diff --git a/core/src/main/scala/better/files/File.scala b/core/src/main/scala/better/files/File.scala
index 03ff917b..199bb871 100644
--- a/core/src/main/scala/better/files/File.scala
+++ b/core/src/main/scala/better/files/File.scala
@@ -857,8 +857,8 @@ class File private(val path: Path) {
 object File {
   implicit val defaultCharset: Charset = Charset.defaultCharset()
 
-  def charset(name: String): Charset =
-    Charset.forName(name)
+  def resource(name: String): File =
+    File(Thread.currentThread().getContextClassLoader.getResource(name))
 
   def newTemporaryDirectory(prefix: String = "", parent: Option[File] = None)(implicit attributes: Attributes = Attributes.default): File = {
     parent match {
diff --git a/core/src/test/scala/better/files/FileSpec.scala b/core/src/test/scala/better/files/FileSpec.scala
index 4f27ea95..994e0061 100644
--- a/core/src/test/scala/better/files/FileSpec.scala
+++ b/core/src/test/scala/better/files/FileSpec.scala
@@ -17,8 +17,6 @@ class FileSpec extends FlatSpec with BeforeAndAfterEach with Matchers {
     case _ => false
   }
 
-  def resource(name: String) = File(Thread.currentThread().getContextClassLoader.getResource(name))
-
   def sleep(t: FiniteDuration = 2 second) = Thread.sleep(t.toMillis)
 
   var testRoot: File = _    //TODO: Get rid of mutable test vars
@@ -440,7 +438,7 @@ class FileSpec extends FlatSpec with BeforeAndAfterEach with Matchers {
   }
 
   it should "handle BOM" in {
-    val file = resource("file_with_bom.txt")
+    val file = File.resource("file_with_bom.txt")
     val expectedContent = "I contain an offending UTF-8 BOM\n"
     file.contentAsString should not equal expectedContent
     file.contentAsString(charset = UnicodeDecoder("UTF-8")) shouldEqual expectedContent