diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/stellar/anchor/util/Sep1Helper.java b/core/src/main/java/org/stellar/anchor/util/Sep1Helper.java
index 205e820a6c..307f501e70 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/stellar/anchor/util/Sep1Helper.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/stellar/anchor/util/Sep1Helper.java
@@ -4,12 +4,19 @@
 
 import com.moandjiezana.toml.Toml;
 import java.io.IOException;
-import java.net.URL;
 import org.stellar.anchor.api.exception.InvalidConfigException;
 
 public class Sep1Helper {
   public static TomlContent readToml(String url) throws IOException {
-    return new TomlContent(new URL(url));
+    try {
+      String tomlValue = NetUtil.fetch(url);
+      return new TomlContent(tomlValue);
+    } catch (IOException e) {
+      String obfuscatedMessage =
+          String.format("An error occurred while fetching the TOML from %s", url);
+      Log.error("Sep1Service fetchTomlFromURL Error fetching Toml from URL:{}", url);
+      throw new IOException(obfuscatedMessage); // Preserve the original exception as the cause
+    }
   }
 
   public static TomlContent parse(String tomlString) throws InvalidConfigException {
@@ -18,7 +25,7 @@ public static TomlContent parse(String tomlString) throws InvalidConfigException
     } catch (Exception e) {
       // Obfuscate the message and rethrow
       String obfuscatedMessage = "Failed to parse TOML content. Invalid Config.";
-      debugF(e.toString()); // Log the parsing exception
+      debugF(obfuscatedMessage); // Log the parsing exception
       throw new InvalidConfigException(
           obfuscatedMessage); // Preserve the original exception as the cause
     }
@@ -27,19 +34,6 @@ public static TomlContent parse(String tomlString) throws InvalidConfigException
   public static class TomlContent {
     private final Toml toml;
 
-    TomlContent(URL url) throws IOException {
-      try {
-        String tomlValue = NetUtil.fetch(url.toString());
-        toml = new Toml().read(tomlValue);
-      } catch (IOException e) {
-        // Obfuscate the message and rethrow
-        String obfuscatedMessage =
-            String.format("An error occurred while fetching the TOML from %s", url);
-        Log.error("Sep1Service fetchTomlFromURL Error fetching Toml from URL:{}", url);
-        throw new IOException(obfuscatedMessage); // Preserve the original exception as the cause
-      }
-    }
-
     TomlContent(String tomlString) {
       toml = new Toml().read(tomlString);
     }