diff --git a/includes/kohana/modules/xml/classes/xml/core.php b/includes/kohana/modules/xml/classes/xml/core.php
index 19a7b0b4..a9ac5964 100644
--- a/includes/kohana/modules/xml/classes/xml/core.php
+++ b/includes/kohana/modules/xml/classes/xml/core.php
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@
 		// Initialize the document with the given element
 		if (is_string($element))
 		{
-			if (is_file($element) OR validate::url($element))
+			if (is_file($element) OR valid::url($element))
 			{
 				// Generate XML from a file
 				$this->dom_doc->load($element);