diff --git a/src/util/recorder.ts b/src/util/recorder.ts
index bb561c3f..b578cb79 100644
--- a/src/util/recorder.ts
+++ b/src/util/recorder.ts
@@ -1083,11 +1083,7 @@ export class Recorder {
       headers["Cookie"] = cookie;
     }
 
-    reqresp.url = url;
-    reqresp.method = "GET";
-    reqresp.requestHeaders = headers;
-    reqresp.ts = ts;
-
+    reqresp.setRequestHeaders(url, "GET", headers);
     logger.debug(
       "Directly fetching page URL without browser",
       { url, ...this.logDetails },
@@ -1123,10 +1119,6 @@ export class Recorder {
     });
     const res = await fetcher.load();
 
-    const mime = (reqresp.responseHeaders.get("content-type") || "").split(
-      ";",
-    )[0];
-
     if (url === this.pageUrl && !this.pageInfo.ts) {
       logger.debug("Setting page timestamp", { ts, url });
       this.pageInfo.ts = ts;
diff --git a/src/util/reqresp.ts b/src/util/reqresp.ts
index 8cfe61c5..28278b85 100644
--- a/src/util/reqresp.ts
+++ b/src/util/reqresp.ts
@@ -90,12 +90,7 @@ export class RequestResponseInfo {
   }
 
   fillRequest(request: Protocol.Network.Request, resourceType: string) {
-    this.url = request.url;
-    this.method = request.method;
-    if (!this.requestHeadersDict) {
-      this.requestHeadersDict = request.headers;
-    }
-    this.requestHeaders = this.getRequestHeaders();
+    this.setRequestHeaders(request.url, request.method, request.headers);
     this.postData = request.postData;
     this.hasPostData = request.hasPostData || false;
 
@@ -204,6 +199,19 @@ export class RequestResponseInfo {
     );
   }
 
+  setRequestHeaders(
+    url: string,
+    method: string,
+    headers: Record<string, string>,
+  ) {
+    this.url = url;
+    this.method = method;
+    if (!this.requestHeadersDict) {
+      this.requestHeadersDict = headers;
+    }
+    this.requestHeaders = this.getRequestHeaders();
+  }
+
   setResponseHeaders(
     headersDict: Record<string, string>,
     status: number,