diff --git a/web/clitools/crawler.php b/web/clitools/crawler.php
index 7b8351a..0b36012 100755
--- a/web/clitools/crawler.php
+++ b/web/clitools/crawler.php
@@ -135,6 +135,7 @@ for ($i=1; $i<$argc; $i++) {
 		$i++;
 		$opts['gracetime']=$time;
 	} elseif ($argv[$i]=='-G' || $argv[$i]=='--graceline') {
+		$graceline=getgraceline($opts['gracetime']);
 		echo 'Graceline: '.$graceline.' ('.date('Y-m-d H:i:s',$graceline).').'.N;
 		exit(0);
 	} elseif ($argv[$i]=='-p' || $argv[$i]=='--peersfp') {
@@ -164,6 +165,7 @@ for ($i=1; $i<$argc; $i++) {
 	}
 }
 
+$graceline=getgraceline($opts['gracetime']);
 $rundirpath=__DIR__.'/run';
 
 $lockfp=$rundirpath.'/'.FNAME.'.lock';
diff --git a/web/clitools/peerscrawl.php b/web/clitools/peerscrawl.php
index d0dd638..03d3888 100755
--- a/web/clitools/peerscrawl.php
+++ b/web/clitools/peerscrawl.php
@@ -163,6 +163,7 @@ for ($i=1; $i<$argc; $i++) {
 		$i++;
 		$opts['minmsgimplev']=array_search(ucfirst(strtolower($argv[$i])),$msglevs);
 	} elseif ($argv[$i]=='-G' || $argv[$i]=='--graceline') {
+		$graceline=getgraceline($opts['gracetime']);
 		echo 'Graceline: '.$graceline.' ('.date('Y-m-d H:i:s',$graceline).').'.N;
 		exit(0);
 	} elseif ($argv[$i]=='-h' || $argv[$i]=='--help') {
@@ -173,6 +174,8 @@ for ($i=1; $i<$argc; $i++) {
 	}
 }
 
+$graceline=getgraceline($opts['gracetime']);
+
 $lockfp=__DIR__.'/'.BNAME.'.lock';
 if (is_file($lockfp) && !$opts['ignorelock']) mexit(3,'lockfile exists: it seems the program is already running; if you’re sure it’s not, you can use «-I» to force execution.'.N,1,false);
 if (@touch($lockfp)===false) mexit(3,'could not create lockfile «'.$lockfp.'».'.N,1,false);
diff --git a/web/lib/grace.php b/web/lib/grace.php
index b6fc811..090d9f8 100644
--- a/web/lib/grace.php
+++ b/web/lib/grace.php
@@ -2,9 +2,11 @@
 
 $graceminfreq=48*60*60;// 2 days
 $gracetime=30*24*60*60;// 30 days
-$now=time();
-$graceline=gmmktime(0,0,0,gmdate('n',$now),gmdate('j',$now),gmdate('Y',$now))-$gracetime;// we fix the graceline at start of today minus $gracetime
-//$graceline=$now-$gracetime;// we fix the graceline at now minus $gracetime
-unset($now);
+$graceline=getgraceline($gracetime);
+
+function getgraceline($gracetime) {
+	$now=time();
+	return gmmktime(0,0,0,gmdate('n',$now),gmdate('j',$now),gmdate('Y',$now))-$gracetime;// we fix the graceline at start of today minus $gracetime
+}
 
 ?>