diff --git a/src/App.php b/src/App.php
index c6ed818dd1..8a36c3bfeb 100644
--- a/src/App.php
+++ b/src/App.php
@@ -132,6 +132,16 @@ class App
 	 */
 	private $process;
 
+	/**
+	 * Returns the arguments of the query
+	 *
+	 * @return Arguments
+	 */
+	public function getArgs()
+	{
+		return $this->args;
+	}
+
 	/**
 	 * Returns the current config cache of this node
 	 *
diff --git a/src/BaseModule.php b/src/BaseModule.php
index 0383487abd..76ed901110 100644
--- a/src/BaseModule.php
+++ b/src/BaseModule.php
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ abstract class BaseModule extends BaseObject
 		$a = \get_app();
 
 		$x = explode('.', $hash);
-		if (time() > (IntVal($x[0]) + $max_livetime)) {
+		if (time() > (intval($x[0]) + $max_livetime)) {
 			return false;
 		}
 
@@ -155,4 +155,12 @@ abstract class BaseModule extends BaseObject
 			throw new \Friendica\Network\HTTPException\ForbiddenException();
 		}
 	}
+
+	/**
+	 * @return App\Arguments
+	 */
+	protected static function getArgs()
+	{
+		return self::getApp()->getArgs();
+	}
 }