diff --git a/Core/src/main/java/com/intellectualcrafters/plot/Updater.java b/Core/src/main/java/com/intellectualcrafters/plot/Updater.java
index f1e24c170..f7406c9ee 100644
--- a/Core/src/main/java/com/intellectualcrafters/plot/Updater.java
+++ b/Core/src/main/java/com/intellectualcrafters/plot/Updater.java
@@ -1,52 +1,19 @@
 package com.intellectualcrafters.plot;
 
-import static com.intellectualcrafters.plot.PS.log;
-
 import com.intellectualcrafters.json.JSONArray;
 import com.intellectualcrafters.json.JSONObject;
-import com.intellectualcrafters.plot.config.Settings;
+import com.intellectualcrafters.plot.util.HttpUtil;
 import com.intellectualcrafters.plot.util.StringMan;
 
-import java.io.BufferedReader;
-import java.io.IOException;
-import java.io.InputStreamReader;
 import java.net.MalformedURLException;
 import java.net.URL;
 
+import static com.intellectualcrafters.plot.PS.log;
+
 public class Updater {
 
-    private static String readUrl(String urlString) {
-        BufferedReader reader = null;
-        try {
-            URL url = new URL(urlString);
-            reader = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(url.openStream()));
-            StringBuilder buffer = new StringBuilder();
-            int read;
-            char[] chars = new char[1024];
-            while ((read = reader.read(chars)) != -1) {
-                buffer.append(chars, 0, read);
-            }
-
-            return buffer.toString();
-        } catch (IOException e) {
-            log("&dCould not check for updates");
-            if (Settings.DEBUG) {
-                e.printStackTrace();
-            }
-        } finally {
-            try {
-                if (reader != null) {
-                    reader.close();
-                }
-            } catch (IOException e) {
-                e.printStackTrace();
-            }
-        }
-        return null;
-    }
-
     public static URL getUpdate() {
-        String str = readUrl("https://api.github.com/repos/IntellectualSites/PlotSquared/releases/latest");
+        String str = HttpUtil.readUrl("https://api.github.com/repos/IntellectualSites/PlotSquared/releases/latest");
         JSONObject release = new JSONObject(str);
         JSONArray assets = (JSONArray) release.get("assets");
         String downloadURL = String.format("PlotSquared-%s.jar", PS.get().getPlatform());
diff --git a/Core/src/main/java/com/intellectualcrafters/plot/commands/PluginCmd.java b/Core/src/main/java/com/intellectualcrafters/plot/commands/PluginCmd.java
index 6c3e1afd2..99351dd66 100644
--- a/Core/src/main/java/com/intellectualcrafters/plot/commands/PluginCmd.java
+++ b/Core/src/main/java/com/intellectualcrafters/plot/commands/PluginCmd.java
@@ -3,13 +3,10 @@ package com.intellectualcrafters.plot.commands;
 import com.intellectualcrafters.json.JSONObject;
 import com.intellectualcrafters.plot.PS;
 import com.intellectualcrafters.plot.object.PlotPlayer;
+import com.intellectualcrafters.plot.util.HttpUtil;
 import com.intellectualcrafters.plot.util.MainUtil;
 import com.intellectualcrafters.plot.util.StringMan;
 import com.plotsquared.general.commands.CommandDeclaration;
-import java.io.BufferedReader;
-import java.io.IOException;
-import java.io.InputStreamReader;
-import java.net.URL;
 
 @CommandDeclaration(command = "plugin",
         permission = "plots.use",
@@ -28,35 +25,8 @@ public class PluginCmd extends SubCommand {
     }
 
     public String getNewestVersionString() {
-        String str = readUrl("https://api.github.com/repos/IntellectualSites/PlotSquared/releases/latest");
+        String str = HttpUtil.readUrl("https://api.github.com/repos/IntellectualSites/PlotSquared/releases/latest");
         JSONObject release = new JSONObject(str);
         return release.getString("name");
     }
-
-    private static String readUrl(String urlString) {
-        BufferedReader reader = null;
-        try {
-            URL url = new URL(urlString);
-            reader = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(url.openStream()));
-            StringBuilder buffer = new StringBuilder();
-            int read;
-            char[] chars = new char[1024];
-            while ((read = reader.read(chars)) != -1) {
-                buffer.append(chars, 0, read);
-            }
-
-            return buffer.toString();
-        } catch (IOException e) {
-            e.printStackTrace();
-        } finally {
-            try {
-                if (reader != null) {
-                    reader.close();
-                }
-            } catch (IOException e) {
-                e.printStackTrace();
-            }
-        }
-        return null;
-    }
 }
diff --git a/Core/src/main/java/com/intellectualcrafters/plot/util/HttpUtil.java b/Core/src/main/java/com/intellectualcrafters/plot/util/HttpUtil.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..68f4a4c0e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Core/src/main/java/com/intellectualcrafters/plot/util/HttpUtil.java
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+package com.intellectualcrafters.plot.util;
+
+import com.intellectualcrafters.plot.config.Settings;
+
+import java.io.BufferedReader;
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.io.InputStreamReader;
+import java.net.URL;
+
+public class HttpUtil {
+
+    public static String readUrl(String urlString) {
+        BufferedReader reader = null;
+        try {
+            URL url = new URL(urlString);
+            reader = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(url.openStream()));
+            StringBuilder buffer = new StringBuilder();
+            int read;
+            char[] chars = new char[1024];
+            while ((read = reader.read(chars)) != -1) {
+                buffer.append(chars, 0, read);
+            }
+
+            return buffer.toString();
+        } catch (IOException e) {
+            if (Settings.DEBUG) {
+                e.printStackTrace();
+            }
+        } finally {
+            try {
+                if (reader != null) {
+                    reader.close();
+                }
+            } catch (IOException e) {
+                e.printStackTrace();
+            }
+        }
+        return null;
+    }
+}