diff --git a/other/java/hdfs/src/main/java/seaweed/hdfs/SeaweedRead.java b/other/java/hdfs/src/main/java/seaweed/hdfs/SeaweedRead.java
index e9453d1bb..a39e0f59c 100644
--- a/other/java/hdfs/src/main/java/seaweed/hdfs/SeaweedRead.java
+++ b/other/java/hdfs/src/main/java/seaweed/hdfs/SeaweedRead.java
@@ -53,36 +53,44 @@ public class SeaweedRead {
                 return 0;
             }
 
-            HttpClient client = HttpClientBuilder.create().build();
-            HttpGet request = new HttpGet(
-                String.format("http://%s/%s", locations.getLocations(0).getUrl(), chunkView.fileId));
+            int len = readChunkView(position, buffer, startOffset, chunkView, locations);
 
-            if (!chunkView.isFullChunk){
-                request.setHeader(HttpHeaders.ACCEPT_ENCODING, "");
-                request.setHeader(HttpHeaders.RANGE,
-                    String.format("bytes=%d-%d", chunkView.offset, chunkView.offset + chunkView.size));
-            }
+            readCount += len;
+            startOffset += len;
 
-            try {
-                HttpResponse response = client.execute(request);
-                HttpEntity entity = response.getEntity();
-
-                int len = (int) (chunkView.logicOffset - position + chunkView.size);
-                OutputStream outputStream = new ByteBufferOutputStream(ByteBuffer.wrap(buffer, startOffset, len));
-                entity.writeTo(outputStream);
-                LOG.debug("* read chunkView:{} startOffset:{} length:{}", chunkView, startOffset, len);
-
-                readCount += len;
-                startOffset += len;
-
-            } catch (IOException e) {
-                e.printStackTrace();
-            }
         }
 
         return readCount;
     }
 
+    private static int readChunkView(long position, byte[] buffer, int startOffset, ChunkView chunkView, FilerProto.Locations locations) {
+        HttpClient client = HttpClientBuilder.create().build();
+        HttpGet request = new HttpGet(
+            String.format("http://%s/%s", locations.getLocations(0).getUrl(), chunkView.fileId));
+
+        if (!chunkView.isFullChunk) {
+            request.setHeader(HttpHeaders.ACCEPT_ENCODING, "");
+            request.setHeader(HttpHeaders.RANGE,
+                String.format("bytes=%d-%d", chunkView.offset, chunkView.offset + chunkView.size));
+        }
+
+        try {
+            HttpResponse response = client.execute(request);
+            HttpEntity entity = response.getEntity();
+
+            int len = (int) (chunkView.logicOffset - position + chunkView.size);
+            OutputStream outputStream = new ByteBufferOutputStream(ByteBuffer.wrap(buffer, startOffset, len));
+            entity.writeTo(outputStream);
+            LOG.debug("* read chunkView:{} startOffset:{} length:{}", chunkView, startOffset, len);
+
+            return len;
+
+        } catch (IOException e) {
+            e.printStackTrace();
+        }
+        return 0;
+    }
+
     public static List<ChunkView> viewFromVisibles(List<VisibleInterval> visibleIntervals, long offset, long size) {
         List<ChunkView> views = new ArrayList<>();
 
diff --git a/other/java/hdfs/src/test/java/seaweedfs/hdfs/SeaweedReadTest.java b/other/java/hdfs/src/test/java/seaweedfs/hdfs/SeaweedReadTest.java
index d17f2e056..4bb9efff5 100644
--- a/other/java/hdfs/src/test/java/seaweedfs/hdfs/SeaweedReadTest.java
+++ b/other/java/hdfs/src/test/java/seaweedfs/hdfs/SeaweedReadTest.java
@@ -1,18 +1,9 @@
 package seaweedfs.hdfs;
 
-import org.apache.http.Header;
-import org.apache.http.HttpEntity;
-import org.apache.http.HttpHeaders;
-import org.apache.http.client.methods.CloseableHttpResponse;
-import org.apache.http.client.methods.HttpGet;
-import org.apache.http.impl.client.CloseableHttpClient;
-import org.apache.http.impl.client.HttpClientBuilder;
-import org.apache.http.util.EntityUtils;
 import org.junit.Test;
 import seaweed.hdfs.SeaweedRead;
 import seaweedfs.client.FilerProto;
 
-import java.io.IOException;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.List;
 
@@ -72,36 +63,4 @@ public class SeaweedReadTest {
 
     }
 
-    // test gzipped content with range requests. Conclusion: not doing this.
-    public void testGzippedRangeRequest() throws IOException {
-
-        SeaweedRead.ChunkView chunkView = new SeaweedRead.ChunkView("2,621a042be6e39d", 0, 28, 0);
-        CloseableHttpClient client = HttpClientBuilder.create().build();
-        String targetUrl = String.format("http://%s/%s", "localhost:8080", chunkView.fileId);
-        HttpGet request = new HttpGet(targetUrl);
-        // request.removeHeaders(HttpHeaders.ACCEPT_ENCODING);
-        request.setHeader(HttpHeaders.ACCEPT_ENCODING, "");
-        request.setHeader(HttpHeaders.RANGE, String.format("bytes=%d-%d", chunkView.offset, chunkView.offset + chunkView.size));
-        System.out.println("request:");
-        for (Header header : request.getAllHeaders()) {
-            System.out.println(header.getName() + ": " + header.getValue());
-        }
-
-        int len = 29;
-        byte[] buffer = new byte[len];
-        CloseableHttpResponse response = null;
-        try {
-            response = client.execute(request);
-            HttpEntity entity = response.getEntity();
-            System.out.println("content length:" + entity.getContentLength());
-            System.out.println("is streaming:" + entity.isStreaming());
-            System.out.println(EntityUtils.toString(entity));
-        } finally {
-
-            if (response != null) {
-                response.close();
-            }
-        }
-
-    }
 }