diff --git a/OpenKeychain/src/main/java/org/sufficientlysecure/keychain/ui/DecryptListFragment.java b/OpenKeychain/src/main/java/org/sufficientlysecure/keychain/ui/DecryptListFragment.java
index 65bcd022d..1199ebc27 100644
--- a/OpenKeychain/src/main/java/org/sufficientlysecure/keychain/ui/DecryptListFragment.java
+++ b/OpenKeychain/src/main/java/org/sufficientlysecure/keychain/ui/DecryptListFragment.java
@@ -18,11 +18,8 @@
 package org.sufficientlysecure.keychain.ui;
 
 
-import java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream;
 import java.io.File;
 import java.io.IOException;
-import java.io.InputStream;
-import java.io.UnsupportedEncodingException;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.List;
@@ -346,40 +343,14 @@ public class DecryptListFragment
                     intent.putExtra(DisplayTextActivity.EXTRA_METADATA, result);
                     intent.setDataAndType(outputUri, "text/plain");
 
+                    String plaintext;
                     try {
-
-                        byte[] decryptedMessage;
-                        {
-                            InputStream in = activity.getContentResolver().openInputStream(outputUri);
-                            ByteArrayOutputStream out = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
-                            byte[] buf = new byte[256];
-                            int read;
-                            while ( (read = in.read(buf)) > 0) {
-                                out.write(buf, 0, read);
-                            }
-                            in.close();
-                            out.close();
-                            decryptedMessage = out.toByteArray();
-                        }
-
-                        String plaintext;
-                        if (result.getCharset() != null) {
-                            try {
-                                plaintext = new String(decryptedMessage, result.getCharset());
-                            } catch (UnsupportedEncodingException e) {
-                                // if we can't decode properly, just fall back to utf-8
-                                plaintext = new String(decryptedMessage);
-                            }
-                        } else {
-                            plaintext = new String(decryptedMessage);
-                        }
-
-                        intent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_TEXT, plaintext);
-
+                        plaintext = FileHelper.readTextFromUri(activity, outputUri, result.getCharset());
                     } catch (IOException e) {
                         Notify.create(activity, R.string.error_preparing_data, Style.ERROR).show();
                         return null;
                     }
+                    intent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_TEXT, plaintext);
 
                     return intent;
                 }
diff --git a/OpenKeychain/src/main/java/org/sufficientlysecure/keychain/util/FileHelper.java b/OpenKeychain/src/main/java/org/sufficientlysecure/keychain/util/FileHelper.java
index 677acb1b8..558ab9a85 100644
--- a/OpenKeychain/src/main/java/org/sufficientlysecure/keychain/util/FileHelper.java
+++ b/OpenKeychain/src/main/java/org/sufficientlysecure/keychain/util/FileHelper.java
@@ -41,7 +41,11 @@ import org.sufficientlysecure.keychain.R;
 import org.sufficientlysecure.keychain.compatibility.DialogFragmentWorkaround;
 import org.sufficientlysecure.keychain.ui.dialog.FileDialogFragment;
 
+import java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream;
 import java.io.File;
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.io.InputStream;
+import java.io.UnsupportedEncodingException;
 import java.text.DecimalFormat;
 
 public class FileHelper {
@@ -234,6 +238,39 @@ public class FileHelper {
         return new DecimalFormat("#,##0.#").format(size / Math.pow(1024, digitGroups)) + " " + units[digitGroups];
     }
 
+    public static String readTextFromUri(Context context, Uri outputUri, String charset)
+        throws IOException {
+
+        byte[] decryptedMessage;
+        {
+            InputStream in = context.getContentResolver().openInputStream(outputUri);
+            ByteArrayOutputStream out = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
+            byte[] buf = new byte[256];
+            int read;
+            while ( (read = in.read(buf)) > 0) {
+                out.write(buf, 0, read);
+            }
+            in.close();
+            out.close();
+            decryptedMessage = out.toByteArray();
+        }
+
+        String plaintext;
+        if (charset != null) {
+            try {
+                plaintext = new String(decryptedMessage, charset);
+            } catch (UnsupportedEncodingException e) {
+                // if we can't decode properly, just fall back to utf-8
+                plaintext = new String(decryptedMessage);
+            }
+        } else {
+            plaintext = new String(decryptedMessage);
+        }
+
+        return plaintext;
+
+    }
+
     public static interface FileDialogCallback {
         public void onFileSelected(File file, boolean checked);
     }