diff --git a/lib/boardwalk.rb b/lib/boardwalk.rb
index 435e9bf..97551e9 100644
--- a/lib/boardwalk.rb
+++ b/lib/boardwalk.rb
@@ -1,40 +1,8 @@
-module Sinatra
-  class Request
-    module AWSHandler
-        def aws_authenticate
-          @amz = {}
-          @env.each do |k, v|
-            k = k.downcase.gsub('_', '-')
-            @amz[$1] = v.strip if k =~ /^http-x-amz-([-\w]+)$/
-          end
-          date = (@env['HTTP_X_AMZ_DATE'] || @env['HTTP_DATE'])
-          auth, key, secret = *@env['HTTP_AUTHORIZATION'].to_s.match(/^AWS (\w+):(.+)$/)
-          uri = @env['PATH_INFO']
-          uri += "?" + @env['QUERY_STRING'] if RESOURCE_TYPES.include?(@env['QUERY_STRING'])
-          canonical = [@env['REQUEST_METHOD'], @env['HTTP_CONTENT_MD5'], @env['HTTP_CONTENT_TYPE'], date, uri]
-          @amz.sort.each do |k, v|
-              canonical[-1,0] = "x-amz-#{k}:#{v}"
-          end
-          @user = User.first(:conditions => {:s3key => key})
-          if @user and secret != hmac_sha1(@user.s3secret, canonical.map{|v|v.to_s.strip} * "\n")
-             raise BadAuthentication
-          end
-        end
-      private
-        def hmac_sha1(key, s)
-          return Base64.encode64(OpenSSL::HMAC.digest(OpenSSL::Digest::Digest.new("sha1"), key, s)).strip
-        end     
-    end
-  end
-  helpers Request::AWSHandler
-end
-
 class Boardwalk < Sinatra::Base
     use Rack::FiberPool
     load 'lib/boardwalk/mimetypes.rb'
     load 'lib/boardwalk/control_routes.rb'
     load 'lib/boardwalk/helpers.rb'
     load 'lib/boardwalk/errors.rb'
-    helpers Sinatra::Request::AWSHandler
     load 'lib/boardwalk/s3_routes.rb'
 end
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/lib/boardwalk/helpers.rb b/lib/boardwalk/helpers.rb
index 939d254..19c220b 100644
--- a/lib/boardwalk/helpers.rb
+++ b/lib/boardwalk/helpers.rb
@@ -1,4 +1,24 @@
 helpers do
+  def aws_authenticate
+    @amz = {}
+    @env.each do |k, v|
+      k = k.downcase.gsub('_', '-')
+      @amz[$1] = v.strip if k =~ /^http-x-amz-([-\w]+)$/
+    end
+    date = (@env['HTTP_X_AMZ_DATE'] || @env['HTTP_DATE'])
+    auth, key, secret = *@env['HTTP_AUTHORIZATION'].to_s.match(/^AWS (\w+):(.+)$/)
+    uri = @env['PATH_INFO']
+    uri += "?" + @env['QUERY_STRING'] if RESOURCE_TYPES.include?(@env['QUERY_STRING'])
+    canonical = [@env['REQUEST_METHOD'], @env['HTTP_CONTENT_MD5'], @env['HTTP_CONTENT_TYPE'], date, uri]
+    @amz.sort.each do |k, v|
+        canonical[-1,0] = "x-amz-#{k}:#{v}"
+    end
+    @user = User.first(:conditions => {:s3key => key})
+    if @user and secret != hmac_sha1(@user.s3secret, canonical.map{|v|v.to_s.strip} * "\n")
+       raise BadAuthentication
+    end
+  end
+  
   def generate_secret
       abc = %{ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ0123456789abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz} 
       (1..40).map { abc[rand(abc.size),1] }.join