[jQuery] getScript - Site does not finish loading?

hi all,

as i understand the getScript function should be asyncronous, but when
i use it the website won't finish loading (in firefox).

my code:

jQuery(document).ready(function(){
        function get_url_param( name )
        {
                name = name.replace(/[\[]/,"\\\[").replace(/[\]]/,"\\\]");

                var regexS = "[\\?&]"+name+"=([^&#]*)";
                var regex = new RegExp( regexS );
                var results = regex.exec( window.location.href );

                if ( results == null )
                        return "";
                else
                        return results[1];
        }

        function getCounter(){
                jQuery.getScript('http://example.com/counter?id='+get_url_param
('id'), function(){
                        jQuery('#counterfu_online_count').text(count);
                        getCounter();
                });
        }

        getCounter();
});

getCounter() calls itself so the counter this script is used for is
updated - all works well, just the page keeps loading...

so whats the problem here? why does the website not finish loading?