diff --git a/src/common.php b/src/common.php
index 8c31c70332..72d776e64e 100644
--- a/src/common.php
+++ b/src/common.php
@@ -158,6 +158,12 @@
     'constructParams' => ['selfoss'],
 ]);
 
+$dice->addRule(helpers\FeedHelper::class, [
+    'constructParams' => [
+        \F3::get('cache'),
+    ],
+]);
+
 // init logger
 $log = $dice->create(Logger::class);
 if ($f3->get('logger_level') === 'NONE') {
diff --git a/src/helpers/FeedReader.php b/src/helpers/FeedReader.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7295548f77
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/helpers/FeedReader.php
@@ -0,0 +1,84 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace helpers;
+
+use SimplePie;
+
+/**
+ * Helper class for obtaining feeds
+ */
+class FeedReader {
+    /** @var SimplePie */
+    private $simplepie;
+
+    /**
+     * @param ?string $cacheLocation
+     * @param int $cacheTimeout
+     */
+    public function __construct(SimplePie $simplepie, WebClient $webClient, $cacheLocation = null, $cacheTimeout = 1800) {
+        $this->simplepie = $simplepie;
+
+        // initialize simplepie feed loader
+        if ($cacheLocation !== null) {
+            $this->simplepie->set_cache_location($cacheLocation);
+            $this->simplepie->set_cache_duration($cacheTimeout);
+        }
+
+        // abuse set_curl_options since there is no sane way to pass data to SimplePie\File
+        $this->simplepie->set_curl_options([
+            WebClient::class => $webClient
+        ]);
+
+        $this->simplepie->set_file_class(SimplePieFileGuzzle::class);
+        $this->simplepie->set_autodiscovery_level(SIMPLEPIE_LOCATOR_AUTODISCOVERY | SIMPLEPIE_LOCATOR_LOCAL_EXTENSION | SIMPLEPIE_LOCATOR_LOCAL_BODY);
+        $this->simplepie->set_useragent($webClient->getUserAgent());
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Load the feed for provided URL using SimplePie.
+     *
+     * @param string $url URL of the feed
+     *
+     * @return array
+     */
+    public function load($url) {
+        @$this->simplepie->set_feed_url($url);
+        // fetch items
+        @$this->simplepie->init();
+
+        // on error retry with force_feed
+        if (@$this->simplepie->error()) {
+            @$this->simplepie->set_autodiscovery_level(SIMPLEPIE_LOCATOR_NONE);
+            @$this->simplepie->force_feed(true);
+            @$this->simplepie->init();
+        }
+
+        // check for error
+        if (@$this->simplepie->error()) {
+            throw new \Exception($this->simplepie->error());
+        }
+
+        return [
+            // save fetched items
+            'items' => $this->simplepie->get_items(),
+            'htmlUrl' => @$this->simplepie->get_link(),
+            'spoutTitle' => $this->simplepie->get_title(),
+        ];
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Get the URL of the feed’s logo.
+     *
+     * @return ?string
+     */
+    public function getImageUrl() {
+        return $this->simplepie->get_image_url();
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @return void
+     */
+    public function __destruct() {
+        $this->simplepie->__destruct();
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/spouts/rss/feed.php b/src/spouts/rss/feed.php
index a2df642762..1995bd8cc0 100644
--- a/src/spouts/rss/feed.php
+++ b/src/spouts/rss/feed.php
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@
 
 namespace spouts\rss;
 
+use helpers\FeedReader;
 use helpers\Image;
-use helpers\WebClient;
 use Monolog\Logger;
 
 /**
@@ -42,16 +42,16 @@ class feed extends \spouts\spout {
     /** @var Logger */
     private $logger;
 
+    /** @var FeedReader */
+    private $feed;
+
     /** @var Image image helper */
     private $imageHelper;
 
-    /** @var WebClient */
-    private $webClient;
-
-    public function __construct(Image $imageHelper, Logger $logger, WebClient $webClient) {
+    public function __construct(FeedReader $feed, Image $imageHelper, Logger $logger) {
         $this->imageHelper = $imageHelper;
         $this->logger = $logger;
-        $this->webClient = $webClient;
+        $this->feed = $feed;
     }
 
     //
@@ -59,41 +59,10 @@ public function __construct(Image $imageHelper, Logger $logger, WebClient $webCl
     //
 
     public function load(array $params) {
-        // initialize simplepie feed loader
-        $this->feed = @new \SimplePie();
-        @$this->feed->set_cache_location(\F3::get('cache'));
-        @$this->feed->set_cache_duration(1800);
-        // abuse set_curl_options since there is no sane way to pass data to SimplePie\File
-        $this->feed->set_curl_options([
-            WebClient::class => $this->webClient
-        ]);
-        @$this->feed->set_file_class(\helpers\SimplePieFileGuzzle::class);
-        @$this->feed->set_feed_url(htmlspecialchars_decode($params['url']));
-        @$this->feed->set_autodiscovery_level(SIMPLEPIE_LOCATOR_AUTODISCOVERY | SIMPLEPIE_LOCATOR_LOCAL_EXTENSION | SIMPLEPIE_LOCATOR_LOCAL_BODY);
-        $this->feed->set_useragent($this->webClient->getUserAgent());
-
-        // fetch items
-        @$this->feed->init();
-
-        // on error retry with force_feed
-        if (@$this->feed->error()) {
-            @$this->feed->set_autodiscovery_level(SIMPLEPIE_LOCATOR_NONE);
-            @$this->feed->force_feed(true);
-            @$this->feed->init();
-        }
-
-        // check for error
-        if (@$this->feed->error()) {
-            throw new \Exception($this->feed->error());
-        } else {
-            // save fetched items
-            $this->items = @$this->feed->get_items();
-        }
-
-        // set html url
-        $this->htmlUrl = @$this->feed->get_link();
-
-        $this->spoutTitle = $this->feed->get_title();
+        $feedData = $this->feed->load(htmlspecialchars_decode($params['url']));
+        $this->items = $feedData['items'];
+        $this->htmlUrl = $feedData['htmlUrl'];
+        $this->spoutTitle = $feedData['spoutTitle'];
     }
 
     public function getXmlUrl(array $params) {
@@ -144,7 +113,7 @@ public function getIcon() {
             $this->faviconUrl = $this->imageHelper->getFaviconUrl();
             $this->logger->debug('icon: using feed homepage favicon: ' . $this->faviconUrl);
         } else {
-            $feedLogoUrl = $this->feed->get_image_url();
+            $feedLogoUrl = $this->feed->getImageUrl();
             if ($feedLogoUrl && $this->imageHelper->fetchFavicon($feedLogoUrl)) {
                 $this->faviconUrl = $this->imageHelper->getFaviconUrl();
                 $this->logger->debug('icon: using feed logo: ' . $this->faviconUrl);
diff --git a/src/spouts/rss/fulltextrss.php b/src/spouts/rss/fulltextrss.php
index 399dbf23ab..ebf672e5c1 100644
--- a/src/spouts/rss/fulltextrss.php
+++ b/src/spouts/rss/fulltextrss.php
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 namespace spouts\rss;
 
 use Graby\Graby;
+use helpers\FeedReader;
 use helpers\Image;
 use helpers\WebClient;
 use Http\Adapter\Guzzle6\Client as GuzzleAdapter;
@@ -45,8 +46,8 @@ class fulltextrss extends feed {
     /** @var WebClient */
     private $webClient;
 
-    public function __construct(Image $imageHelper, Logger $logger, WebClient $webClient) {
-        parent::__construct($imageHelper, $logger, $webClient);
+    public function __construct(FeedReader $feed, Image $imageHelper, Logger $logger, WebClient $webClient) {
+        parent::__construct($feed, $imageHelper, $logger);
 
         $this->imageHelper = $imageHelper;
         $this->logger = $logger;