diff --git a/src/Orchard.Web/Modules/Orchard.DesignerTools/Services/ObjectDumper.cs b/src/Orchard.Web/Modules/Orchard.DesignerTools/Services/ObjectDumper.cs
index 3ae303bef..8e5605b42 100644
--- a/src/Orchard.Web/Modules/Orchard.DesignerTools/Services/ObjectDumper.cs
+++ b/src/Orchard.Web/Modules/Orchard.DesignerTools/Services/ObjectDumper.cs
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@ using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.Collections;
 using System.Linq;
 using System.Reflection;
+using System.Text;
+using System.Web;
 using System.Xml.Linq;
 using Orchard.ContentManagement;
 using Orchard.DisplayManagement;
@@ -294,5 +296,52 @@ namespace Orchard.DesignerTools.Services {
             SaveCurrentNode();
             _current.Add(_current = new XElement(tag));
         }
+
+        public static void ConvertToJSon(XElement x, StringBuilder sb) {
+            if (x == null) {
+                return;
+            }
+
+            switch (x.Name.ToString()) {
+                case "ul":
+                    var first = true;
+                    foreach (var li in x.Elements()) {
+                        if (!first) sb.Append(",");
+                        ConvertToJSon(li, sb);
+                        first = false;
+                    }
+                    break;
+                case "li":
+                    var name = x.Element("h1").Value;
+                    var value = x.Element("span").Value;
+
+                    sb.AppendFormat("\"name\": \"{0}\", ", FormatJsonValue(name));
+                    sb.AppendFormat("\"value\": \"{0}\"", FormatJsonValue(value));
+
+                    var ul = x.Element("ul");
+                    if (ul != null && ul.Descendants().Any()) {
+                        sb.Append(", \"children\": [");
+                        first = true;
+                        foreach (var li in ul.Elements()) {
+                            sb.Append(first ? "{ " : ", {");
+                            ConvertToJSon(li, sb);
+                            sb.Append(" }");
+                            first = false;
+                        }
+                        sb.Append("]");
+                    }
+
+                    break;
+            }
+        }
+
+        public static string FormatJsonValue(string value) {
+            if (String.IsNullOrEmpty(value)) {
+                return String.Empty;
+            }
+
+            // replace " by \" in json strings
+            return HttpUtility.HtmlEncode(value).Replace(@"\", @"\\").Replace("\"", @"\""").Replace("\r\n", @"\n").Replace("\r", @"\n").Replace("\n", @"\n");
+        }
     }
 }
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diff --git a/src/Orchard.Web/Modules/Orchard.DesignerTools/Services/ShapeTracingFactory.cs b/src/Orchard.Web/Modules/Orchard.DesignerTools/Services/ShapeTracingFactory.cs
index 6569193ef..ae80ad879 100644
--- a/src/Orchard.Web/Modules/Orchard.DesignerTools/Services/ShapeTracingFactory.cs
+++ b/src/Orchard.Web/Modules/Orchard.DesignerTools/Services/ShapeTracingFactory.cs
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ namespace Orchard.DesignerTools.Services {
             var dump = new ObjectDumper(6).Dump(context.Shape, "Model");
 
             var sb = new StringBuilder();
-            ConvertToJSon(dump, sb);
+            ObjectDumper.ConvertToJSon(dump, sb);
             shape._Dump = sb.ToString();
 
             shape.Template = null;
@@ -165,53 +165,6 @@ namespace Orchard.DesignerTools.Services {
         public void Displayed(ShapeDisplayedContext context) {
         }
 
-        public static void ConvertToJSon(XElement x, StringBuilder sb) {
-            if(x == null) {
-                return;
-            }
-
-            switch (x.Name.ToString()) {
-                case "ul" :
-                    var first = true;
-                    foreach(var li in x.Elements()) {
-                        if (!first) sb.Append(",");
-                        ConvertToJSon(li, sb);
-                        first = false;
-                    }
-                    break;
-                case "li":
-                    var name = x.Element("h1").Value;
-                    var value = x.Element("span").Value;
-
-                    sb.AppendFormat("\"name\": \"{0}\", ", FormatJsonValue(name));
-                    sb.AppendFormat("\"value\": \"{0}\"", FormatJsonValue(value));
-
-                    var ul = x.Element("ul");
-                    if (ul != null && ul.Descendants().Any()) {
-                        sb.Append(", \"children\": [");
-                        first = true;
-                        foreach (var li in ul.Elements()) {
-                            sb.Append(first ? "{ " : ", {");
-                            ConvertToJSon(li, sb);
-                            sb.Append(" }");
-                            first = false;
-                        }
-                        sb.Append("]");
-                    }
-
-                    break;
-            }
-        }
-
-        public static string FormatJsonValue(string value) {
-            if(String.IsNullOrEmpty(value)) {
-                return String.Empty;
-            }
-
-            // replace " by \" in json strings
-            return HttpUtility.HtmlEncode(value).Replace(@"\", @"\\").Replace("\"", @"\""").Replace("\r\n", @"\n").Replace("\r", @"\n").Replace("\n", @"\n");
-        }
-
         private static string FormatShapeFilename(string shape, string shapeType, string displayType, string themePrefix, string extension) {
 
             if (!String.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(displayType)) {