diff --git a/core/Files/AsyncHttpRequest.php b/core/Files/AsyncHttpRequest.php
index 88254a5e..5d47202b 100644
--- a/core/Files/AsyncHttpRequest.php
+++ b/core/Files/AsyncHttpRequest.php
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ class AsyncHttpRequest {
 	 * @param Request $request
 	 */
 	private function processRequest(Request $request) {
-		$request->addListener('complete', function (Event $event) use (&$function) {
+		$request->addListener('complete', function (Event $event) {
 			$error   = null;
 			$content = null;
 			if ($event->response->hasError()) {
@@ -111,10 +111,10 @@ class AsyncHttpRequest {
 			} else {
 				$content = $event->response->getContent();
 			}
-			call_user_func($function, $content, $error);
+			call_user_func($this->function, $content, $error);
 		});
 
-		$fileReader = new AsynchronousFileReader($this->maniaControl);
+		$fileReader = $this->maniaControl->getFileReader();
 		$fileReader->addRequest($request);
 	}
 
diff --git a/core/Files/AsynchronousFileReader.php b/core/Files/AsynchronousFileReader.php
index 41b9bd72..881c3998 100644
--- a/core/Files/AsynchronousFileReader.php
+++ b/core/Files/AsynchronousFileReader.php
@@ -58,6 +58,24 @@ class AsynchronousFileReader {
 		}
 	}
 
+
+	/**
+	 * Create a new cURL Request for the given URL, DO NOT CALL MANUALLY!
+	 *
+	 * @param string $url
+	 * @return Request
+	 */
+	public function newRequest($url) {
+		$request = new Request($url);
+		$request->getOptions()->set(CURLOPT_TIMEOUT, 60)->set(CURLOPT_HEADER, false)// don't display response header
+		        ->set(CURLOPT_CRLF, true)// linux line feed
+		        ->set(CURLOPT_ENCODING, '')// accept encoding
+		        ->set(CURLOPT_USERAGENT, 'ManiaControl v' . ManiaControl::VERSION)// user-agent
+		        ->set(CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true); // return instead of output content
+		return $request;
+	}
+
+
 	/**
 	 * Load a Remote File
 	 *