diff --git a/OpenSim/Region/CoreModules/Avatar/Inventory/Archiver/InventoryArchiveWriteRequest.cs b/OpenSim/Region/CoreModules/Avatar/Inventory/Archiver/InventoryArchiveWriteRequest.cs
index cfe3caa849..8f3f65b0b6 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Region/CoreModules/Avatar/Inventory/Archiver/InventoryArchiveWriteRequest.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/Region/CoreModules/Avatar/Inventory/Archiver/InventoryArchiveWriteRequest.cs
@@ -37,7 +37,6 @@ using OpenSim.Framework;
 using OpenSim.Framework.Serialization;
 using OpenSim.Framework.Serialization.External;
 using OpenSim.Framework.Communications;
-
 using OpenSim.Framework.Communications.Osp;
 using OpenSim.Region.CoreModules.World.Archiver;
 using OpenSim.Region.Framework.Scenes;
diff --git a/OpenSim/Region/CoreModules/World/Archiver/ArchiveHelpers.cs b/OpenSim/Region/CoreModules/World/Archiver/ArchiveHelpers.cs
index 880bd7cdd4..ddc3dd7644 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Region/CoreModules/World/Archiver/ArchiveHelpers.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/Region/CoreModules/World/Archiver/ArchiveHelpers.cs
@@ -25,6 +25,9 @@
  * SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
  */
 
+using System;
+using System.IO;
+using System.Net;
 using OpenMetaverse;
 using OpenSim.Framework.Serialization;
 using OpenSim.Region.Framework.Scenes;
@@ -60,5 +63,66 @@ namespace OpenSim.Region.CoreModules.World.Archiver
         {
             return ArchiveConstants.CreateOarObjectPath(sog.Name, sog.UUID, sog.AbsolutePosition);
         }             
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Resolve path to a working FileStream
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="path"></param>
+        /// <returns></returns>
+        public static Stream GetStream(string path)
+        {
+            if (File.Exists(path))
+            {
+                return new FileStream(path, FileMode.Open, FileAccess.Read);
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                try
+                {
+                    Uri uri = new Uri(path);
+                    if (uri.Scheme == "file")
+                    {
+                        return new FileStream(uri.AbsolutePath, FileMode.Open, FileAccess.Read);
+                    }
+                    else
+                    {
+                        if (uri.Scheme != "http")
+                            throw new Exception(String.Format("Unsupported URI scheme ({0})", path));
+
+                        // OK, now we know we have an HTTP URI to work with
+                        return URIFetch(uri);
+                    }
+                }
+                catch (UriFormatException)
+                {
+                    // In many cases the user will put in a plain old filename that cannot be found so assume that
+                    // this is the problem rather than confusing the issue with a UriFormatException
+                    throw new Exception(String.Format("Cannot find file {0}", path));
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        public static Stream URIFetch(Uri uri)
+        {
+            HttpWebRequest request  = (HttpWebRequest)WebRequest.Create(uri);
+
+            // request.Credentials = credentials;
+
+            request.ContentLength = 0;
+            request.KeepAlive     = false;
+
+            WebResponse response = request.GetResponse();
+            Stream file = response.GetResponseStream();
+
+            // justincc: gonna ignore the content type for now and just try anything
+            //if (response.ContentType != "application/x-oar")
+            //    throw new Exception(String.Format("{0} does not identify an OAR file", uri.ToString()));
+
+            if (response.ContentLength == 0)
+                throw new Exception(String.Format("{0} returned an empty file", uri.ToString()));
+
+            // return new BufferedStream(file, (int) response.ContentLength);
+            return new BufferedStream(file, 1000000);
+        }        
     }
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/OpenSim/Region/CoreModules/World/Archiver/ArchiveReadRequest.cs b/OpenSim/Region/CoreModules/World/Archiver/ArchiveReadRequest.cs
index f97ae5f791..bc653ce5e9 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Region/CoreModules/World/Archiver/ArchiveReadRequest.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/Region/CoreModules/World/Archiver/ArchiveReadRequest.cs
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ namespace OpenSim.Region.CoreModules.World.Archiver
 
             try
             {
-                m_loadStream = new GZipStream(GetStream(loadPath), CompressionMode.Decompress);
+                m_loadStream = new GZipStream(ArchiveHelpers.GetStream(loadPath), CompressionMode.Decompress);
             }
             catch (EntryPointNotFoundException e)
             {
@@ -470,68 +470,6 @@ namespace OpenSim.Region.CoreModules.World.Archiver
             return true;
         }
 
-        /// <summary>
-        /// Resolve path to a working FileStream
-        /// </summary>
-        /// <param name="path"></param>
-        /// <returns></returns>
-        private Stream GetStream(string path)
-        {
-            if (File.Exists(path))
-            {
-                return new FileStream(path, FileMode.Open, FileAccess.Read);
-            }
-            else
-            {
-                try
-                {
-                    Uri uri = new Uri(path);
-                    if (uri.Scheme == "file")
-                    {
-                        return new FileStream(uri.AbsolutePath, FileMode.Open, FileAccess.Read);
-                    }
-                    else
-                    {
-                        if (uri.Scheme != "http")
-                            throw new Exception(String.Format("Unsupported URI scheme ({0})", path));
-
-                        // OK, now we know we have an HTTP URI to work with
-
-                        return URIFetch(uri);
-                    }
-                }
-                catch (UriFormatException)
-                {
-                    // In many cases the user will put in a plain old filename that cannot be found so assume that
-                    // this is the problem rather than confusing the issue with a UriFormatException
-                    throw new Exception(String.Format("Cannot find file {0}", path));
-                }
-            }
-        }
-
-        private static Stream URIFetch(Uri uri)
-        {
-            HttpWebRequest request  = (HttpWebRequest)WebRequest.Create(uri);
-
-            // request.Credentials = credentials;
-
-            request.ContentLength = 0;
-            request.KeepAlive     = false;
-
-            WebResponse response = request.GetResponse();
-            Stream file = response.GetResponseStream();
-
-            // justincc: gonna ignore the content type for now and just try anything
-            //if (response.ContentType != "application/x-oar")
-            //    throw new Exception(String.Format("{0} does not identify an OAR file", uri.ToString()));
-
-            if (response.ContentLength == 0)
-                throw new Exception(String.Format("{0} returned an empty file", uri.ToString()));
-
-            // return new BufferedStream(file, (int) response.ContentLength);
-            return new BufferedStream(file, 1000000);
-        }
-
         /// <summary>
         /// Load oar control file
         /// </summary>