diff --git a/lib/Configuration.php b/lib/Configuration.php
index baee718..5b8813d 100644
--- a/lib/Configuration.php
+++ b/lib/Configuration.php
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ class Configuration
      *
      * @const string
      */
-    const PROTECTION_LINE = ';<?php http_response_code(403); /*' . PHP_EOL;
+    const PROTECTION_LINE = ';<?php http_response_code(403); /*';
 
     /**
      * parsed configuration
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ class Configuration
             // don't overwrite already converted file
             if (!is_file($configFile)) {
                 $iniHandle = fopen($configIni, 'r', false, $context);
-                file_put_contents($configFile, self::PROTECTION_LINE);
+                file_put_contents($configFile, self::PROTECTION_LINE . PHP_EOL);
                 file_put_contents($configFile, $iniHandle, FILE_APPEND);
                 fclose($iniHandle);
             }
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ class Configuration
             if (is_readable($configIniSample)) {
                 if (!is_readable($configSample)) {
                     $iniSampleHandle = fopen($configIniSample, 'r', false, $context);
-                    file_put_contents($configSample, self::PROTECTION_LINE);
+                    file_put_contents($configSample, self::PROTECTION_LINE . PHP_EOL);
                     file_put_contents($configSample, $iniSampleHandle, FILE_APPEND);
                     fclose($iniSampleHandle);
                 }
diff --git a/lib/Data/Filesystem.php b/lib/Data/Filesystem.php
index 14a3a14..e092476 100644
--- a/lib/Data/Filesystem.php
+++ b/lib/Data/Filesystem.php
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ class Filesystem extends AbstractData
         if (!$this->exists($pasteid)) {
             return false;
         }
-        $paste = self::_decodeFile(self::_dataid2path($pasteid) . $pasteid . '.php');
+        $paste = DataStore::get(self::_dataid2path($pasteid) . $pasteid . '.php');
         if (property_exists($paste->meta, 'attachment')) {
             $paste->attachment = $paste->meta->attachment;
             unset($paste->meta->attachment);
@@ -210,7 +210,7 @@ class Filesystem extends AbstractData
                 // - commentid is the comment identifier itself.
                 // - parentid is the comment this comment replies to (It can be pasteid)
                 if (is_file($discdir . $filename)) {
-                    $comment = self::_decodeFile($discdir . $filename);
+                    $comment = DataStore::get($discdir . $filename);
                     $items   = explode('.', $filename);
                     // Add some meta information not contained in file.
                     $comment->id       = $items[1];
@@ -285,7 +285,7 @@ class Filesystem extends AbstractData
                 }
                 $thirdLevel = array_filter(
                     array_map(
-                        function($filename) {
+                        function ($filename) {
                             return strlen($filename) >= 20 ?
                                 substr($filename, 0, -4) :
                                 $filename;
@@ -385,17 +385,4 @@ class Filesystem extends AbstractData
     {
         return (bool) preg_match('/^[a-f0-9]{2}$/', $element);
     }
-
-    /**
-     * Decodes a paste or comment file.
-     *
-     * @access private
-     * @static
-     * @param  string $file
-     * @return array
-     */
-    private static function _decodeFile($file)
-    {
-        return json_decode(substr(file_get_contents($file), strlen(DataStore::PROTECTION_LINE . PHP_EOL)));
-    }
 }
diff --git a/lib/Persistence/DataStore.php b/lib/Persistence/DataStore.php
index 0c03f27..c5f14ff 100644
--- a/lib/Persistence/DataStore.php
+++ b/lib/Persistence/DataStore.php
@@ -51,4 +51,17 @@ class DataStore extends AbstractPersistence
             return false;
         }
     }
+
+    /**
+     * get the data
+     *
+     * @access public
+     * @static
+     * @param  string $filename
+     * @return array  $data
+     */
+    public static function get($filename)
+    {
+        return json_decode(substr(file_get_contents($filename), strlen(self::PROTECTION_LINE . PHP_EOL)));
+    }
 }
diff --git a/tst/Data/FilesystemTest.php b/tst/Data/FilesystemTest.php
index 8b04928..0a122f0 100644
--- a/tst/Data/FilesystemTest.php
+++ b/tst/Data/FilesystemTest.php
@@ -134,15 +134,15 @@ class FilesystemTest extends PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase
     public function testOldFilesGetConverted()
     {
         // generate 10 (default purge batch size) pastes in the old format
-        $paste = Helper::getPaste();
-        $comment = Helper::getComment();
+        $paste     = Helper::getPaste();
+        $comment   = Helper::getComment();
         $commentid = Helper::getCommentId();
-        $ids = array();
+        $ids       = array();
         for ($i = 0, $max = 10; $i < $max; ++$i) {
             // PHPs mt_rand only supports 32 bit or up 0x7fffffff on 64 bit systems to be precise :-/
             $dataid = str_pad(dechex(mt_rand(0, mt_getrandmax())), 8, '0', STR_PAD_LEFT) .
                 str_pad(dechex(mt_rand(0, mt_getrandmax())), 8, '0', STR_PAD_LEFT);
-            $storagedir = $this->_path . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR  . substr($dataid, 0, 2) .
+            $storagedir = $this->_path . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR . substr($dataid, 0, 2) .
                 DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR . substr($dataid, 2, 2) . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR;
             $ids[$dataid] = $storagedir;
 
diff --git a/tst/PrivateBinTest.php b/tst/PrivateBinTest.php
index e1f3113..5c5e145 100644
--- a/tst/PrivateBinTest.php
+++ b/tst/PrivateBinTest.php
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ class PrivateBinTest extends PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase
      */
     public function testViewUrlShortener()
     {
-        $shortener = 'https://shortener.example.com/api?link=';
+        $shortener                       = 'https://shortener.example.com/api?link=';
         $options                         = parse_ini_file(CONF, true);
         $options['main']['urlshortener'] = $shortener;
         Helper::createIniFile(CONF, $options);
diff --git a/tst/PrivateBinWithDbTest.php b/tst/PrivateBinWithDbTest.php
index a6ec2e0..a438d4c 100644
--- a/tst/PrivateBinWithDbTest.php
+++ b/tst/PrivateBinWithDbTest.php
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 <?php
 
 use PrivateBin\Data\Database;
-use PrivateBin\Persistence\ServerSalt;
 
 require_once 'PrivateBinTest.php';