diff --git a/plugins/rtorrent/rtom_allsessions_mem b/plugins/rtorrent/rtom_allsessions_mem
index 0e63c4db..a38e93e8 100755
--- a/plugins/rtorrent/rtom_allsessions_mem
+++ b/plugins/rtorrent/rtom_allsessions_mem
@@ -65,49 +65,70 @@ my @ports       = split /,/, $ENV{"port"} || "";
 
 # detect rtorrent version
 use version;
-my $rtorrent_version;
-sub rtorrent_version_lower_than {
-	if (not length $rtorrent_version){
-		if ( ( defined $src ) && ( $src eq "socket" ) ) {
-			socket( SOCK, PF_UNIX, SOCK_STREAM, 0 ) or die;
-			connect( SOCK, sockaddr_un( $socket ) ) or die $!;
-		} else {
-			socket( SOCK, PF_INET, SOCK_STREAM, getprotobyname( "tcp" ) );
-			connect( SOCK, sockaddr_in( $port, inet_aton( $ip ) ) );
+my %rtorrent_version;
+sub get_socket_version {
+	my $version;
+	my $line_version= "<?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"utf-8\"?><methodCall><methodName>system.client_version</methodName></methodCall>";
+	my $llen	= length $line_version;
+	my $header	= "CONTENT_LENGTH\000${llen}\000SCGI\001\000";
+	my $hlen	= length $header;
+	$line_version= "${hlen}:${header},${line_version}";
+	print SOCK $line_version;
+	flush SOCK;
+	my $pattern	= qr/<value><string>([0-9.]+)<\/string><\/value>/;
+	while ( $line = <SOCK> ) {
+		if ( $line =~ /$pattern/ ) {
+			$version = $1;
 		}
-		my $line_version= "<?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"utf-8\"?><methodCall><methodName>system.client_version</methodName></methodCall>";
-		my $llen	= length $line_version;
-		my $header	= "CONTENT_LENGTH\000${llen}\000SCGI\001\000";
-		my $hlen	= length $header;
-		$line_version= "${hlen}:${header},${line_version}";
-		print SOCK $line_version;
-		flush SOCK;
-		my $pattern	= qr/<value><string>([0-9.]+)<\/string><\/value>/;
-		while ( $line = <SOCK> ) {
-			if ( $line =~ /$pattern/ ) {
-				$rtorrent_version = $1;
-			}
-		}
-		close (SOCK);
 	}
-	return version->parse($rtorrent_version) < version->parse($_[0]);
+	close (SOCK);
+	$rtorrent_version{$_[0]} = $version;
 }
+sub rtorrent_version_lower_than {
+	if (keys %rtorrent_version == 0 && not defined $_[0]){
+		if ( ( defined $src ) && ( $src eq "socket" ) ) {
+		  for $socket (@sockets)
+		  {
+		    socket( SOCK, PF_UNIX, SOCK_STREAM, 0 ) or die;
+		    connect( SOCK, sockaddr_un( $socket ) ) or die $!;
+		    get_socket_version $port;
+		    close (SOCK);
+		  }
+		} else {
+		  for $port (@ports)
+		  {
+		    socket( SOCK, PF_INET, SOCK_STREAM, getprotobyname( "tcp" ) );
+		    connect( SOCK, sockaddr_in( $port, inet_aton( $ip ) ) );
+		    get_socket_version $port;
+		    close (SOCK);
+		  }
+		}
+	}
+	if(defined $_[1]){
+		return version->parse($rtorrent_version{$_[0]}) < version->parse($_[1]);
+	}
+}
+# init rtorrent_version
+rtorrent_version_lower_than();
 
-my $mem         = 0;
 my $pattern     = qr/<value><(int|i4|i8|ex\.i8)>(\d+)<\/(int|i4|i8|ex\.i8)><\/value>/;
-my $function	= rtorrent_version_lower_than('0.9.0') ? 'get_memory_usage' : 'pieces.memory.current';
-my $line	= "<?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"utf-8\"?><methodCall><methodName>$function</methodName></methodCall>";
-my $llen        = length $line;
-my $header      = "CONTENT_LENGTH\000${llen}\000SCGI\001\000";
-my $hlen        = length $header;
+my $mem         = 0;
+sub construct_line {
+	my $function	= rtorrent_version_lower_than($_[0], '0.9.0') ? 'get_memory_usage' : 'pieces.memory.current';
+	my $line	= "<?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"utf-8\"?><methodCall><methodName>$function</methodName></methodCall>";
+	my $llen        = length $line;
+	my $header      = "CONTENT_LENGTH\000${llen}\000SCGI\001\000";
+	my $hlen        = length $header;
+	$line = "${hlen}:${header},${line}";
+	return $line;
+}
 
 if ( ( defined $src ) && ( $src eq "socket" ) ) {
   for $socket (@sockets)
   {
     socket( SOCK, PF_UNIX, SOCK_STREAM, 0 ) or die;
     connect( SOCK, sockaddr_un( $socket ) ) or die $!;
-    my $line = "${hlen}:${header},${line}";
-    print SOCK $line;
+    print SOCK construct_line($socket);
     flush SOCK;
     while ( $line = <SOCK> ) {
       if ( $line =~ /$pattern/ ) {
@@ -121,8 +142,7 @@ if ( ( defined $src ) && ( $src eq "socket" ) ) {
   {
     socket( SOCK, PF_INET, SOCK_STREAM, getprotobyname( "tcp" ) );
     connect( SOCK, sockaddr_in( $port, inet_aton( $ip ) ) );
-    my $line = "${hlen}:${header},${line}";
-    print SOCK $line;
+    print SOCK construct_line($port);
     flush SOCK;
     while ( $line = <SOCK> ) {
       if ( $line =~ /$pattern/ ) {
diff --git a/plugins/rtorrent/rtom_allsessions_peers b/plugins/rtorrent/rtom_allsessions_peers
index 115b0e93..c975030f 100755
--- a/plugins/rtorrent/rtom_allsessions_peers
+++ b/plugins/rtorrent/rtom_allsessions_peers
@@ -75,44 +75,64 @@ my @ports       = split /,/, $ENV{"port"} || "";
 
 # detect rtorrent version
 use version;
-my $rtorrent_version;
-sub rtorrent_version_lower_than {
-	if (not length $rtorrent_version){
-		if ( ( defined $src ) && ( $src eq "socket" ) ) {
-			socket( SOCK, PF_UNIX, SOCK_STREAM, 0 ) or die;
-			connect( SOCK, sockaddr_un( $socket ) ) or die $!;
-		} else {
-			socket( SOCK, PF_INET, SOCK_STREAM, getprotobyname( "tcp" ) );
-			connect( SOCK, sockaddr_in( $port, inet_aton( $ip ) ) );
+my %rtorrent_version;
+sub get_socket_version {
+	my $version;
+	my $line_version= "<?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"utf-8\"?><methodCall><methodName>system.client_version</methodName></methodCall>";
+	my $llen	= length $line_version;
+	my $header	= "CONTENT_LENGTH\000${llen}\000SCGI\001\000";
+	my $hlen	= length $header;
+	$line_version= "${hlen}:${header},${line_version}";
+	print SOCK $line_version;
+	flush SOCK;
+	my $pattern	= qr/<value><string>([0-9.]+)<\/string><\/value>/;
+	while ( $line = <SOCK> ) {
+		if ( $line =~ /$pattern/ ) {
+			$version = $1;
 		}
-		my $line_version= "<?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"utf-8\"?><methodCall><methodName>system.client_version</methodName></methodCall>";
-		my $llen	= length $line_version;
-		my $header	= "CONTENT_LENGTH\000${llen}\000SCGI\001\000";
-		my $hlen	= length $header;
-		$line_version= "${hlen}:${header},${line_version}";
-		print SOCK $line_version;
-		flush SOCK;
-		my $pattern	= qr/<value><string>([0-9.]+)<\/string><\/value>/;
-		while ( $line = <SOCK> ) {
-			if ( $line =~ /$pattern/ ) {
-				$rtorrent_version = $1;
-			}
-		}
-		close (SOCK);
 	}
-	return version->parse($rtorrent_version) < version->parse($_[0]);
+	close (SOCK);
+	$rtorrent_version{$_[0]} = $version;
 }
-
+sub rtorrent_version_lower_than {
+	if (keys %rtorrent_version == 0 && not defined $_[0]){
+		if ( ( defined $src ) && ( $src eq "socket" ) ) {
+		  for $socket (@sockets)
+		  {
+		    socket( SOCK, PF_UNIX, SOCK_STREAM, 0 ) or die;
+		    connect( SOCK, sockaddr_un( $socket ) ) or die $!;
+		    get_socket_version $port;
+		    close (SOCK);
+		  }
+		} else {
+		  for $port (@ports)
+		  {
+		    socket( SOCK, PF_INET, SOCK_STREAM, getprotobyname( "tcp" ) );
+		    connect( SOCK, sockaddr_in( $port, inet_aton( $ip ) ) );
+		    get_socket_version $port;
+		    close (SOCK);
+		  }
+		}
+	}
+	if(defined $_[1]){
+		return version->parse($rtorrent_version{$_[0]}) < version->parse($_[1]);
+	}
+}
+# init rtorrent_version
+rtorrent_version_lower_than();
 
 my $pattern  = qr/<value><(int|i4|i8|ex\.i8)>(\d+)<\/(int|i4|i8|ex\.i8)><\/value>/;
 my $tpattern  = qr/[0-9A-F]{20}/;
-
-my $function_multicall	= rtorrent_version_lower_than('0.9.0') ? 'd.multicall' : 'd.multicall2';
-my $function_hash	= rtorrent_version_lower_than('0.9.0') ? 'd.get_hash=' : 'd.hash=';
-my $line		= "<?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"utf-8\"?><methodCall><methodName>$function_multicall</methodName><params><param><value><string>main</string></value></param><param><value><string>$function_hash</string></value></param><param><value><string>p.multicall=,p.is_encrypted=,p.is_incoming=</string></value></param></params></methodCall>";
-my $llen  = length $line;
-my $header  = "CONTENT_LENGTH\000${llen}\000SCGI\001\000";
-my $hlen  = length $header;
+sub construct_line {
+	my $function_multicall	= rtorrent_version_lower_than($_[0], '0.9.0') ? 'd.multicall' : 'd.multicall2';
+	my $function_hash	= rtorrent_version_lower_than($_[0], '0.9.0') ? 'd.get_hash=' : 'd.hash=';
+	my $line		= "<?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"utf-8\"?><methodCall><methodName>$function_multicall</methodName><params><param><value><string>main</string></value></param><param><value><string>$function_hash</string></value></param><param><value><string>p.multicall=,p.is_encrypted=,p.is_incoming=</string></value></param></params></methodCall>";
+	my $llen  = length $line;
+	my $header  = "CONTENT_LENGTH\000${llen}\000SCGI\001\000";
+	my $hlen  = length $header;
+	$line = "${hlen}:${header},${line}";
+	return $line;
+}
 
 my $tor = 0;
 my $tot = 0;
@@ -123,14 +143,12 @@ my $ppline = "";
 my $out = 0;
 my $pla = 0;
 
-
 if ( ( defined $src ) && ( $src eq "socket" ) ) {
   for $socket (@sockets)
   {
     socket( SOCK, PF_UNIX, SOCK_STREAM, 0 ) or die;
     connect( SOCK, sockaddr_un( $socket ) ) or die $!;
-    my $line = "${hlen}:${header},${line}";
-    print SOCK $line;
+    print SOCK construct_line($socket);
     flush SOCK;
     while ( $line = <SOCK> ) {
       if ( $line =~ /$tpattern/ ) {
@@ -154,8 +172,7 @@ if ( ( defined $src ) && ( $src eq "socket" ) ) {
   {
     socket( SOCK, PF_INET, SOCK_STREAM, getprotobyname( "tcp" ) );
     connect( SOCK, sockaddr_in( $port, inet_aton( $ip ) ) );
-    my $line = "${hlen}:${header},${line}";
-    print SOCK $line;
+    print SOCK construct_line($port);
     flush SOCK;
     while ( $line = <SOCK> ) {
       if ( $line =~ /$tpattern/ ) {
diff --git a/plugins/rtorrent/rtom_allsessions_spdd b/plugins/rtorrent/rtom_allsessions_spdd
index 70bc1f96..76f69d16 100755
--- a/plugins/rtorrent/rtom_allsessions_spdd
+++ b/plugins/rtorrent/rtom_allsessions_spdd
@@ -89,43 +89,66 @@ my @ports       = split /,/, $ENV{"port"} || "";
 
 # detect rtorrent version
 use version;
-my $rtorrent_version;
-sub rtorrent_version_lower_than {
-	if (not length $rtorrent_version){
-		if ( ( defined $src ) && ( $src eq "socket" ) ) {
-			socket( SOCK, PF_UNIX, SOCK_STREAM, 0 ) or die;
-			connect( SOCK, sockaddr_un( $socket ) ) or die $!;
-		} else {
-			socket( SOCK, PF_INET, SOCK_STREAM, getprotobyname( "tcp" ) );
-			connect( SOCK, sockaddr_in( $port, inet_aton( $ip ) ) );
+my %rtorrent_version;
+sub get_socket_version {
+	my $version;
+	my $line_version= "<?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"utf-8\"?><methodCall><methodName>system.client_version</methodName></methodCall>";
+	my $llen	= length $line_version;
+	my $header	= "CONTENT_LENGTH\000${llen}\000SCGI\001\000";
+	my $hlen	= length $header;
+	$line_version= "${hlen}:${header},${line_version}";
+	print SOCK $line_version;
+	flush SOCK;
+	my $pattern	= qr/<value><string>([0-9.]+)<\/string><\/value>/;
+	while ( $line = <SOCK> ) {
+		if ( $line =~ /$pattern/ ) {
+			$version = $1;
 		}
-		my $line_version= "<?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"utf-8\"?><methodCall><methodName>system.client_version</methodName></methodCall>";
-		my $llen	= length $line_version;
-		my $header	= "CONTENT_LENGTH\000${llen}\000SCGI\001\000";
-		my $hlen	= length $header;
-		$line_version= "${hlen}:${header},${line_version}";
-		print SOCK $line_version;
-		flush SOCK;
-		my $pattern	= qr/<value><string>([0-9.]+)<\/string><\/value>/;
-		while ( $line = <SOCK> ) {
-			if ( $line =~ /$pattern/ ) {
-				$rtorrent_version = $1;
-			}
-		}
-		close (SOCK);
 	}
-	return version->parse($rtorrent_version) < version->parse($_[0]);
+	close (SOCK);
+	$rtorrent_version{$_[0]} = $version;
 }
-my $pattern	= qr/<value><(int|i4|i8|ex\.i8)>([-]{0,1}\d+)<\/(int|i4|i8|ex\.i8)><\/value>/;
-my $function_totalup	= rtorrent_version_lower_than('0.9.0') ? 'get_up_total' : 'throttle.global_up.total';
-my $function_totaldown	= rtorrent_version_lower_than('0.9.0') ? 'get_down_total' : 'throttle.global_down.total';
-my $function_rateup	= rtorrent_version_lower_than('0.9.0') ? 'get_upload_rate' : 'throttle.global_up.max_rate';
-my $function_ratedown	= rtorrent_version_lower_than('0.9.0') ? 'get_download_rate' : 'throttle.global_down.max_rate';
-my $line		= "<?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"utf-8\"?><methodCall><methodName>system.multicall</methodName><params><param><value><array><data><value><struct><member><name>methodName</name><value><string>$function_totalup</string></value></member><member><name>params</name><value><array><data/></array></value></member></struct></value><value><struct><member><name>methodName</name><value><string>$function_totaldown</string></value></member><member><name>params</name><value><array><data/></array></value></member></struct></value><value><struct><member><name>methodName</name><value><string>$function_rateup</string></value></member><member><name>params</name><value><array><data/></array></value></member></struct></value><value><struct><member><name>methodName</name><value><string>$function_ratedown</string></value></member><member><name>params</name><value><array><data/></array></value></member></struct></value></data></array></value></param></params></methodCall>";
+sub rtorrent_version_lower_than {
+	if (keys %rtorrent_version == 0 && not defined $_[0]){
+		if ( ( defined $src ) && ( $src eq "socket" ) ) {
+		  for $socket (@sockets)
+		  {
+		    socket( SOCK, PF_UNIX, SOCK_STREAM, 0 ) or die;
+		    connect( SOCK, sockaddr_un( $socket ) ) or die $!;
+		    get_socket_version $port;
+		    close (SOCK);
+		  }
+		} else {
+		  for $port (@ports)
+		  {
+		    socket( SOCK, PF_INET, SOCK_STREAM, getprotobyname( "tcp" ) );
+		    connect( SOCK, sockaddr_in( $port, inet_aton( $ip ) ) );
+		    get_socket_version $port;
+		    close (SOCK);
+		  }
+		}
+	}
+	if(defined $_[1]){
+		return version->parse($rtorrent_version{$_[0]}) < version->parse($_[1]);
+	}
+}
+# init rtorrent_version
+rtorrent_version_lower_than();
 
-my $llen        = length $line;
-my $header      = "CONTENT_LENGTH\000${llen}\000SCGI\001\000";
-my $hlen        = length $header;
+my $pattern	= qr/<value><(int|i4|i8|ex\.i8)>([-]{0,1}\d+)<\/(int|i4|i8|ex\.i8)><\/value>/;
+sub construct_line {
+	my $function_totalup	= rtorrent_version_lower_than($_[0], '0.9.0') ? 'get_up_total' : 'throttle.global_up.total';
+	my $function_totaldown	= rtorrent_version_lower_than($_[0], '0.9.0') ? 'get_down_total' : 'throttle.global_down.total';
+	my $function_rateup	= rtorrent_version_lower_than($_[0], '0.9.0') ? 'get_upload_rate' : 'throttle.global_up.max_rate';
+	my $function_ratedown	= rtorrent_version_lower_than($_[0], '0.9.0') ? 'get_download_rate' : 'throttle.global_down.max_rate';
+	my $line		= "<?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"utf-8\"?><methodCall><methodName>system.multicall</methodName><params><param><value><array><data><value><struct><member><name>methodName</name><value><string>$function_totalup</string></value></member><member><name>params</name><value><array><data/></array></value></member></struct></value><value><struct><member><name>methodName</name><value><string>$function_totaldown</string></value></member><member><name>params</name><value><array><data/></array></value></member></struct></value><value><struct><member><name>methodName</name><value><string>$function_rateup</string></value></member><member><name>params</name><value><array><data/></array></value></member></struct></value><value><struct><member><name>methodName</name><value><string>$function_ratedown</string></value></member><member><name>params</name><value><array><data/></array></value></member></struct></value></data></array></value></param></params></methodCall>";
+
+	my $llen        = length $line;
+	my $header      = "CONTENT_LENGTH\000${llen}\000SCGI\001\000";
+	my $hlen        = length $header;
+	$line = "${hlen}:${header},${line}";
+	return $line;
+}
 
 my $up = -1;
 my $down = -1;
@@ -135,8 +158,7 @@ if ( ( defined $src ) && ( $src eq "socket" ) ) {
   {
     socket( SOCK, PF_UNIX, SOCK_STREAM, 0 ) or die;
     connect( SOCK, sockaddr_un( $socket ) ) or die $!;
-    my $line = "${hlen}:${header},${line}";
-    print SOCK $line;
+    print SOCK construct_line($socket);
     flush SOCK;
     my $up_tmp = -1;
     my $down_tmp = -1;
@@ -159,8 +181,7 @@ if ( ( defined $src ) && ( $src eq "socket" ) ) {
   {
     socket( SOCK, PF_INET, SOCK_STREAM, getprotobyname( "tcp" ) );
     connect( SOCK, sockaddr_in( $port, inet_aton( $ip ) ) );
-    my $line = "${hlen}:${header},${line}";
-    print SOCK $line;
+    print SOCK construct_line($port);
     flush SOCK;
     my $up_tmp = -1;
     my $down_tmp = -1;
diff --git a/plugins/rtorrent/rtom_allsessions_vol b/plugins/rtorrent/rtom_allsessions_vol
index 37b8a10e..91d92970 100755
--- a/plugins/rtorrent/rtom_allsessions_vol
+++ b/plugins/rtorrent/rtom_allsessions_vol
@@ -79,59 +79,74 @@ my @ports       = split /,/, $ENV{"port"} || "";
 
 # detect rtorrent version
 use version;
-my $rtorrent_version;
-sub rtorrent_version_lower_than {
-	if (not length $rtorrent_version){
-		if ( ( defined $src ) && ( $src eq "socket" ) ) {
-			socket( SOCK, PF_UNIX, SOCK_STREAM, 0 ) or die;
-			connect( SOCK, sockaddr_un( $socket ) ) or die $!;
-		} else {
-			socket( SOCK, PF_INET, SOCK_STREAM, getprotobyname( "tcp" ) );
-			connect( SOCK, sockaddr_in( $port, inet_aton( $ip ) ) );
+my %rtorrent_version;
+sub get_socket_version {
+	my $version;
+	my $line_version= "<?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"utf-8\"?><methodCall><methodName>system.client_version</methodName></methodCall>";
+	my $llen	= length $line_version;
+	my $header	= "CONTENT_LENGTH\000${llen}\000SCGI\001\000";
+	my $hlen	= length $header;
+	$line_version= "${hlen}:${header},${line_version}";
+	print SOCK $line_version;
+	flush SOCK;
+	my $pattern	= qr/<value><string>([0-9.]+)<\/string><\/value>/;
+	while ( $line = <SOCK> ) {
+		if ( $line =~ /$pattern/ ) {
+			$version = $1;
 		}
-		my $line_version= "<?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"utf-8\"?><methodCall><methodName>system.client_version</methodName></methodCall>";
-		my $llen	= length $line_version;
-		my $header	= "CONTENT_LENGTH\000${llen}\000SCGI\001\000";
-		my $hlen	= length $header;
-		$line_version= "${hlen}:${header},${line_version}";
-		print SOCK $line_version;
-		flush SOCK;
-		my $pattern	= qr/<value><string>([0-9.]+)<\/string><\/value>/;
-		while ( $line = <SOCK> ) {
-			if ( $line =~ /$pattern/ ) {
-				$rtorrent_version = $1;
-			}
-		}
-		close (SOCK);
 	}
-        if(defined $_[0]){
-                return version->parse($rtorrent_version) < version->parse($_[0]);
-        }
+	close (SOCK);
+	$rtorrent_version{$_[0]} = $version;
+}
+sub rtorrent_version_lower_than {
+	if (keys %rtorrent_version == 0 && not defined $_[0]){
+		if ( ( defined $src ) && ( $src eq "socket" ) ) {
+		  for $socket (@sockets)
+		  {
+		    socket( SOCK, PF_UNIX, SOCK_STREAM, 0 ) or die;
+		    connect( SOCK, sockaddr_un( $socket ) ) or die $!;
+		    get_socket_version $port;
+		    close (SOCK);
+		  }
+		} else {
+		  for $port (@ports)
+		  {
+		    socket( SOCK, PF_INET, SOCK_STREAM, getprotobyname( "tcp" ) );
+		    connect( SOCK, sockaddr_in( $port, inet_aton( $ip ) ) );
+		    get_socket_version $port;
+		    close (SOCK);
+		  }
+		}
+	}
+	if(defined $_[1]){
+		return version->parse($rtorrent_version{$_[0]}) < version->parse($_[1]);
+	}
 }
 # init rtorrent_version
 rtorrent_version_lower_than();
 
 my $pattern     = qr/<value><string>([A-Z0-9]+)<\/string><\/value>/;
 
-my $function_multicall;
-my $function_hash;
+sub construct_line {
+	my $function_multicall	= rtorrent_version_lower_than($_[0], '0.9.0')? 'd.multicall' : 'd.multicall2';
+	my $function_hash	= rtorrent_version_lower_than($_[0], '0.9.0')? 'd.get_hash=' : 'd.hash=';
+	my $line	= "<?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"utf-8\"?><methodCall><methodName>$function_multicall</methodName><params><param><value><string>${_}</string></value></param><param><value><string>$function_hash</string></value></param></params></methodCall>";
+	my $llen = length $line;
+	my $header = "CONTENT_LENGTH\000${llen}\000SCGI\001\000";
+	my $hlen = length $header;
+	$line = "${hlen}:${header},${line}";
+	return $line;
+}
 
 foreach ( @views ) {
   my $num = 0;
-	$function_multicall	= rtorrent_version_lower_than('0.9.0')? 'd.multicall' : 'd.multicall2';
-	$function_hash	= rtorrent_version_lower_than('0.9.0')? 'd.get_hash=' : 'd.hash=';
-	$line	= "<?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"utf-8\"?><methodCall><methodName>$function_multicall</methodName><params><param><value><string>${_}</string></value></param><param><value><string>$function_hash</string></value></param></params></methodCall>";
-  my $llen = length $line;
-  my $header = "CONTENT_LENGTH\000${llen}\000SCGI\001\000";
-  my $hlen = length $header;
 
   if ( ( defined $src ) && ( $src eq "socket" ) ) {
     for $socket (@sockets)
     {
       socket( SOCK, PF_UNIX, SOCK_STREAM, 0 ) or die;
       connect( SOCK, sockaddr_un( $socket ) ) or die $!;
-      my $line = "${hlen}:${header},${line}";
-      print SOCK $line;
+      print SOCK construct_line($socket);
       flush SOCK;
       while ( $line = <SOCK> ) {
         if ( $line =~ /$pattern/ ) {
@@ -145,8 +160,7 @@ foreach ( @views ) {
     {
       socket( SOCK, PF_INET, SOCK_STREAM, getprotobyname( "tcp" ) );
       connect( SOCK, sockaddr_in( $port, inet_aton( $ip ) ) );
-      my $line = "${hlen}:${header},${line}";
-      print SOCK $line;
+      print SOCK construct_line($port);
       flush SOCK;
       while ( $line = <SOCK> ) {
         if ( $line =~ /$pattern/ ) {