diff --git a/src/main/java/the/bytecode/club/bytecodeviewer/gui/components/SearchableRSyntaxTextArea.java b/src/main/java/the/bytecode/club/bytecodeviewer/gui/components/SearchableRSyntaxTextArea.java
index 9bca1013..4c36aac9 100644
--- a/src/main/java/the/bytecode/club/bytecodeviewer/gui/components/SearchableRSyntaxTextArea.java
+++ b/src/main/java/the/bytecode/club/bytecodeviewer/gui/components/SearchableRSyntaxTextArea.java
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import the.bytecode.club.bytecodeviewer.gui.components.listeners.ReleaseKeyListe
 import the.bytecode.club.bytecodeviewer.util.JTextAreaUtils;
 
 import javax.swing.*;
+import javax.swing.text.BadLocationException;
 import java.awt.*;
 import java.awt.event.KeyEvent;
 
@@ -89,6 +90,17 @@ public class SearchableRSyntaxTextArea extends RSyntaxTextArea
 		JTextAreaUtils.highlight(this, pattern, caseSensitiveSearch);
 	}
 	
+	public String getLineText(int line) {
+		try {
+			if (line < getLineCount()) {
+				int start = getLineStartOffset(line);
+				int end = getLineEndOffset(line);
+				return getText(start, end - start).trim();
+			}
+		} catch (BadLocationException ignored) { }
+		return "";
+	}
+	
 	public RTextScrollPane getScrollPane()
 	{
 		return scrollPane;