diff --git a/src/services/wsService.ts b/src/services/wsService.ts
index edac93bd..752c74b7 100644
--- a/src/services/wsService.ts
+++ b/src/services/wsService.ts
@@ -240,6 +240,19 @@ export const sendWsBroadcastEx = (data: IWsMsgToClient, accountId: string | unde
     });
 };
 
+export const sendWsBroadcastToWebui = (
+    data: IWsMsgToClient,
+    accountId: string | undefined,
+    excludeWsid: number
+): void => {
+    const msg = JSON.stringify(data);
+    forEachClient(client => {
+        if (!client.isGame && (!accountId || client.accountId == accountId) && client.id != excludeWsid) {
+            client.send(msg);
+        }
+    });
+};
+
 export const broadcastInventoryUpdate = (req: Request): void => {
     const accountId = req.query.accountId as string;
     if (req.query.wsid) {
@@ -251,7 +264,7 @@ export const broadcastInventoryUpdate = (req: Request): void => {
         );
     } else {
         // for game requests, let all webui tabs know
-        sendWsBroadcastEx({ update_inventory: true }, accountId, parseInt(String(req.query.wsid))); // TODO: exclude game ws from this somehow
+        sendWsBroadcastToWebui({ update_inventory: true }, accountId, parseInt(String(req.query.wsid)));
     }
 };