diff --git a/curl.d b/curl.d
index d79f945..81d771d 100644
--- a/curl.d
+++ b/curl.d
@@ -65,8 +65,11 @@ struct CurlOptions {
 }
 */
 
-//import std.digest.md;
-import std.md5;
+string getDigestString(string s) {
+	import std.digest.md;
+	return toHexString(md5Of(s));
+}
+//import std.md5;
 import std.file;
 /// this automatically caches to a local file for the given time. it ignores the expires header in favor of your time to keep.
 version(linux)