diff --git a/SparkleLib/SparkleBackend.cs b/SparkleLib/SparkleBackend.cs
index e41929bf..7b5898b9 100644
--- a/SparkleLib/SparkleBackend.cs
+++ b/SparkleLib/SparkleBackend.cs
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 using System;
 using System.IO;
+using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
 
 namespace SparkleLib {
 
@@ -52,6 +53,34 @@ namespace SparkleLib {
         {
             return (path.Length > 0);
         }
+
+
+        // Strange magic needed by Platform ()
+        [DllImport ("libc")]
+        static extern int uname (IntPtr buf);
+
+
+        // This fixes the PlatformID enumeration for MacOSX in Environment.OSVersion.Platform,
+        // which is intentionally broken in Mono for historical reasons
+        public static PlatformID Platform {
+            get {
+                IntPtr buf = IntPtr.Zero;
+
+                try {
+                    buf = Marshal.AllocHGlobal (8192);
+
+                    if (uname (buf) == 0 && Marshal.PtrToStringAnsi (buf) == "Darwin")
+                        return PlatformID.MacOSX;
+
+                } catch {
+                } finally {
+                    if (buf != IntPtr.Zero)
+                        Marshal.FreeHGlobal (buf);
+                }
+
+                return Environment.OSVersion.Platform;
+            }
+        }
     }
 
 
diff --git a/SparkleLib/SparklePlatform.cs b/SparkleLib/SparklePlatform.cs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..0601a7d0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/SparkleLib/SparklePlatform.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+//   SparkleShare, a collaboration and sharing tool.
+//   Copyright (C) 2010  Hylke Bons <hylkebons@gmail.com>
+//
+//   This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+//   it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+//   the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+//   (at your option) any later version.
+//
+//   This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+//   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+//   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+//   GNU General Public License for more details.
+//
+//   You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+//   along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+
+using System;
+using System.IO;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Xml;
+
+using Mono.Unix;
+
+namespace SparkleLib {
+
+
+
+}
diff --git a/SparkleShare/SparkleShare.cs b/SparkleShare/SparkleShare.cs
index 8a19f1dc..fed350a6 100644
--- a/SparkleShare/SparkleShare.cs
+++ b/SparkleShare/SparkleShare.cs
@@ -49,8 +49,8 @@ namespace SparkleShare {
             Catalog.Init (Defines.GETTEXT_PACKAGE, Defines.LOCALE_DIR);
 
             // Don't allow running as root on Linux or Mac
-            if ((SparkleShare.Platform == PlatformID.Unix ||
-                 SparkleShare.Platform == PlatformID.MacOSX) &&
+            if ((SparkleBackend.Platform == PlatformID.Unix ||
+                 SparkleBackend.Platform == PlatformID.MacOSX) &&
                 new UnixUserInfo (UnixEnvironment.UserName).UserId == 0) {
 
                 Console.WriteLine (_("Sorry, you can't run SparkleShare with these permissions."));
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ namespace SparkleShare {
 
             // Load the right controller for the OS
             string controller_name = "Lin";
-            switch (SparkleShare.Platform) {
+            switch (SparkleBackend.Platform) {
             case PlatformID.Unix:
                 SetProcessName ("sparkleshare");
                 break;
@@ -158,33 +158,5 @@ namespace SparkleShare {
                 Console.WriteLine ("SetProcessName: Entry point not found");
             }
         }
-        
-        
-        // Strange magic needed by Platform ()
-        [DllImport ("libc")]
-        static extern int uname (IntPtr buf);
-
-
-        // This fixes the PlatformID enumeration for MacOSX in Environment.OSVersion.Platform,
-        // which is intentionally broken in Mono for historical reasons
-        static PlatformID Platform {
-            get {
-                IntPtr buf = IntPtr.Zero;
-
-                try {
-                    buf = Marshal.AllocHGlobal (8192);
-
-                    if (uname (buf) == 0 && Marshal.PtrToStringAnsi (buf) == "Darwin")
-                        return PlatformID.MacOSX;
-
-                } catch {
-                } finally {
-                    if (buf != IntPtr.Zero)
-                        Marshal.FreeHGlobal (buf);
-                }
-            
-                return Environment.OSVersion.Platform;
-            }
-        }
     }
 }