diff --git a/source/net/sourceforge/filebot/cli/ScriptShell.lib.groovy b/source/net/sourceforge/filebot/cli/ScriptShell.lib.groovy
index 41b3feb1..7d0dbaf3 100644
--- a/source/net/sourceforge/filebot/cli/ScriptShell.lib.groovy
+++ b/source/net/sourceforge/filebot/cli/ScriptShell.lib.groovy
@@ -63,10 +63,12 @@ import static net.sourceforge.filebot.web.WebRequest.*
 
 URL.metaClass.getText = { readAll(getReader(delegate.openConnection())) }
 URL.metaClass.getHtml = { new XmlParser(new org.cyberneko.html.parsers.SAXParser()).parseText(delegate.getText()) }
+URL.metaClass.getXml = { new XmlParser().parseText(delegate.getText()) }
 URL.metaClass.fetch = { fetch(delegate) }
 ByteBuffer.metaClass.getText = { csn = "utf-8" -> Charset.forName(csn).decode(delegate.duplicate()).toString() }
 ByteBuffer.metaClass.getHtml = { csn = "utf-8" -> new XmlParser(new org.cyberneko.html.parsers.SAXParser()).parseText(delegate.getText(csn)) }
 String.metaClass.getHtml = { new XmlParser(new org.cyberneko.html.parsers.SAXParser()).parseText(delegate) }
+String.metaClass.getXml = { new XmlParser().parseText(delegate) }
 
 URL.metaClass.get = { delegate.getText() }
 URL.metaClass.post = { Map parameters -> post(delegate.openConnection(), parameters) }