diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/lib/umbraco/LegacyUmbClientMgr.js b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/lib/umbraco/LegacyUmbClientMgr.js
index 75f0850ee2..06d6c11c71 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/lib/umbraco/LegacyUmbClientMgr.js
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/lib/umbraco/LegacyUmbClientMgr.js
@@ -361,6 +361,12 @@ Umbraco.Sys.registerNamespace("Umbraco.Application");
             rootScope : function(){
                 return getRootScope();
             },
+
+            reloadLocation: function() {
+                var injector = getRootInjector();
+                var $route = injector.get("$route");
+                $route.reload();
+            },
             
             closeModalWindow: function(rVal) {
                 
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI/umbraco/dialogs/ChangeDocType.aspx.cs b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI/umbraco/dialogs/ChangeDocType.aspx.cs
index 783506a1d1..0db3b6c36e 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI/umbraco/dialogs/ChangeDocType.aspx.cs
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI/umbraco/dialogs/ChangeDocType.aspx.cs
@@ -256,7 +256,7 @@ namespace Umbraco.Web.UI.Umbraco.Dialogs
                 ClientTools.SyncTree(_content.Path, true);
                 
                 // Reload the page if the content was already being viewed
-                ClientTools.ReloadContentFrameUrlIfPathLoaded("/editContent.aspx?id=" + _content.Id);
+                ClientTools.ReloadLocation();
 
                 // Display success message
                 SuccessMessage.Text = global::umbraco.ui.Text("changeDocType", "successMessage").Replace("[new type]", "<strong>" + newContentType.Name + "</strong>");
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI/umbraco_client/Application/UmbracoClientManager.js b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI/umbraco_client/Application/UmbracoClientManager.js
index 82cec69d81..88f385eac3 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI/umbraco_client/Application/UmbracoClientManager.js
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI/umbraco_client/Application/UmbracoClientManager.js
@@ -151,7 +151,6 @@ Umbraco.Sys.registerNamespace("Umbraco.Application");
             
             /** This is used to launch an angular based modal window instead of the legacy window */
             openAngularModalWindow: function (options) {
-                
                 if (!this.mainWindow().UmbClientMgr) {
                     throw "An angular modal window can only be launched when the modal is running within the main Umbraco application";
                 }
@@ -173,6 +172,12 @@ Umbraco.Sys.registerNamespace("Umbraco.Application");
 
             },
 
+            reloadLocation: function () {
+                if (this.mainWindow().UmbClientMgr) {
+                    this.mainWindow().UmbClientMgr.reloadLocation();
+                }
+            },
+
             openModalWindow: function(url, name, showHeader, width, height, top, leftOffset, closeTriggers, onCloseCallback) {
                 //need to create the modal on the top window if the top window has a client manager, if not, create it on the current window                
 
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web/UI/Pages/ClientTools.cs b/src/Umbraco.Web/UI/Pages/ClientTools.cs
index ebb778183d..44464676a4 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Web/UI/Pages/ClientTools.cs
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Web/UI/Pages/ClientTools.cs
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ namespace Umbraco.Web.UI.Pages
             {
                 return string.Format(ClientMgrScript + ".reloadContentFrameUrlIfPathLoaded('{0}');", url);
             }
+            public static string ReloadLocation { get { return string.Format(ClientMgrScript + ".reloadLocation();"); } }
             public static string ChildNodeCreated = GetMainTree + ".childNodeCreated();";
 			public static string SyncTree { get { return GetMainTree + ".syncTree('{0}', {1});"; } }
 			public static string ClearTreeCache { get { return GetMainTree + ".clearTreeCache();"; } }
@@ -173,6 +174,16 @@ namespace Umbraco.Web.UI.Pages
             return this;
         }
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Reloads location, refreshing what is in the content frame
+        /// </summary>
+        public ClientTools ReloadLocation()
+        {
+            RegisterClientScript(Scripts.ReloadLocation);
+
+            return this;
+        }
+
         private string EnsureUmbracoUrl(string url)
         {
             if (url.StartsWith("/") && url.StartsWith(IOHelper.ResolveUrl(SystemDirectories.Umbraco)) == false)
diff --git a/src/umbraco.businesslogic/BasePages/ClientTools.cs b/src/umbraco.businesslogic/BasePages/ClientTools.cs
index 627c4c1efb..47c7890fc8 100644
--- a/src/umbraco.businesslogic/BasePages/ClientTools.cs
+++ b/src/umbraco.businesslogic/BasePages/ClientTools.cs
@@ -52,8 +52,8 @@ namespace umbraco.BasePages
 			public static string ReloadContentFrameUrlIfPathLoaded(string url) {
                 return string.Format(ClientMgrScript + ".reloadContentFrameUrlIfPathLoaded('{0}');", url);
 			}
-
-			public static string ChildNodeCreated = GetMainTree + ".childNodeCreated();";
+            public static string ReloadLocation { get { return string.Format(ClientMgrScript + ".reloadLocation();"); } }
+            public static string ChildNodeCreated = GetMainTree + ".childNodeCreated();";
 			public static string SyncTree { get { return GetMainTree + ".syncTree('{0}', {1});"; } }
 			public static string ClearTreeCache { get { return GetMainTree + ".clearTreeCache();"; } }
 			public static string CopyNode { get { return GetMainTree + ".copyNode('{0}', '{1}');"; } }