diff --git a/ognibuild/debian/apt.py b/ognibuild/debian/apt.py
index a877828..32b2a7e 100644
--- a/ognibuild/debian/apt.py
+++ b/ognibuild/debian/apt.py
@@ -29,6 +29,9 @@ from .. import DetailedFailure, UnidentifiedError
 from ..session import Session, run_with_tee
 
 
+USER_AGENT = "Ognibuild"
+
+
 def run_apt(session: Session, args: List[str]) -> None:
     """Run apt."""
     args = ["apt", "-y"] + args
@@ -159,6 +162,40 @@ def contents_urls_from_sourceslist(sl, arch):
                     )
 
 
+def load_contents_url(url):
+    from urllib.error import HTTPError
+    from urllib.request import urlopen, Request
+
+    for ext in [".xz", ".gz", ""]:
+        try:
+            request = Request(
+                url + ext, headers={"User-Agent": USER_AGENT})
+            response = urlopen(request)
+        except HTTPError as e:
+            if e.status == 404:
+                continue
+            raise
+        break
+    else:
+        raise ContentsFileNotFound(url)
+    if ext == ".gz":
+        import gzip
+
+        f = gzip.GzipFile(fileobj=response)
+    elif ext == ".xz":
+        import lzma
+        from io import BytesIO
+
+        f = BytesIO(lzma.decompress(response.read()))
+    elif response.headers.get_content_type() == "text/plain":
+        f = response
+    else:
+        raise Exception(
+            "Unknown content type %r" % response.headers.get_content_type()
+        )
+    return f
+
+
 class AptContentsFileSearcher(FileSearcher):
     def __init__(self):
         self._db = {}
@@ -245,41 +282,8 @@ class AptContentsFileSearcher(FileSearcher):
             contents_urls_from_sourceslist(sl, get_build_architecture()))
         return cls.from_urls(urls, cache_dirs=cache_dirs)
 
-    @staticmethod
-    def _get(url):
-        from urllib.request import urlopen, Request
-
-        request = Request(url, headers={"User-Agent": "Debian Janitor"})
-        return urlopen(request)
-
     def load_url(self, url, allow_cache=True):
-        from urllib.error import HTTPError
-
-        for ext in [".xz", ".gz", ""]:
-            try:
-                response = self._get(url + ext)
-            except HTTPError as e:
-                if e.status == 404:
-                    continue
-                raise
-            break
-        else:
-            raise ContentsFileNotFound(url)
-        if ext == ".gz":
-            import gzip
-
-            f = gzip.GzipFile(fileobj=response)
-        elif ext == ".xz":
-            import lzma
-            from io import BytesIO
-
-            f = BytesIO(lzma.decompress(response.read()))
-        elif response.headers.get_content_type() == "text/plain":
-            f = response
-        else:
-            raise Exception(
-                "Unknown content type %r" % response.headers.get_content_type()
-            )
+        f = load_contents_url(url)
         self.load_file(f)