diff --git a/Ghidra/Features/Base/src/main/java/ghidra/app/plugin/core/totd/TipOfTheDayPlugin.java b/Ghidra/Features/Base/src/main/java/ghidra/app/plugin/core/totd/TipOfTheDayPlugin.java
index 3ddb26100e..768a11375e 100644
--- a/Ghidra/Features/Base/src/main/java/ghidra/app/plugin/core/totd/TipOfTheDayPlugin.java
+++ b/Ghidra/Features/Base/src/main/java/ghidra/app/plugin/core/totd/TipOfTheDayPlugin.java
@@ -15,7 +15,8 @@
  */
 package ghidra.app.plugin.core.totd;
 
-import java.io.*;
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.io.InputStream;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.List;
 
@@ -31,6 +32,7 @@ import ghidra.framework.plugintool.util.PluginStatus;
 import ghidra.framework.preferences.Preferences;
 import ghidra.util.HelpLocation;
 import ghidra.util.SystemUtilities;
+import utilities.util.FileUtilities;
 
 //@formatter:off
 @PluginInfo(
@@ -80,23 +82,8 @@ public class TipOfTheDayPlugin extends Plugin implements FrontEndOnly {
 	}
 
 	private List<String> loadTips() throws IOException {
-		List<String> tips = new ArrayList<>();
 		try (InputStream in = getClass().getResourceAsStream("tips.txt")) {
-			if (in == null) {
-				return tips;
-			}
-			BufferedReader reader = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(in));
-			while (true) {
-				String tip = reader.readLine();
-				if (tip == null) {
-					break;
-				}
-				if (tip.length() == 0) {
-					continue;
-				}
-				tips.add(tip);
-			}
-			return tips;
+			return FileUtilities.getLines(in);
 		}
 	}