diff --git a/httprl.module b/httprl.module
index ef51c6c..5f0149b 100644
--- a/httprl.module
+++ b/httprl.module
@@ -851,17 +851,18 @@ function httprl_request($urls, $options = array()) {
     $result->chunk_size = 1024;
     $result->data = '';
 
+    // Setup the default options.
+    httprl_set_default_options($options);
+
     // Parse the given URL and skip if an error occurred.
     $uri = httprl_parse_url($url, $result);
     if (isset($result->error)) {
       // Put all variables into an array for easy alterations.
-      $connections[] = array($socket, $flags, $uri, $url, $options, $result, $request);
+      $connections[] = array(NULL, NULL, $uri, $url, $options, $result, NULL);
       $return[$url] = FALSE;
       // Stop processing this request as we have encountered an error.
       continue;
     }
-    // Setup the default options.
-    httprl_set_default_options($options);
 
     // Set the proxy server if one is required.
     $proxy_server = httprl_setup_proxy($uri, $options, $url);
@@ -869,7 +870,7 @@ function httprl_request($urls, $options = array()) {
     $socket = httprl_set_socket($uri, $options, $proxy_server, $result, $return, $url);
     if (isset($result->error)) {
       // Put all variables into an array for easy alterations.
-      $connections[] = array($socket, $flags, $uri, $url, $options, $result, $request);
+      $connections[] = array($socket, NULL, $uri, $url, $options, $result, NULL);
       $return[$url] = FALSE;
       // Stop processing this request as we have encountered an error.
       continue;
@@ -901,6 +902,7 @@ function httprl_request($urls, $options = array()) {
     $result->socket = $socket;
     $result->flags = $flags;
     $result->uri = $uri;
+    $result->running_time = 0;
     $results[] = $result;
   }