diff --git a/app/betterplace.ts b/app/betterplace.ts
index 03153ccbbe0485770078b5ce9361814b5239f9eb..d65eb850b5d2653a3cefdf6e893b1b32f7e396a2 100644
--- a/app/betterplace.ts
+++ b/app/betterplace.ts
@@ -256,24 +256,6 @@ const randomPageForToday = () =>
   (new Date().setUTCHours(0, 0, 0, 0) / 100000) % MAX_PAGE_FOR_RANDOMIZATION +
   2;
 
-const fetchRandomPage = (
-  pageNumber: number,
-  language: BetterPlaceLanguage = DEFAULT_LANGUAGE,
-): Promise<ProjectsResponse> => {
-  logger.info(`fetching random projects from page ${pageNumber}`);
-  const start = Date.now();
-  return fetchPageOfProjects({
-    offset: pageNumber * DEFAULT_PAGE_SIZE,
-    limit: DEFAULT_PAGE_SIZE,
-  }, language)
-    .finally(() => {
-      const duration = Date.now() - start;
-      logger.debug(
-        `fetching random projects from page ${pageNumber} took ${duration} ms`,
-      );
-    });
-};
-
 export const fetchProjects = (
   { offset = 0, limit = DEFAULT_PAGE_SIZE, location }: ProjectsParameters,
   language: BetterPlaceLanguage = DEFAULT_LANGUAGE,
@@ -283,11 +265,14 @@ export const fetchProjects = (
   const isFiltering = !!location;
   const isFirstPageOfUnfilteredList = offset < limit && !isFiltering;
   if (isFirstPageOfUnfilteredList) {
-    return fetchRandomPage(randomPage, language)
-      .then((result) => ({
-        ...result,
-        data: result.data.slice(0, limit),
-      }));
+    logger.info(`fetching random projects from page ${randomPage}`);
+    return fetchPageOfProjects({
+      offset: randomPage * DEFAULT_PAGE_SIZE,
+      limit: DEFAULT_PAGE_SIZE,
+    }, language).then((result) => ({
+      ...result,
+      data: result.data.slice(0, limit),
+    }));
   }
   // After one randomly selected page, "normal" pagination starts with offset 0 and skips the random page that was already displayed
   const afterRandomPage = offset > randomPage * DEFAULT_PAGE_SIZE;
diff --git a/app/betterplace_test.ts b/app/betterplace_test.ts
index 35c2d0c5213b090e34618befe63eeaae94d31336..47d01d56939f469528f5969af0077179cf55c419 100644
--- a/app/betterplace_test.ts
+++ b/app/betterplace_test.ts
@@ -43,6 +43,9 @@ const emptyResponse = {
 
 type UrlPrefix = string;
 
+const projectsUrlWithDefaultOptions =
+  "https://api.betterplace.org/de/api_v4/projects.json?facets=completed%3Afalse%7Cclosed%3Afalse%7Cprohibit_donations%3Afalse&order=rank%3ADESC";
+
 const stubFetchByUrlPrefix = (
   responses: Record<UrlPrefix, ResponsePayload>,
 ) => {
@@ -175,10 +178,7 @@ const queryProject = async (
 };
 
 const urlForPage = (page = 1, pageSize = 10) =>
-  new URL(
-    "https://api.betterplace.org/de/api_v4/projects.json?" +
-      `facets=completed%3Afalse%7Cclosed%3Afalse%7Cprohibit_donations%3Afalse&order=rank%3ADESC&page=${page}&per_page=${pageSize}`,
-  );
+  new URL(`${projectsUrlWithDefaultOptions}&page=${page}&per_page=${pageSize}`);
 
 describe("betterplace", () => {
   let fetchStub: Stub;
@@ -209,9 +209,8 @@ describe("betterplace", () => {
       await fetchProjects({ limit: 10, offset: 20, location: "Hamburg" }, "de");
 
       const expectedUrl = new URL(
-        "https://api.betterplace.org/de/api_v4/projects.json?" +
-          "facets=completed%3Afalse%7Cclosed%3Afalse%7Cprohibit_donations%3Afalse&order=rank%3ADESC&page=3&per_page=10" +
-          "&scope=location&q=Hamburg",
+        projectsUrlWithDefaultOptions +
+          "&page=3&per_page=10&scope=location&q=Hamburg",
       );
       assertSpyCall(fetchStub, 0, { args: [expectedUrl] });
     });
@@ -229,9 +228,8 @@ describe("betterplace", () => {
       );
 
       const expectedUrl = new URL(
-        "https://api.betterplace.org/de/api_v4/projects.json?" +
-          "facets=completed%3Afalse%7Cclosed%3Afalse%7Cprohibit_donations%3Afalse&order=rank%3ADESC&page=3&per_page=10" +
-          "&scope=location&q=Stra%C3%9Fe+123%2C+20535+Hamburg",
+        projectsUrlWithDefaultOptions +
+          "&page=3&per_page=10&scope=location&q=Stra%C3%9Fe+123%2C+20535+Hamburg",
       );
       assertSpyCall(fetchStub, 0, { args: [expectedUrl] });
     });
@@ -308,9 +306,8 @@ describe("betterplace", () => {
       await fetchProjects({ limit: 10, offset: 0, location: "Hamburg" }, "de");
 
       const expectedUrl = new URL(
-        "https://api.betterplace.org/de/api_v4/projects.json?" +
-          "facets=completed%3Afalse%7Cclosed%3Afalse%7Cprohibit_donations%3Afalse&order=rank%3ADESC&page=1&per_page=10" +
-          "&scope=location&q=Hamburg",
+        projectsUrlWithDefaultOptions +
+          "&page=1&per_page=10&scope=location&q=Hamburg",
       );
       assertSpyCall(fetchStub, 0, { args: [expectedUrl] });
     });