diff --git a/changedetectionio/static/js/settings.js b/changedetectionio/static/js/settings.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 9ce51d07..00000000
--- a/changedetectionio/static/js/settings.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-window.addEventListener("load", (event) => {
-  // just an example for now
-  function toggleVisible(elem) {
-    // theres better ways todo this
-    var x = document.getElementById(elem);
-    if (x.style.display === "block") {
-      x.style.display = "none";
-    } else {
-      x.style.display = "block";
-    }
-  }
-});
-
diff --git a/changedetectionio/static/js/watch-settings.js b/changedetectionio/static/js/watch-settings.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..c7f070fe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changedetectionio/static/js/watch-settings.js
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+$(document).ready(function() {
+    function toggle() {
+        if ($('input[name="fetch_backend"]:checked').val() != 'html_requests') {
+            $('#requests-override-options').hide();
+        } else {
+            $('#requests-override-options').show();
+        }
+    }
+    $('input[name="fetch_backend"]').click(function (e) {
+        toggle();
+    });
+    toggle();
+
+});
diff --git a/changedetectionio/templates/edit.html b/changedetectionio/templates/edit.html
index 07af9c4d..87590fb3 100644
--- a/changedetectionio/templates/edit.html
+++ b/changedetectionio/templates/edit.html
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
     const email_notification_prefix=JSON.parse('{{ emailprefix|tojson }}');
 {% endif %}
 </script>
+<script type="text/javascript" src="{{url_for('static_content', group='js', filename='watch-settings.js')}}" defer></script>
 <script type="text/javascript" src="{{url_for('static_content', group='js', filename='notifications.js')}}" defer></script>
 
 <div class="edit-form monospaced-textarea">
@@ -65,12 +66,10 @@
                         </span>
                     </div>
 
-                <hr/>
-                <fieldset class="pure-group">
-
-                    <span class="pure-form-message-inline">
+                <fieldset class="pure-group" id="requests-override-options">
+                    <div class="pure-form-message-inline">
                         <strong>Request override is currently only used by the <i>Basic fast Plaintext/HTTP Client</i> method.</strong>
-                    </span>
+                    </div>
                     <div class="pure-control-group">
                         {{ render_field(form.method) }}
                     </div>
diff --git a/changedetectionio/templates/settings.html b/changedetectionio/templates/settings.html
index fcac7097..f66c0755 100644
--- a/changedetectionio/templates/settings.html
+++ b/changedetectionio/templates/settings.html
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@
     const email_notification_prefix=JSON.parse('{{emailprefix|tojson}}');
 {% endif %}
 </script>
-<script type="text/javascript" src="{{url_for('static_content', group='js', filename='settings.js')}}" defer></script>
 <script type="text/javascript" src="{{url_for('static_content', group='js', filename='tabs.js')}}" defer></script>
 <script type="text/javascript" src="{{url_for('static_content', group='js', filename='notifications.js')}}" defer></script>