var timer; // Place timer in global scope to avoid it getting GC'ed prematurely function handleRequest(request, response) { response.setHeader("Cache-Control", "no-cache", false); response.setHeader("Content-Type", "application/xml", false); response.write("\u00E6\n"); response.finish(); }, 10, Components.interfaces.nsITimer.TYPE_ONE_SHOT); }, 10, Components.interfaces.nsITimer.TYPE_ONE_SHOT); }