diff --git a/scriptengines/javascript/simplejavascriptapplet.cpp b/scriptengines/javascript/simplejavascriptapplet.cpp
index e4bbc9c06..a1b819cfe 100644
--- a/scriptengines/javascript/simplejavascriptapplet.cpp
+++ b/scriptengines/javascript/simplejavascriptapplet.cpp
@@ -429,7 +429,7 @@ QScriptValue SimpleJavaScriptApplet::getUrl(QScriptContext *context, QScriptEngi
         return engine->undefinedValue();
     }
 
-    KIO::Job *job = KIO::get(url);
+    KIO::Job *job = KIO::get(url, KIO::NoReload, KIO::HideProgressInfo);
     return engine->newQObject(job);
 }