diff --git a/util/io/IO.scala b/util/io/IO.scala
index b7e3f90ee..51c31b7f0 100644
--- a/util/io/IO.scala
+++ b/util/io/IO.scala
@@ -508,12 +508,12 @@ object IO
 	private def writeBytes(file: File, bytes: Array[Byte], append: Boolean): Unit =
 		fileOutputStream(append)(file) { _.write(bytes) }
 
+	def readLinesURL(url: URL, charset: Charset = defaultCharset): List[String] =
+		urlReader(charset)(url)(readLines)
 
-	// Not optimized for large files
 	def readLines(file: File, charset: Charset = defaultCharset): List[String] =
 		fileReader(charset)(file)(readLines)
 		
-	// Not optimized for large files
 	def readLines(in: BufferedReader): List[String] = 
 		foldLines[List[String]](in, Nil)( (accum, line) => line :: accum ).reverse
 	
diff --git a/util/io/Using.scala b/util/io/Using.scala
index 95f765f62..9928d31e4 100644
--- a/util/io/Using.scala
+++ b/util/io/Using.scala
@@ -84,6 +84,7 @@ object Using
 	def fileWriter(charset: Charset = IO.utf8, append: Boolean = false) =
 		file(f => new BufferedWriter(new OutputStreamWriter(new FileOutputStream(f, append), charset)) )
 	def fileReader(charset: Charset) = file(f => new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(new FileInputStream(f), charset)) )
+	def urlReader(charset: Charset) = resource( (u: URL) => new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(u.openStream, charset)))
 	def jarFile(verify: Boolean) = file(f => new JarFile(f, verify), (_: JarFile).close())
 	def zipFile = file(f => new ZipFile(f), (_: ZipFile).close())
 	def streamReader = wrap{ (_: (InputStream, Charset)) match { case (in, charset) => new InputStreamReader(in, charset) } }