diff --git network/network_file_transfer.cc network/network_file_transfer.cc
index 5a1065bbe..77393f28b 100644
--- network/network_file_transfer.cc
+++ network/network_file_transfer.cc
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 #include <string.h>
 #include <errno.h>
 #include "../utils/cbuffer_t.h"
+#include "../utils/simstring.h"
 
 #ifndef NETTOOL
 #include "../dataobj/translator.h"
@@ -79,6 +80,83 @@ char const* network_receive_file( SOCKET const s, char const* const save_as, sin
 	return NULL;
 }
 
+const char *network_http_get ( const char* address, const char* name, cbuffer_t& local )
+{
+	const int REQ_HEADER_LEN = 1024;
+	// open from network
+	const char *err = NULL;
+	SOCKET const my_client_socket = network_open_address( address, err );
+	if (  err==NULL  ) {
+#ifndef REVISION
+#	define REVISION 0
+#endif
+		const char* format = "GET %s HTTP/1.1\r\n"
+				"User-Agent: Simutrans/r%s\r\n"
+				"Host: %s\r\n\r\n";
+		if (  (strlen( format ) + strlen( name ) + strlen( address ) + strlen( QUOTEME(REVISION)) ) > ( REQ_HEADER_LEN - 1 )  ) {
+			// We will get a buffer overwrite here if we continue
+			return "Error: String too long";
+		}
+		char request[REQ_HEADER_LEN];
+		int const len = sprintf( request, format, name, QUOTEME(REVISION), address );
+		uint16 dummy;
+		if (  !network_send_data( my_client_socket, request, len, dummy, 250 )  ) {
+			err = "Server did not respond!";
+		}
+
+		// Read the response header and parse arguments as needed
+		char line[1024], rbuf;
+		unsigned int pos = 0;
+		sint32 length = 0;
+		while(1) {
+			// Receive one character at a time the HTTP headers
+			int i = recv( my_client_socket, &rbuf, 1, 0 );
+			if (  i > 0  ) {
+				if (  rbuf >= 32  &&  pos < sizeof(line) - 1  ) {
+					line[pos++] = rbuf;
+				}
+				if (  rbuf == 10  ) {
+					if (  pos == 0  ) {
+						// this line was empty => now data will follow
+						break;
+					}
+					line[pos] = 0;
+					DBG_MESSAGE( "network_http_get", "received header: %s", line );
+					// Parse out the length tag to get length of content
+					if (  STRNICMP( "Content-Length:", line, 15 ) == 0  ) {
+						length = atol( line + 15 );
+					}
+					pos = 0;
+				}
+			}
+			else {
+				break;
+			}
+		}
+
+		// Make buffer to receive data into
+		char* buffer = new char[length];
+		uint16 bytesreceived = 0;
+
+		if (  !network_receive_data( my_client_socket, buffer, length, bytesreceived, 10000 )  ) {
+			err = "Error: network_receive_data failed!";
+		}
+		else if (  bytesreceived != length  ) {
+			err = "Error: Bytes received does not match length!";
+		}
+		else {
+			local.append( buffer, length );
+		}
+
+		DBG_MESSAGE( "network_http_get", "received data length: %i", local.len() );
+
+		delete [] buffer;
+		network_close_socket( my_client_socket );
+	}
+	return err;
+}
+
+
 /*
  * Functions not needed by Nettool following below
  */
@@ -393,80 +471,5 @@ const char *network_http_post( const char *address, const char *name, const char
 	return err;
 }
 
-const char *network_http_get ( const char* address, const char* name, cbuffer_t& local )
-{
-	const int REQ_HEADER_LEN = 1024;
-	// open from network
-	const char *err = NULL;
-	SOCKET const my_client_socket = network_open_address( address, err );
-	if (  err==NULL  ) {
-#ifndef REVISION
-#	define REVISION 0
-#endif
-		const char* format = "GET %s HTTP/1.1\r\n"
-				"User-Agent: Simutrans/r%s\r\n"
-				"Host: %s\r\n\r\n";
-		if (  (strlen( format ) + strlen( name ) + strlen( address ) + strlen( QUOTEME(REVISION)) ) > ( REQ_HEADER_LEN - 1 )  ) {
-			// We will get a buffer overwrite here if we continue
-			return "Error: String too long";
-		}
-		char request[REQ_HEADER_LEN];
-		int const len = sprintf( request, format, name, QUOTEME(REVISION), address );
-		uint16 dummy;
-		if (  !network_send_data( my_client_socket, request, len, dummy, 250 )  ) {
-			err = "Server did not respond!";
-		}
-
-		// Read the response header and parse arguments as needed
-		char line[1024], rbuf;
-		unsigned int pos = 0;
-		sint32 length = 0;
-		while(1) {
-			// Receive one character at a time the HTTP headers
-			int i = recv( my_client_socket, &rbuf, 1, 0 );
-			if (  i > 0  ) {
-				if (  rbuf >= 32  &&  pos < sizeof(line) - 1  ) {
-					line[pos++] = rbuf;
-				}
-				if (  rbuf == 10  ) {
-					if (  pos == 0  ) {
-						// this line was empty => now data will follow
-						break;
-					}
-					line[pos] = 0;
-					DBG_MESSAGE( "network_http_get", "received header: %s", line );
-					// Parse out the length tag to get length of content
-					if (  STRNICMP( "Content-Length:", line, 15 ) == 0  ) {
-						length = atol( line + 15 );
-					}
-					pos = 0;
-				}
-			}
-			else {
-				break;
-			}
-		}
-
-		// Make buffer to receive data into
-		char* buffer = new char[length];
-		uint16 bytesreceived = 0;
-
-		if (  !network_receive_data( my_client_socket, buffer, length, bytesreceived, 10000 )  ) {
-			err = "Error: network_receive_data failed!";
-		}
-		else if (  bytesreceived != length  ) {
-			err = "Error: Bytes received does not match length!";
-		}
-		else {
-			local.append( buffer, length );
-		}
-
-		DBG_MESSAGE( "network_http_get", "received data length: %i", local.len() );
-
-		delete [] buffer;
-		network_close_socket( my_client_socket );
-	}
-	return err;
-}
 
 #endif