diff --git a/src/_h5ai/client/js/inc/core/resource.js b/src/_h5ai/client/js/inc/core/resource.js
index 384aeae7..9aef9fd3 100644
--- a/src/_h5ai/client/js/inc/core/resource.js
+++ b/src/_h5ai/client/js/inc/core/resource.js
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 
-modulejs.define('core/resource', ['_', 'config', 'core/settings'], function (_, config, settings) {
+modulejs.define('core/resource', ['_', '$', 'config', 'core/settings'], function (_, $, config, settings) {
 
 	var imagesHref = settings.appHref + 'client/images/',
 		fallbackHref = settings.appHref + 'client/images/fallback/',
@@ -32,37 +32,49 @@ modulejs.define('core/resource', ['_', 'config', 'core/settings'], function (_,
 			return fallbackHref + 'file.svg';
 		},
 
-		loadScript = function (url, globalId, callback) {
+		loadScript = function (filename, callback) {
+
+			$.ajax({
+				url: scriptsHref + filename,
+				dataType: 'script',
+				complete: function () { callback(); }
+			});
+		},
+
+		loadScriptGlob = function (filename, globalId, callback) {
 
 			if (window[globalId]) {
 				callback(window[globalId]);
 			} else {
-				$.ajax({
-					url: url,
-					dataType: 'script',
-					complete: function () {
-
-						callback(window[globalId]);
-					}
-				});
+				loadScript(filename, function () { callback(window[globalId]); });
 			}
 		},
 
-		loadSyntaxhighlighter = function (callback) {
+		ensureQRCode = function (callback) {
 
-			loadScript(scriptsHref + 'syntaxhighlighter.js', 'SyntaxHighlighter', callback);
+			if ($.fn.qrcode) {
+				callback();
+			} else {
+				loadScript('qrcode.js', callback);
+			}
 		},
 
-		loadMarkdown = function (callback) {
+		ensureSH = function (callback) {
 
-			loadScript(scriptsHref + 'markdown.js', 'markdown', callback);
+			loadScriptGlob('syntaxhighlighter.js', 'SyntaxHighlighter', callback);
+		},
+
+		ensureMarkdown = function (callback) {
+
+			loadScriptGlob('markdown.js', 'markdown', callback);
 		};
 
 
 	return {
 		image: image,
 		icon: icon,
-		loadSyntaxhighlighter: loadSyntaxhighlighter,
-		loadMarkdown: loadMarkdown
+		ensureMarkdown: ensureMarkdown,
+		ensureQRCode: ensureQRCode,
+		ensureSH: ensureSH,
 	};
 });
diff --git a/src/_h5ai/client/js/inc/ext/custom.js b/src/_h5ai/client/js/inc/ext/custom.js
index 1be3fcdd..c50733cc 100644
--- a/src/_h5ai/client/js/inc/ext/custom.js
+++ b/src/_h5ai/client/js/inc/ext/custom.js
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ modulejs.define('ext/custom', ['_', '$', 'core/settings', 'core/server', 'core/e
 				var has_header, has_footer, data, content;
 
 				if (response) {
-					resource.loadMarkdown(function (md) {
+					resource.ensureMarkdown(function (md) {
 
 						data = response.custom;
 
diff --git a/src/_h5ai/client/js/inc/ext/preview-txt.js b/src/_h5ai/client/js/inc/ext/preview-txt.js
index c001b7a2..39202edb 100644
--- a/src/_h5ai/client/js/inc/ext/preview-txt.js
+++ b/src/_h5ai/client/js/inc/ext/preview-txt.js
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ modulejs.define('ext/preview-txt', ['_', '$', 'core/settings', 'core/event', 'co
 
 								$text = $(templateMarkdown).text(textContent);
 
-								resource.loadMarkdown(function (md) {
+								resource.ensureMarkdown(function (md) {
 
 									if (md) {
 										$text.html(md.toHTML(textContent));
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ modulejs.define('ext/preview-txt', ['_', '$', 'core/settings', 'core/event', 'co
 
 								$text = $(templateText).text(textContent);
 
-								resource.loadSyntaxhighlighter(function (sh) {
+								resource.ensureSH(function (sh) {
 
 									if (sh) {
 										var $table = $('<table/>');
diff --git a/src/_h5ai/client/js/inc/ext/qrcode.js b/src/_h5ai/client/js/inc/ext/qrcode.js
index 765ed9c7..72c1303e 100644
--- a/src/_h5ai/client/js/inc/ext/qrcode.js
+++ b/src/_h5ai/client/js/inc/ext/qrcode.js
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 
-modulejs.define('ext/qrcode', ['_', '$', 'modernizr', 'core/settings', 'core/event'], function (_, $, modernizr, allsettings, event) {
+modulejs.define('ext/qrcode', ['_', '$', 'modernizr', 'core/settings', 'core/event', 'core/resource'], function (_, $, modernizr, allsettings, event, resource) {
 
 	var settings = _.extend({
 			enabled: false,
@@ -10,25 +10,9 @@ modulejs.define('ext/qrcode', ['_', '$', 'modernizr', 'core/settings', 'core/eve
 
 		$qrcode, hideTimeoutId,
 
-		loadQrCodeExtension = function (callback) {
-
-			if ($.fn.qrcode) {
-				callback();
-			} else {
-				$.ajax({
-					url: allsettings.appHref + 'client/js/qrcode.js',
-					dataType: 'script',
-					complete: function () {
-
-						callback();
-					}
-				});
-			}
-		},
-
 		update = function (item) {
 
-			loadQrCodeExtension(function () {
+			resource.ensureQRCode(function () {
 				$qrcode.empty().qrcode({
 					render: modernizr.canvas ? 'canvas' : 'div',
 					width: settings.size,