diff --git a/src/main/java/the/bytecode/club/bytecodeviewer/plugin/PluginTemplate.java b/src/main/java/the/bytecode/club/bytecodeviewer/plugin/PluginTemplate.java
index 783cde2b..ec67bb18 100644
--- a/src/main/java/the/bytecode/club/bytecodeviewer/plugin/PluginTemplate.java
+++ b/src/main/java/the/bytecode/club/bytecodeviewer/plugin/PluginTemplate.java
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import java.io.IOException;
 import org.apache.commons.io.FilenameUtils;
 import the.bytecode.club.bytecodeviewer.BytecodeViewer;
 import the.bytecode.club.bytecodeviewer.resources.IconResources;
+import the.bytecode.club.bytecodeviewer.resources.Resource;
 
 /***************************************************************************
  * Bytecode Viewer (BCV) - Java & Android Reverse Engineering Suite        *
@@ -46,7 +47,7 @@ public enum PluginTemplate
 	public String getContents() throws IOException
 	{
 		if(contents == null)
-			contents = IconResources.loadResourceAsString(resourcePath);
+			contents = Resource.loadResourceAsString(resourcePath);
 		
 		return contents;
 	}
diff --git a/src/main/java/the/bytecode/club/bytecodeviewer/resources/IconResources.java b/src/main/java/the/bytecode/club/bytecodeviewer/resources/IconResources.java
index c3f76a63..ef571150 100644
--- a/src/main/java/the/bytecode/club/bytecodeviewer/resources/IconResources.java
+++ b/src/main/java/the/bytecode/club/bytecodeviewer/resources/IconResources.java
@@ -112,15 +112,6 @@ public class IconResources
         }
     }
     
-    public static String loadResourceAsString(String resourcePath) throws IOException
-    {
-        try (InputStream is = IconResources.class.getResourceAsStream(resourcePath)) {
-            if (is == null)
-                return null;
-            return IOUtils.toString(is, StandardCharsets.UTF_8);
-        }
-    }
-
     public static BufferedImage resize(BufferedImage image, int width, int height) {
         return Scalr.resize(image, Scalr.Method.ULTRA_QUALITY, width, height);
     }
diff --git a/src/main/java/the/bytecode/club/bytecodeviewer/resources/Resource.java b/src/main/java/the/bytecode/club/bytecodeviewer/resources/Resource.java
index f36035e7..6b7a2a45 100644
--- a/src/main/java/the/bytecode/club/bytecodeviewer/resources/Resource.java
+++ b/src/main/java/the/bytecode/club/bytecodeviewer/resources/Resource.java
@@ -1,7 +1,12 @@
 package the.bytecode.club.bytecodeviewer.resources;
 
+import org.apache.commons.io.IOUtils;
 import org.objectweb.asm.tree.ClassNode;
 
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.io.InputStream;
+import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;
+
 /***************************************************************************
  * Bytecode Viewer (BCV) - Java & Android Reverse Engineering Suite        *
  * Copyright (C) 2014 Kalen 'Konloch' Kinloch - http://bytecodeviewer.com  *
@@ -36,6 +41,15 @@ public class Resource
 		this.workingName = workingName;
 		this.container = container;
 	}
+
+	public static String loadResourceAsString(String resourcePath) throws IOException
+	{
+		try (InputStream is = IconResources.class.getResourceAsStream(resourcePath)) {
+			if (is == null)
+				return null;
+			return IOUtils.toString(is, StandardCharsets.UTF_8);
+		}
+	}
 	
 	/**
 	 * Returns the resource bytes from the resource container
diff --git a/src/main/java/the/bytecode/club/bytecodeviewer/translation/Language.java b/src/main/java/the/bytecode/club/bytecodeviewer/translation/Language.java
index a240d5e3..03ee1035 100644
--- a/src/main/java/the/bytecode/club/bytecodeviewer/translation/Language.java
+++ b/src/main/java/the/bytecode/club/bytecodeviewer/translation/Language.java
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ import the.bytecode.club.bytecodeviewer.BytecodeViewer;
 import the.bytecode.club.bytecodeviewer.Constants;
 import the.bytecode.club.bytecodeviewer.api.BCV;
 import the.bytecode.club.bytecodeviewer.resources.IconResources;
+import the.bytecode.club.bytecodeviewer.resources.Resource;
 
 /***************************************************************************
  * Bytecode Viewer (BCV) - Java & Android Reverse Engineering Suite        *
@@ -158,7 +159,7 @@ public enum Language
 		if(translationMap == null)
 		{
 			translationMap = BytecodeViewer.gson.fromJson(
-					IconResources.loadResourceAsString(resourcePath),
+					Resource.loadResourceAsString(resourcePath),
 					new TypeToken<HashMap<String, String>>() {}.getType());
 		}
 		
@@ -178,7 +179,7 @@ public enum Language
 			return;
 		
 		LinkedMap<String, String> translationMap = BytecodeViewer.gson.fromJson(
-				IconResources.loadResourceAsString(resourcePath),
+				Resource.loadResourceAsString(resourcePath),
 				new TypeToken<LinkedMap<String, String>>(){}.getType());
 		
 		Set<String> existingKeys = new HashSet<>();