diff --git a/OpenGridServices.AssetServer/Main.cs b/OpenGridServices.AssetServer/Main.cs
index 887bf07903..b57a5a5050 100644
--- a/OpenGridServices.AssetServer/Main.cs
+++ b/OpenGridServices.AssetServer/Main.cs
@@ -100,7 +100,35 @@ namespace OpenGridServices.AssetServer
         }
 
 	public string assetGetMethod(string request, string path, string param) {
-		return "";
+		byte[] assetdata=getAssetData(new LLUUID(param),false);
+		if(assetdata!=null) {
+			return System.Text.Encoding.ASCII.GetString(assetdata);
+		} else {
+			return "";
+		}
+
+	}
+
+	public byte[] getAssetData(LLUUID assetID, bool isTexture) {
+		byte[] idata = null;
+                bool found = false;
+                AssetStorage foundAsset = null;
+
+                IObjectSet result = db.Get(new AssetStorage(assetID));
+                if (result.Count > 0)
+                {
+                    foundAsset = (AssetStorage)result.Next();
+                    found = true;
+                }
+
+                if (found)
+                {
+                    return foundAsset.Data;
+                }
+                else
+                {
+                    return null;
+                }
 	}
 
 	public void setupDB() {
diff --git a/OpenSim.GridInterfaces/Remote/RemoteAssetServer.cs b/OpenSim.GridInterfaces/Remote/RemoteAssetServer.cs
index bcebf821b4..436b148aa8 100644
--- a/OpenSim.GridInterfaces/Remote/RemoteAssetServer.cs
+++ b/OpenSim.GridInterfaces/Remote/RemoteAssetServer.cs
@@ -66,8 +66,8 @@ namespace OpenSim.GridInterfaces.Remote
 		// 404... THE MAGIC FILE NOT FOUND ERROR, very useful for telling you things such as a file (or asset ;) ) not being found!!!!!!!!!!! it's 2:22AM
                 ARequest req = this._assetRequests.Dequeue();
                 LLUUID assetID = req.AssetID;
-                OpenSim.Framework.Console.MainConsole.Instance.WriteLine(" RemoteAssetServer- Got a AssetServer request, processing it - " + this.AssetServerUrl + "assets/" + assetID + "/data");
-                WebRequest AssetLoad = WebRequest.Create(this.AssetServerUrl + "assets/" + assetID + "/data");
+                OpenSim.Framework.Console.MainConsole.Instance.WriteLine(" RemoteAssetServer- Got a AssetServer request, processing it - " + this.AssetServerUrl + "assets/" + assetID);
+                WebRequest AssetLoad = WebRequest.Create(this.AssetServerUrl + "assets/" + assetID);
                 WebResponse AssetResponse = AssetLoad.GetResponse();
                 byte[] idata = new byte[(int)AssetResponse.ContentLength];
                 BinaryReader br = new BinaryReader(AssetResponse.GetResponseStream());