diff --git a/mod/viewsrc.php b/mod/viewsrc.php
deleted file mode 100644
index 55eb0b990c..0000000000
--- a/mod/viewsrc.php
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,35 +0,0 @@
-<?php
-/**
- * @file mod/viewsrc.php
- */
-use Friendica\App;
-use Friendica\Core\L10n;
-use Friendica\Database\DBA;
-use Friendica\Model\Item;
-
-function viewsrc_content(App $a)
-{
-	if (!local_user()) {
-		notice(L10n::t('Access denied.') . EOL);
-		return;
-	}
-
-	$o = '';
-	$item_id = (($a->argc > 1) ? intval($a->argv[1]) : 0);
-
-	if (!$item_id) {
-		throw new \Friendica\Network\HTTPException\NotFoundException(L10n::t('Item not found.'));
-	}
-
-	$item = Item::selectFirst(['body'], ['uid' => local_user(), 'id' => $item_id]);
-
-	if (DBA::isResult($item)) {
-		if ($a->isAjax()) {
-			echo str_replace("\n", '<br />', $item['body']);
-			exit();
-		} else {
-			$o .= str_replace("\n", '<br />', $item['body']);
-		}
-	}
-	return $o;
-}
diff --git a/src/App/Router.php b/src/App/Router.php
index 015120a403..3da634a037 100644
--- a/src/App/Router.php
+++ b/src/App/Router.php
@@ -170,6 +170,7 @@ class Router
 		$this->routeCollector->addRoute(['GET'],         '/rsd.xml',             Module\ReallySimpleDiscovery::class);
 		$this->routeCollector->addRoute(['GET'],         '/statistics.json',     Module\Statistics::class);
 		$this->routeCollector->addRoute(['GET'],         '/tos',                 Module\Tos::class);
+		$this->routeCollector->addRoute(['GET'],         '/viewsrc/{item:\d+}',  Module\ItemBody::class);
 		$this->routeCollector->addRoute(['GET'],         '/webfinger',           Module\WebFinger::class);
 		$this->routeCollector->addRoute(['GET'],         '/xrd',                 Module\Xrd::class);
 	}
diff --git a/src/Module/ItemBody.php b/src/Module/ItemBody.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ee50b52b28
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Module/ItemBody.php
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace Friendica\Module;
+
+use Friendica\BaseModule;
+use Friendica\Core\L10n;
+use Friendica\Model\Item;
+use Friendica\Network\HTTPException;
+
+/**
+ * Print the body of an Item
+ */
+class ItemBody extends BaseModule
+{
+	public static function content()
+	{
+		if (!local_user()) {
+			throw new HTTPException\UnauthorizedException(L10n::t('Access denied.'));
+		}
+
+		$app = self::getApp();
+
+		// @TODO: Replace with parameter from router
+		$itemId = (($app->argc > 1) ? intval($app->argv[1]) : 0);
+
+		if (!$itemId) {
+			throw new HTTPException\NotFoundException(L10n::t('Item not found.'));
+		}
+
+		$item = Item::selectFirst(['body'], ['uid' => local_user(), 'id' => $itemId]);
+
+		if (!empty($item)) {
+			if ($app->isAjax()) {
+				echo str_replace("\n", '<br />', $item['body']);
+				exit();
+			} else {
+				return str_replace("\n", '<br />', $item['body']);
+			}
+		} else {
+			throw new HTTPException\NotFoundException(L10n::t('Item not found.'));
+		}
+	}
+}