diff --git a/source/net/filebot/ui/FileBotMenuBar.java b/source/net/filebot/ui/FileBotMenuBar.java
index 88d98f2e..53d56d65 100644
--- a/source/net/filebot/ui/FileBotMenuBar.java
+++ b/source/net/filebot/ui/FileBotMenuBar.java
@@ -1,13 +1,8 @@
 package net.filebot.ui;
 
-import static net.filebot.Logging.*;
 import static net.filebot.Settings.*;
 import static net.filebot.util.ui.SwingUI.*;
 
-import java.awt.Desktop;
-import java.net.URI;
-import java.util.logging.Level;
-
 import javax.swing.Action;
 import javax.swing.JMenu;
 import javax.swing.JMenuBar;
@@ -47,13 +42,7 @@ public class FileBotMenuBar {
 	}
 
 	private static Action createLink(final String title, final String uri) {
-		return newAction(title, null, evt -> {
-			try {
-				Desktop.getDesktop().browse(URI.create(uri));
-			} catch (Exception e) {
-				debug.log(Level.SEVERE, "Failed to open URI: " + uri, e);
-			}
-		});
+		return newAction(title, null, evt -> openURI(uri));
 	}
 
 }
diff --git a/source/net/filebot/ui/rename/FormatDialog.java b/source/net/filebot/ui/rename/FormatDialog.java
index e26596df..9edee3b6 100644
--- a/source/net/filebot/ui/rename/FormatDialog.java
+++ b/source/net/filebot/ui/rename/FormatDialog.java
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ import static net.filebot.util.ui.SwingUI.*;
 
 import java.awt.Color;
 import java.awt.Component;
-import java.awt.Desktop;
 import java.awt.Dimension;
 import java.awt.Font;
 import java.awt.Rectangle;
@@ -22,7 +21,6 @@ import java.awt.event.WindowEvent;
 import java.beans.PropertyChangeEvent;
 import java.beans.PropertyChangeListener;
 import java.io.File;
-import java.net.URI;
 import java.text.Format;
 import java.util.LinkedHashSet;
 import java.util.List;
@@ -360,22 +358,13 @@ public class FormatDialog extends JDialog {
 
 	private JComponent createSyntaxPanel(Mode mode) {
 		JPanel panel = new JPanel(new MigLayout("fill, nogrid"));
-
 		panel.setBorder(createLineBorder(new Color(0xACA899)));
 		panel.setBackground(new Color(0xFFFFE1));
 		panel.setOpaque(true);
 
-		panel.add(new LinkButton(new AbstractAction(ResourceBundle.getBundle(FormatDialog.class.getName()).getString(mode.key() + ".syntax")) {
-
-			@Override
-			public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent evt) {
-				try {
-					Desktop.getDesktop().browse(URI.create(ResourceBundle.getBundle(FormatDialog.class.getName()).getString("help.url")));
-				} catch (Exception e) {
-					throw new RuntimeException(e);
-				}
-			}
-		}));
+		panel.add(new LinkButton(newAction(ResourceBundle.getBundle(FormatDialog.class.getName()).getString(mode.key() + ".syntax"), evt -> {
+			openURI(ResourceBundle.getBundle(FormatDialog.class.getName()).getString("help.url"));
+		})));
 
 		return panel;
 	}
diff --git a/source/net/filebot/util/ui/SwingUI.java b/source/net/filebot/util/ui/SwingUI.java
index e8475c6b..343feb2a 100644
--- a/source/net/filebot/util/ui/SwingUI.java
+++ b/source/net/filebot/util/ui/SwingUI.java
@@ -2,10 +2,12 @@ package net.filebot.util.ui;
 
 import static java.util.Collections.*;
 import static javax.swing.JOptionPane.*;
+import static net.filebot.Logging.*;
 
 import java.awt.Color;
 import java.awt.Component;
 import java.awt.Cursor;
+import java.awt.Desktop;
 import java.awt.Dimension;
 import java.awt.Frame;
 import java.awt.Graphics2D;
@@ -20,10 +22,12 @@ import java.awt.event.MouseAdapter;
 import java.awt.event.MouseEvent;
 import java.awt.image.BufferedImage;
 import java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException;
+import java.net.URI;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.concurrent.ExecutionException;
 import java.util.function.Consumer;
+import java.util.logging.Level;
 import java.util.regex.Pattern;
 
 import javax.swing.AbstractAction;
@@ -48,6 +52,14 @@ import net.filebot.Settings;
 
 public final class SwingUI {
 
+	public static void openURI(String uri) {
+		try {
+			Desktop.getDesktop().browse(URI.create(uri));
+		} catch (Exception e) {
+			debug.log(Level.SEVERE, "Failed to open URI: " + uri, e);
+		}
+	}
+
 	public static void checkEventDispatchThread() {
 		if (!SwingUtilities.isEventDispatchThread()) {
 			throw new IllegalStateException("Method must be accessed from the Swing Event Dispatch Thread, but was called on Thread \"" + Thread.currentThread().getName() + "\"");