diff --git a/code/modules/client/client_procs.dm b/code/modules/client/client_procs.dm
index fad493d9ee4..73520d79de7 100644
--- a/code/modules/client/client_procs.dm
+++ b/code/modules/client/client_procs.dm
@@ -344,9 +344,9 @@ GLOBAL_LIST_INIT(blacklisted_builds, list(
 
 	// Initialize stat panel
 	stat_panel.initialize(
-		inline_html = file2text('html/statbrowser.html'),
-		inline_js = file2text('html/statbrowser.js'),
-		inline_css = file2text('html/statbrowser.css'),
+		inline_html = file("html/statbrowser.html"),
+		inline_js = file("html/statbrowser.js"),
+		inline_css = file("html/statbrowser.css"),
 	)
 	addtimer(CALLBACK(src, .proc/check_panel_loaded), 30 SECONDS)
 
diff --git a/code/modules/tgui/tgui_window.dm b/code/modules/tgui/tgui_window.dm
index d0fb91db0cc..ded443f37a0 100644
--- a/code/modules/tgui/tgui_window.dm
+++ b/code/modules/tgui/tgui_window.dm
@@ -102,14 +102,14 @@
 	html = replacetextEx(html, "<!-- tgui:assets -->\n", inline_assets_str)
 	// Inject inline HTML
 	if (inline_html)
-		html = replacetextEx(html, "<!-- tgui:inline-html -->", inline_html)
+		html = replacetextEx(html, "<!-- tgui:inline-html -->", isfile(inline_html) ? file2text(inline_html) : inline_html)
 	// Inject inline JS
 	if (inline_js)
-		inline_js = "<script>\n'use strict';\n[inline_js]\n</script>"
+		inline_js = "<script>\n'use strict';\n[isfile(inline_js) ? file2text(inline_js) : inline_js]\n</script>"
 		html = replacetextEx(html, "<!-- tgui:inline-js -->", inline_js)
 	// Inject inline CSS
 	if (inline_css)
-		inline_css = "<style>\n[inline_css]\n</style>"
+		inline_css = "<style>\n[isfile(inline_css) ? file2text(inline_css) : inline_css]\n</style>"
 		html = replacetextEx(html, "<!-- tgui:inline-css -->", inline_css)
 	// Open the window
 	client << browse(html, "window=[id];[options]")
@@ -132,6 +132,9 @@
 		inline_html = initial_inline_html,
 		inline_js = initial_inline_js,
 		inline_css = initial_inline_css)
+	// Resend assets
+	for(var/datum/asset/asset in sent_assets)
+		send_asset(asset)
 
 /**
  * public
@@ -365,11 +368,7 @@
 		if("openLink")
 			client << link(href_list["url"])
 		if("cacheReloaded")
-			// Reinitialize
 			reinitialize()
-			// Resend the assets
-			for(var/asset in sent_assets)
-				send_asset(asset)
 
 /datum/tgui_window/vv_edit_var(var_name, var_value)
 	return var_name != NAMEOF(src, id) && ..()
diff --git a/code/modules/tgui_panel/external.dm b/code/modules/tgui_panel/external.dm
index e5b3602e868..ddc3c0e97d5 100644
--- a/code/modules/tgui_panel/external.dm
+++ b/code/modules/tgui_panel/external.dm
@@ -35,3 +35,12 @@
 	// Force show the panel to see if there are any errors
 	winset(src, "output", "is-disabled=1&is-visible=0")
 	winset(src, "browseroutput", "is-disabled=0;is-visible=1")
+
+/client/verb/refresh_tgui()
+	set name = "Refresh TGUI"
+	set category = "OOC"
+
+	message_admins("start")
+	for(var/window_id in tgui_windows)
+		var/datum/tgui_window/window = tgui_windows[window_id]
+		window.reinitialize()
diff --git a/tgui/docs/tgui-for-custom-html-popups.md b/tgui/docs/tgui-for-custom-html-popups.md
index 5fe0e8ff78c..ad563a693b0 100644
--- a/tgui/docs/tgui-for-custom-html-popups.md
+++ b/tgui/docs/tgui-for-custom-html-popups.md
@@ -85,9 +85,9 @@ You can also do the same by splitting your code into separate files, and then le
 
 ```dm
 window.initialize(
-  inline_html = file2text('code/modules/thing/thing.html'),
-  inline_js = file2text('code/modules/thing/thing.js'),
-  inline_css = file2text('code/modules/thing/thing.css'),
+  inline_html = file("code/modules/thing/thing.html"),
+  inline_js = file("code/modules/thing/thing.js"),
+  inline_css = file("code/modules/thing/thing.css"),
 )
 ```