diff -r aa967fd73b80 -r a04da9a3e9eb src/luan/modules/url/LuanUrl.java
--- a/src/luan/modules/url/LuanUrl.java	Sat Nov 26 20:51:14 2016 -0700
+++ b/src/luan/modules/url/LuanUrl.java	Mon Dec 19 01:05:10 2016 -0700
@@ -237,7 +237,7 @@
 
 		if( method==Method.DELETE ) {
 			httpCon.setRequestMethod("DELETE");
-			return httpCon.getInputStream();
+			return getInputStream(httpCon);
 		}
 
 		// POST
@@ -257,22 +257,26 @@
 		}
 		out.flush();
 		try {
-			try {
-				return httpCon.getInputStream();
-			} catch(IOException e) {
-				InputStream is = httpCon.getErrorStream();
-				if( is == null )
-					throw e;
-				Reader in = new InputStreamReader(is);
-				String msg = Utils.readAll(in);
-				in.close();
-				throw new LuanException(msg,e);
-			}
+			return getInputStream(httpCon);
 		} finally {
 			out.close();
 		}
 	}
 
+	private static InputStream getInputStream(HttpURLConnection httpCon) throws IOException, LuanException {
+		try {
+			return httpCon.getInputStream();
+		} catch(IOException e) {
+			InputStream is = httpCon.getErrorStream();
+			if( is == null )
+				throw e;
+			Reader in = new InputStreamReader(is);
+			String msg = Utils.readAll(in);
+			in.close();
+			throw new LuanException(msg,e);
+		}
+	}
+
 	@Override public String to_string() {
 		return url.toString();
 	}