diff --git a/src/de/schildbach/pte/ParserUtils.java b/src/de/schildbach/pte/ParserUtils.java
index 786dceaa..f80392e2 100644
--- a/src/de/schildbach/pte/ParserUtils.java
+++ b/src/de/schildbach/pte/ParserUtils.java
@@ -62,12 +62,16 @@ public final class ParserUtils
 
 	public static CharSequence scrape(final String url, final boolean isPost, final String request, String encoding, final boolean cookieHandling)
 			throws IOException
+	{
+		return scrape(url, isPost, request, encoding, cookieHandling, 3);
+	}
+
+	public static CharSequence scrape(final String url, final boolean isPost, final String request, String encoding, final boolean cookieHandling,
+			int tries) throws IOException
 	{
 		if (encoding == null)
 			encoding = SCRAPE_DEFAULT_ENCODING;
 
-		int tries = 3;
-
 		while (true)
 		{
 			try