diff --git a/plugins/requesttracker/rt_ticket_loadtime b/plugins/requesttracker/rt_ticket_loadtime
index 530fd372..576f5ad5 100755
--- a/plugins/requesttracker/rt_ticket_loadtime
+++ b/plugins/requesttracker/rt_ticket_loadtime
@@ -74,6 +74,8 @@ ticket_id=${ticket_id:-"1"}
 time=$(which time)
 wget=$(which wget)
 
+wget_opts="--page-requisites --no-cache --no-check-certificate --delete-after --quiet"
+
 if [ "$1" = "autoconf" ]; then
     if [ "x$time" = "x" -o "x$wget" = "x" ]; then
         echo "no (need time and wget programs)"
@@ -107,8 +109,8 @@ url_webui="${web_url}Ticket/Display.html?id=${ticket_id}&user=${username}&pass=$
 url_rest="${web_url}REST/1.0/ticket/${ticket_id}/history?format=l&user=${username}&pass=${password}"
 
 cd $tmpdir || exit1
-loadtime_webui=$($time --portability $wget --page-requisites --no-cache --no-check-certificate --delete-after --quiet $url_webui 2>&1 | awk '/^real / {print $2}')
-loadtime_rest=$($time --portability $wget --page-requisites --no-cache --no-check-certificate --delete-after --quiet $url_rest 2>&1 | awk '/^real / {print $2}')
+loadtime_webui=$($time --portability $wget $wget_opts $url_webui 2>&1 | awk '/^real / {print $2}')
+loadtime_rest=$($time --portability $wget $wget_opts $url_rest 2>&1 | awk '/^real / {print $2}')
 cd ..
 
 echo "webui.value $loadtime_webui"