diff --git a/src/zutil/io/IOUtil.java b/src/zutil/io/IOUtil.java
index 24a29b0..a8b56bc 100755
--- a/src/zutil/io/IOUtil.java
+++ b/src/zutil/io/IOUtil.java
@@ -34,44 +34,75 @@ import java.io.*;
  */
 public class IOUtil {
 
+    /**
+     * Reads and returns all the content of a stream.
+     * The InputStream will not be closed
+     *
+     * @param 		stream
+     * @return a byte array with the stream contents
+     */
+    public static byte[] readContent(InputStream stream) throws IOException{
+        return readContent(stream, false);
+    }
+
 	/**
 	 * Reads and returns all the content of a stream.
-     * This function will close the inout stream at the end.
-	 * 
+	 *
 	 * @param 		stream
-	 * @return the stream contents
+     * @param       close       true if the stream should be closed at the end
+	 * @return a byte array with the stream contents
 	 */
-	public static byte[] readContent(InputStream stream) throws IOException{
+	public static byte[] readContent(InputStream stream, boolean close) throws IOException{
         DynamicByteArrayStream dyn_buff = new DynamicByteArrayStream();
         byte[] buff = new byte[8192];
         int len = 0;
 		while((len = stream.read(buff)) != -1){
 			dyn_buff.append(buff, 0, len);
 		}
-        stream.close();
 
+		if (close) stream.close();
 		return dyn_buff.getBytes();
 	}
 
     /**
      * Reads and returns all the content of a stream as a String.
-     * This function will close the input stream at the end.
+     * The InputStream will not be closed
      *
      * @param 		stream
      * @return a String with the content of the stream
      */
     public static String readContentAsString(InputStream stream) throws IOException{
-        return readContentAsString(new InputStreamReader(stream));
+        return readContentAsString(stream, false);
+    }
+    /**
+     * Reads and returns all the content of a stream as a String.
+     *
+     * @param 		stream
+     * @param       close       true if the stream should be closed at the end
+     * @return a String with the content of the stream
+     */
+    public static String readContentAsString(InputStream stream, boolean close) throws IOException{
+        return readContentAsString(new InputStreamReader(stream), close);
     }
 
     /**
      * Reads and returns all the content of a stream as a String.
-     * This function will close the input stream at the end.
+     * The Reader will not be closed
      *
      * @param 		reader
      * @return a String with the content of the stream
      */
     public static String readContentAsString(Reader reader) throws IOException{
+        return readContentAsString(reader, false);
+    }
+    /**
+     * Reads and returns all the content of a stream as a String.
+     *
+     * @param 		reader
+     * @param       close       true if the stream should be closed at the end
+     * @return a String with the content of the stream
+     */
+    public static String readContentAsString(Reader reader, boolean close) throws IOException{
         StringBuilder str = new StringBuilder();
         BufferedReader in = null;
         if(reader instanceof BufferedReader)
@@ -84,8 +115,8 @@ public class IOUtil {
             str.append(line).append("\n");
         }
         str.delete(str.length()-1, str.length()); // remove last new line
-        in.close();
 
+        if (close) reader.close();
         return str.toString();
     }
 
diff --git a/src/zutil/io/file/FileUtil.java b/src/zutil/io/file/FileUtil.java
index 1debbe5..7e9a6e4 100755
--- a/src/zutil/io/file/FileUtil.java
+++ b/src/zutil/io/file/FileUtil.java
@@ -162,10 +162,7 @@ public class FileUtil {
         return new String(getByteContent(file));
     }
     public static byte[] getByteContent(File file) throws IOException {
-        InputStream in = new FileInputStream(file);
-        byte[] data = IOUtil.readContent(in);
-        in.close();
-        return data;
+        return IOUtil.readContent(new FileInputStream(file), true);
     }
 
     /**
@@ -175,9 +172,7 @@ public class FileUtil {
      * @return the file content
      */
     public static String getContent(URL url) throws IOException{
-        InputStream in = url.openStream();
-        String data = new String(IOUtil.readContent(in));
-        in.close();
+        String data = new String(IOUtil.readContent(url.openStream(), true));
         return data;
     }
 
diff --git a/src/zutil/net/ws/soap/SOAPClientInvocationHandler.java b/src/zutil/net/ws/soap/SOAPClientInvocationHandler.java
index ab69f25..85d7417 100755
--- a/src/zutil/net/ws/soap/SOAPClientInvocationHandler.java
+++ b/src/zutil/net/ws/soap/SOAPClientInvocationHandler.java
@@ -78,7 +78,8 @@ public class SOAPClientInvocationHandler implements InvocationHandler {
         request.setURL(url);
         request.setData(reqXml);
         HttpHeaderParser response = request.send();
-        String rspXml = IOUtil.readContentAsString( request.getResponseReader());
+        String rspXml = IOUtil.readContentAsString(request.getResponseInputStream());
+        request.close();
 
         // DEBUG
         if( logger.isLoggable(Level.FINEST) ){
diff --git a/src/zutil/plugin/PluginManager.java b/src/zutil/plugin/PluginManager.java
index 763a705..efea874 100755
--- a/src/zutil/plugin/PluginManager.java
+++ b/src/zutil/plugin/PluginManager.java
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ public class PluginManager<T> implements Iterable<PluginData>{
 		log.fine("Searching for plugins...");
 		for(FileSearcher.FileSearchItem file : search){
 			try {
-				DataNode node = JSONParser.read(IOUtil.readContentAsString(file.getInputStream()));
+				DataNode node = JSONParser.read(IOUtil.readContentAsString(file.getInputStream(), true));
 				log.fine("Found plugin: "+file.getPath());
 				PluginData plugin = new PluginData(node);