }
+	if (strstr(query_no_space,"global_variables"))
+		{ dump_global_variables=true; refresh=true; }
+//	if (stats_mysql_processlist || stats_mysql_connection_pool || stats_mysql_query_digest || stats_mysql_query_digest_reset) {
+	if (refresh==true) {
+		pthread_mutex_lock(&admin_mutex);
+		//ProxySQL_Admin *SPA=(ProxySQL_Admin *)pa;
+		if (stats_mysql_processlist)
+			stats___mysql_processlist();
+		if (stats_mysql_query_digest)
+			stats___mysql_query_digests();
+		if (stats_mysql_query_digest_reset)
+			stats___mysql_query_digests_reset();
+		if (stats_mysql_connection_pool)
+			stats___mysql_connection_pool();
+		if (dump_global_variables) {
+			flush_admin_variables___runtime_to_database(admindb, false, false, false);
+			flush_mysql_variables___runtime_to_database(admindb, false, false, false);
+		}
+		pthread_mutex_unlock(&admin_mutex);
+	}
+}
+
 
 void admin_session_handler(MySQL_Session *sess, ProxySQL_Admin *pa, PtrSize_t *pkt) {
 
@@ -889,6 +927,11 @@ void admin_session_handler(MySQL_Session *sess, ProxySQL_Admin *pa, PtrSize_t *p
 	unsigned int query_no_space_length=remove_spaces(query_no_space);
 	//fprintf(stderr,"%s----\n",query_no_space);
 
+	{
+		ProxySQL_Admin *SPA=(ProxySQL_Admin *)pa;
+		SPA->GenericRefreshStatistics(query_no_space,query_no_space_length);
+	}
+
 
 	if (sess->stats==false) {
 		if ((query_no_space_length>8) && (!strncasecmp("PROXYSQL ", query_no_space, 8))) { 
@@ -907,33 +950,6 @@ void admin_session_handler(MySQL_Session *sess, ProxySQL_Admin *pa, PtrSize_t *p
 			goto __run_query;
 		}
 
-		bool stats_mysql_processlist=false;
-		bool stats_mysql_connection_pool=false;
-		bool stats_mysql_query_digest=false;
-		bool stats_mysql_query_digest_reset=false;
-
-		if (strstr(query_no_space,"stats_mysql_processlist"))
-			stats_mysql_processlist=true;
-		if (strstr(query_no_space,"stats_mysql_query_digest"))
-			stats_mysql_query_digest=true;
-		if (strstr(query_no_space,"stats_mysql_query_digest_reset"))
-			stats_mysql_query_digest_reset=true;
-		if (strstr(query_no_space,"stats_mysql_connection_pool"))
-			stats_mysql_connection_pool=true;
-		if (stats_mysql_processlist || stats_mysql_connection_pool || stats_mysql_query_digest || stats_mysql_query_digest_reset) {
-			pthread_mutex_lock(&admin_mutex);
-			ProxySQL_Admin *SPA=(ProxySQL_Admin *)pa;
-			if (stats_mysql_processlist)
-				SPA->stats___mysql_processlist();
-			if (stats_mysql_query_digest)
-				SPA->stats___mysql_query_digests();
-			if (stats_mysql_query_digest_reset)
-				SPA->stats___mysql_query_digests_reset();
-			if (stats_mysql_connection_pool)
-				SPA->stats___mysql_connection_pool();
-			pthread_mutex_unlock(&admin_mutex);
-//			goto __run_query;
-		}
 	}
 
 	// FIXME: this should be removed, it is just a POC for issue #253 . What is important is the call to GloMTH->signal_all_threads();