diff --git a/src/App.php b/src/App.php
index 9b6f6a5a2..65ae3fe2f 100644
--- a/src/App.php
+++ b/src/App.php
@@ -240,22 +240,6 @@ class App
 		}
 	}
 
-	/**
-	 * Returns the current UserAgent as a String
-	 *
-	 * @return string the UserAgent as a String
-	 * @throws HTTPException\InternalServerErrorException
-	 */
-	public function getUserAgent()
-	{
-		return
-			FRIENDICA_PLATFORM . " '" .
-			FRIENDICA_CODENAME . "' " .
-			FRIENDICA_VERSION . '-' .
-			DB_UPDATE_VERSION . '; ' .
-			$this->baseURL->get();
-	}
-
 	/**
 	 * Returns the current theme name. May be overriden by the mobile theme name.
 	 *
diff --git a/src/Content/Text/BBCode.php b/src/Content/Text/BBCode.php
index 9d9679c49..036bc4a27 100644
--- a/src/Content/Text/BBCode.php
+++ b/src/Content/Text/BBCode.php
@@ -1094,7 +1094,7 @@ class BBCode
 			$ch = @curl_init($match[1]);
 			@curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_NOBODY, true);
 			@curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true);
-			@curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_USERAGENT, $a->getUserAgent());
+			@curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_USERAGENT, DI::httpRequest()->getUserAgent());
 			@curl_exec($ch);
 			$curl_info = @curl_getinfo($ch);
 
@@ -1168,7 +1168,7 @@ class BBCode
 		$ch = @curl_init($match[1]);
 		@curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_NOBODY, true);
 		@curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true);
-		@curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_USERAGENT, $a->getUserAgent());
+		@curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_USERAGENT, DI::httpRequest()->getUserAgent());
 		@curl_exec($ch);
 		$curl_info = @curl_getinfo($ch);
 
diff --git a/src/Network/HTTPRequest.php b/src/Network/HTTPRequest.php
index ac2d70cad..1a0048b2a 100644
--- a/src/Network/HTTPRequest.php
+++ b/src/Network/HTTPRequest.php
@@ -41,14 +41,14 @@ class HTTPRequest
 	/** @var IConfig */
 	private $config;
 	/** @var string */
-	private $userAgent;
+	private $baseUrl;
 
-	public function __construct(LoggerInterface $logger, Profiler $profiler, IConfig $config, App $a)
+	public function __construct(LoggerInterface $logger, Profiler $profiler, IConfig $config, App\BaseURL $baseUrl)
 	{
-		$this->logger    = $logger;
-		$this->profiler  = $profiler;
-		$this->config    = $config;
-		$this->userAgent = $a->getUserAgent();
+		$this->logger   = $logger;
+		$this->profiler = $profiler;
+		$this->config   = $config;
+		$this->baseUrl  = $baseUrl->get();
 	}
 
 	/**
@@ -232,7 +232,7 @@ class HTTPRequest
 		$stamp1 = microtime(true);
 
 		if (Network::isUrlBlocked($url)) {
-			$this->logger->info('Domain is blocked.'. ['url' => $url]);
+			$this->logger->info('Domain is blocked.' . ['url' => $url]);
 			return CurlResult::createErrorCurl($url);
 		}
 
@@ -378,4 +378,19 @@ class HTTPRequest
 			$redirects
 		);
 	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Returns the current UserAgent as a String
+	 *
+	 * @return string the UserAgent as a String
+	 */
+	public function getUserAgent()
+	{
+		return
+			FRIENDICA_PLATFORM . " '" .
+			FRIENDICA_CODENAME . "' " .
+			FRIENDICA_VERSION . '-' .
+			DB_UPDATE_VERSION . '; ' .
+			$this->baseUrl;
+	}
 }
diff --git a/src/Util/Network.php b/src/Util/Network.php
index 888dc20a6..a8b216b34 100644
--- a/src/Util/Network.php
+++ b/src/Util/Network.php
@@ -350,7 +350,7 @@ class Network
 		curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_NOBODY, 1);
 		curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_TIMEOUT, 10);
 		curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true);
-		curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_USERAGENT, $a->getUserAgent());
+		curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_USERAGENT, DI::httpRequest()->getUserAgent());
 
 		curl_exec($ch);
 		$curl_info = @curl_getinfo($ch);
@@ -394,7 +394,7 @@ class Network
 		curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_NOBODY, 0);
 		curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_TIMEOUT, 10);
 		curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true);
-		curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_USERAGENT, $a->getUserAgent());
+		curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_USERAGENT, DI::httpRequest()->getUserAgent());
 
 		$body = curl_exec($ch);
 		curl_close($ch);