diff --git a/tailbone/templates/base.mako b/tailbone/templates/base.mako
index 86b1ba1d..8228f823 100644
--- a/tailbone/templates/base.mako
+++ b/tailbone/templates/base.mako
@@ -632,9 +632,23 @@
         % endif
         <div class="navbar-dropdown">
           % if request.is_root:
-              ${h.link_to("Stop being root", url('stop_root'), class_='navbar-item root-user')}
+              ${h.form(url('stop_root'), ref='stopBeingRootForm')}
+              ${h.csrf_token(request)}
+              <input type="hidden" name="referrer" value="${request.current_route_url()}" />
+              <a @click="$refs.stopBeingRootForm.submit()"
+                 class="navbar-item root-user">
+                Stop being root
+              </a>
+              ${h.end_form()}
           % elif request.is_admin:
-              ${h.link_to("Become root", url('become_root'), class_='navbar-item root-user')}
+              ${h.form(url('become_root'), ref='startBeingRootForm')}
+              ${h.csrf_token(request)}
+              <input type="hidden" name="referrer" value="${request.current_route_url()}" />
+              <a @click="$refs.startBeingRootForm.submit()"
+                 class="navbar-item root-user">
+                Become root
+              </a>
+              ${h.end_form()}
           % endif
           % if messaging_enabled:
               ${h.link_to("Messages{}".format(" ({})".format(inbox_count) if inbox_count else ''), url('messages.inbox'), class_='navbar-item')}
diff --git a/tailbone/templates/themes/butterball/base.mako b/tailbone/templates/themes/butterball/base.mako
index 14616474..b69eacfb 100644
--- a/tailbone/templates/themes/butterball/base.mako
+++ b/tailbone/templates/themes/butterball/base.mako
@@ -909,7 +909,7 @@
               ${h.form(url('stop_root'), ref='stopBeingRootForm')}
               ${h.csrf_token(request)}
               <input type="hidden" name="referrer" value="${request.current_route_url()}" />
-              <a @click="stopBeingRoot()"
+              <a @click="$refs.stopBeingRootForm.submit()"
                  class="navbar-item has-background-danger has-text-white">
                 Stop being root
               </a>
@@ -918,7 +918,7 @@
               ${h.form(url('become_root'), ref='startBeingRootForm')}
               ${h.csrf_token(request)}
               <input type="hidden" name="referrer" value="${request.current_route_url()}" />
-              <a @click="startBeingRoot()"
+              <a @click="$refs.startBeingRootForm.submit()"
                  class="navbar-item has-background-danger has-text-white">
                 Become root
               </a>
@@ -1103,18 +1103,6 @@
                 const key = 'menu_' + hash + '_shown'
                 this[key] = !this[key]
             },
-
-            % if request.is_admin:
-
-                startBeingRoot() {
-                    this.$refs.startBeingRootForm.submit()
-                },
-
-                stopBeingRoot() {
-                    this.$refs.stopBeingRootForm.submit()
-                },
-
-            % endif
         },
     }