diff --git a/PFERD/crawl/http_crawler.py b/PFERD/crawl/http_crawler.py
index 44ec4dd..6e22c56 100644
--- a/PFERD/crawl/http_crawler.py
+++ b/PFERD/crawl/http_crawler.py
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
 import asyncio
 import http.cookies
 import ssl
+from datetime import datetime
 from pathlib import Path, PurePath
-from typing import Any, Dict, List, Optional
+from typing import Any, Dict, List, Optional, Tuple
 
 import aiohttp
 import certifi
@@ -15,6 +16,8 @@ from ..utils import fmt_real_path
 from ..version import NAME, VERSION
 from .crawler import Crawler, CrawlerSection
 
+ETAGS_CUSTOM_REPORT_VALUE_KEY = "etags"
+
 
 class HttpCrawlerSection(CrawlerSection):
     def http_timeout(self) -> float:
@@ -169,6 +172,50 @@ class HttpCrawler(Crawler):
             log.warn(f"Failed to save cookies to {fmt_real_path(self._cookie_jar_path)}")
             log.warn(str(e))
 
+    def _get_previous_etag_from_report(self, path: PurePath) -> Optional[str]:
+        """
+        If available, retrieves the entity tag for a given path which was stored in the previous report.
+        """
+        if not self._output_dir.prev_report:
+            return None
+
+        etags = self._output_dir.prev_report.get_custom_value(ETAGS_CUSTOM_REPORT_VALUE_KEY) or {}
+        return etags.get(str(path))
+
+    def _add_etag_to_report(self, path: PurePath, etag: Optional[str]) -> None:
+        """
+        Adds an entity tag for a given path to the report's custom values.
+        """
+        if not etag:
+            return
+
+        etags = self._output_dir.report.get_custom_value(ETAGS_CUSTOM_REPORT_VALUE_KEY) or {}
+        etags[str(path)] = etag
+        self._output_dir.report.add_custom_value(ETAGS_CUSTOM_REPORT_VALUE_KEY, etags)
+
+    async def _request_resource_version(self, resource_url: str) -> Tuple[Optional[str], Optional[datetime]]:
+        """
+        Requests the ETag and Last-Modified headers of a resource via a HEAD request.
+        If no entity tag / modification date can be obtained, the according value will be None.
+        """
+        async with self.session.head(resource_url) as resp:
+            if resp.status != 200:
+                return None, None
+
+            etag_header = resp.headers.get("ETag")
+            last_modified_header = resp.headers.get("Last-Modified")
+
+            if last_modified_header:
+                try:
+                    # https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Last-Modified#directives
+                    datetime_format = "%a, %d %b %Y %H:%M:%S GMT"
+                    last_modified = datetime.strptime(last_modified_header, datetime_format)
+                except ValueError:
+                    # last_modified remains None
+                    pass
+
+            return etag_header, last_modified
+
     async def run(self) -> None:
         self._request_count = 0
         self._cookie_jar = aiohttp.CookieJar()
diff --git a/PFERD/crawl/kit_ipd_crawler.py b/PFERD/crawl/kit_ipd_crawler.py
index e7a15de..073ac67 100644
--- a/PFERD/crawl/kit_ipd_crawler.py
+++ b/PFERD/crawl/kit_ipd_crawler.py
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 import os
 import re
 from dataclasses import dataclass
-from datetime import datetime
 from pathlib import PurePath
 from typing import Awaitable, List, Optional, Pattern, Set, Tuple, Union
 from urllib.parse import urljoin
@@ -15,8 +14,6 @@ from ..utils import soupify
 from .crawler import CrawlError
 from .http_crawler import HttpCrawler, HttpCrawlerSection
 
-ETAGS_CUSTOM_REPORT_VALUE_KEY = "etags"
-
 
 class KitIpdCrawlerSection(HttpCrawlerSection):
     def target(self) -> str:
@@ -95,7 +92,7 @@ class KitIpdCrawler(HttpCrawler):
     async def _download_file(self, parent: PurePath, file: KitIpdFile) -> None:
         element_path = parent / file.name
 
-        etag, mtime = await self._request_file_version(file)
+        etag, mtime = await self._request_resource_version(file.url)
         prev_etag = self._get_previous_etag_from_report(element_path)
         etag_differs = None if prev_etag is None else prev_etag != etag
 
@@ -172,44 +169,6 @@ class KitIpdCrawler(HttpCrawler):
 
             self._add_etag_to_report(path, resp.headers.get("ETag"))
 
-    def _get_previous_etag_from_report(self, path: PurePath) -> Optional[str]:
-        if not self._output_dir.prev_report:
-            return None
-
-        etags = self._output_dir.prev_report.get_custom_value(ETAGS_CUSTOM_REPORT_VALUE_KEY) or {}
-        return etags.get(str(path))
-
-    def _add_etag_to_report(self, path: PurePath, etag: Optional[str]) -> None:
-        if not etag:
-            return
-
-        etags = self._output_dir.report.get_custom_value(ETAGS_CUSTOM_REPORT_VALUE_KEY) or {}
-        etags[str(path)] = etag
-        self._output_dir.report.add_custom_value(ETAGS_CUSTOM_REPORT_VALUE_KEY, etags)
-
-    async def _request_file_version(self, file: KitIpdFile) -> Tuple[Optional[str], Optional[datetime]]:
-        """
-        Request the ETag and Last-Modified headers of a file via a HEAD request.
-        If no etag / modification date can be obtained, the according value will be None.
-        """
-        async with self.session.head(file.url) as resp:
-            if resp.status != 200:
-                return None, None
-
-            etag_header = resp.headers.get("ETag")
-            last_modified_header = resp.headers.get("Last-Modified")
-
-            if last_modified_header:
-                try:
-                    # https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Last-Modified#directives
-                    datetime_format = "%a, %d %b %Y %H:%M:%S GMT"
-                    last_modified = datetime.strptime(last_modified_header, datetime_format)
-                except ValueError:
-                    # last_modified remains None
-                    pass
-
-            return etag_header, last_modified
-
     async def get_page(self) -> Tuple[BeautifulSoup, str]:
         async with self.session.get(self._url) as request:
             # The web page for Algorithmen für Routenplanung contains some