diff --git a/api/src/Etemplate.php b/api/src/Etemplate.php
index 4a76c4f87a..2b611d9ad8 100644
--- a/api/src/Etemplate.php
+++ b/api/src/Etemplate.php
@@ -231,12 +231,6 @@ class Etemplate extends Etemplate\Widget\Template
 			{
 				$content = '<form target="egw_iframe_autocomplete_helper" action="'.$form_action.'" id="'.$dom_id.'" class="et2_container"></form>'."\n".
 					'<iframe name="egw_iframe_autocomplete_helper" style="width:0;height:0;position: absolute;visibility:hidden;"></iframe>';
-				// add server-side page-generation times
-				if($GLOBALS['egw_info']['user']['preferences']['common']['show_generation_time'])
-				{
-					$vars = $GLOBALS['egw']->framework->_get_footer();
-					$content .= "\n".$vars['page_generation_time'];
-				}
 				$GLOBALS['egw']->framework->response->generic("data", array($content));
 				$GLOBALS['egw']->framework->response->generic('et2_load',$load_array+Framework::get_extra());
 				Framework::clear_extra();	// to not send/set it twice for multiple etemplates (eg. CRM view)
diff --git a/api/src/Framework.php b/api/src/Framework.php
index 8fe679fec5..47d583fb2e 100644
--- a/api/src/Framework.php
+++ b/api/src/Framework.php
@@ -348,6 +348,23 @@ abstract class Framework extends Framework\Extra
 		(new Framework\Login($this))->deny_screen();
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Calculate page-generation- and session-restore times
+	 *
+	 * @return array values for keys 'page_generation_time' and 'session_restore_time', if display is an
+	 */
+	public static function get_page_generation_time()
+	{
+		$times = array(
+			'page_generation_time' => sprintf('%4.2lf', microtime(true) - $GLOBALS['egw_info']['flags']['page_start_time']),
+		);
+		if ($GLOBALS['egw_info']['flags']['session_restore_time'])
+		{
+			$times['session_restore_time'] = sprintf('%4.2lf', $GLOBALS['egw_info']['flags']['session_restore_time']);
+		}
+		return $times;
+	}
+
 	/**
 	 * Get footer as array to eg. set as vars for a template (from idots' head.inc.php)
 	 *
@@ -362,13 +379,15 @@ abstract class Framework extends Framework\Extra
 		$var['page_generation_time'] = '';
 		if($GLOBALS['egw_info']['user']['preferences']['common']['show_generation_time'])
 		{
-			$totaltime = sprintf('%4.2lf',microtime(true) - $GLOBALS['egw_info']['flags']['page_start_time']);
+			$times = self::get_page_generation_time();
 
-			$var['page_generation_time'] = '<div class="pageGenTime" id="divGenTime_'.$GLOBALS['egw_info']['flags']['currentapp'].'"><span>'.lang('Page was generated in %1 seconds',$totaltime);
-			if ($GLOBALS['egw_info']['flags']['session_restore_time'])
+			$var['page_generation_time'] = '<div class="pageGenTime" id="divGenTime_'.$GLOBALS['egw_info']['flags']['currentapp'].'"><span>'.
+				lang('Page was generated in %1 seconds', $times['page_generation_time']);
+
+			if (isset($times['session_restore_time']))
 			{
 				$var['page_generation_time'] .= ' '.lang('(session restored in %1 seconds)',
-					sprintf('%4.2lf',$GLOBALS['egw_info']['flags']['session_restore_time']));
+					$times['session_restore_time']);
 			}
 			$var['page_generation_time'] .= '</span></div>';
 		}
diff --git a/api/src/Json/Response.php b/api/src/Json/Response.php
index 94055dc5b1..60d8e31162 100644
--- a/api/src/Json/Response.php
+++ b/api/src/Json/Response.php
@@ -223,8 +223,10 @@ class Response extends Msg
 	{
 		$inst = self::get();
 
-		/* Wrap the result array into a parent "response" Object */
-		$res = array('response' => $inst->responseArray);
+		// Wrap the result array into a parent "response" Object
+		$res = array(
+			'response' => $inst->responseArray,
+		)+Api\Framework::get_page_generation_time();
 
 		return self::json_encode($res);	//PHP5.3+, JSON_HEX_TAG | JSON_HEX_APOS | JSON_HEX_QUOT | JSON_HEX_AMP);
 	}