diff --git a/src/d_netcmd.c b/src/d_netcmd.c
index f61c80cb..09f6795e 100644
--- a/src/d_netcmd.c
+++ b/src/d_netcmd.c
@@ -2967,6 +2967,7 @@ static void Command_Addfile(void)
 	XBOXSTATIC char buf[256];
 	char *buf_p = buf;
 	INT32 i;
+	int musiconly; // W_VerifyNMUSlumps isn't boolean
 
 	if (COM_Argc() != 2)
 	{
@@ -2981,7 +2982,9 @@ static void Command_Addfile(void)
 		if (!isprint(fn[i]) || fn[i] == ';')
 			return;
 
-	if (!W_VerifyNMUSlumps(fn))
+	musiconly = W_VerifyNMUSlumps(fn);
+
+	if (!musiconly)
 	{
 		// ... But only so long as they contain nothing more then music and sprites.
 		if (netgame && !(server || adminplayer == consoleplayer))
@@ -2993,7 +2996,7 @@ static void Command_Addfile(void)
 	}
 
 	// Add file on your client directly if it is trivial, or you aren't in a netgame.
-	if (!(netgame || multiplayer) || W_VerifyNMUSlumps(fn))
+	if (!(netgame || multiplayer) || musiconly)
 	{
 		P_AddWadFile(fn, NULL);
 		return;
@@ -3013,9 +3016,7 @@ static void Command_Addfile(void)
 #else
 		FILE *fhandle;
 
-		fhandle = fopen(fn, "rb");
-
-		if (fhandle)
+		if ((fhandle = W_OpenWadFile(&fn, true)) != NULL)
 		{
 			tic_t t = I_GetTime();
 			CONS_Debug(DBG_SETUP, "Making MD5 for %s\n",fn);
@@ -3023,11 +3024,8 @@ static void Command_Addfile(void)
 			CONS_Debug(DBG_SETUP, "MD5 calc for %s took %f second\n", fn, (float)(I_GetTime() - t)/TICRATE);
 			fclose(fhandle);
 		}
-		else
-		{
-			CONS_Printf(M_GetText("File %s not found.\n"), fn);
+		else // file not found
 			return;
-		}
 #endif
 		WRITEMEM(buf_p, md5sum, 16);
 	}
diff --git a/src/w_wad.c b/src/w_wad.c
index e4cb9305..3a828559 100644
--- a/src/w_wad.c
+++ b/src/w_wad.c
@@ -133,6 +133,47 @@ void W_Shutdown(void)
 
 static char filenamebuf[MAX_WADPATH];
 
+// W_OpenWadFile
+// Helper function for opening the WAD file.
+// Returns the FILE * handle for the file, or NULL if not found or could not be opened
+// If "useerrors" is true then print errors in the console, else just don't bother
+// "filename" may be modified to have the correct path the actual file is located in, if necessary
+FILE *W_OpenWadFile(const char **filename, boolean useerrors)
+{
+	FILE *handle;
+
+	strncpy(filenamebuf, *filename, MAX_WADPATH);
+	filenamebuf[MAX_WADPATH - 1] = '\0';
+	*filename = filenamebuf;
+
+	// open wad file
+	if ((handle = fopen(*filename, "rb")) == NULL)
+	{
+		// If we failed to load the file with the path as specified by
+		// the user, strip the directories and search for the file.
+		nameonly(filenamebuf);
+
+		// If findfile finds the file, the full path will be returned
+		// in filenamebuf == *filename.
+		if (findfile(filenamebuf, NULL, true))
+		{
+			if ((handle = fopen(*filename, "rb")) == NULL)
+			{
+				if (useerrors)
+					CONS_Alert(CONS_ERROR, M_GetText("Can't open %s\n"), *filename);
+				return NULL;
+			}
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			if (useerrors)
+				CONS_Alert(CONS_ERROR, M_GetText("File %s not found.\n"), *filename);
+			return NULL;
+		}
+	}
+	return handle;
+}
+
 // search for all DEHACKED lump in all wads and load it
 static inline void W_LoadDehackedLumps(UINT16 wadnum)
 {
@@ -234,7 +275,6 @@ static void W_InvalidateLumpnumCache(void)
 	memset(lumpnumcache, 0, sizeof (lumpnumcache));
 }
 
-
 //  Allocate a wadfile, setup the lumpinfo (directory) and
 //  lumpcache, add the wadfile to the current active wadfiles
 //
@@ -271,33 +311,9 @@ UINT16 W_LoadWadFile(const char *filename)
 		return INT16_MAX;
 	}
 
-	strncpy(filenamebuf, filename, MAX_WADPATH);
-	filenamebuf[MAX_WADPATH - 1] = '\0';
-	filename = filenamebuf;
-
 	// open wad file
-	if ((handle = fopen(filename, "rb")) == NULL)
-	{
-		// If we failed to load the file with the path as specified by
-		// the user, strip the directories and search for the file.
-		nameonly(filenamebuf);
-
-		// If findfile finds the file, the full path will be returned
-		// in filenamebuf == filename.
-		if (findfile(filenamebuf, NULL, true))
-		{
-			if ((handle = fopen(filename, "rb")) == NULL)
-			{
-				CONS_Alert(CONS_ERROR, M_GetText("Can't open %s\n"), filename);
-				return INT16_MAX;
-			}
-		}
-		else
-		{
-			CONS_Alert(CONS_ERROR, M_GetText("File %s not found.\n"), filename);
-			return INT16_MAX;
-		}
-	}
+	if ((handle = W_OpenWadFile(&filename, true)) == NULL)
+		return INT16_MAX;
 
 	// Check if wad files will overflow fileneededbuffer. Only the filename part
 	// is send in the packet; cf.
@@ -1115,21 +1131,11 @@ static int W_VerifyFile(const char *filename, lumpchecklist_t *checklist,
 	size_t i, j;
 	int goodfile = false;
 
-	if (!checklist) I_Error("No checklist for %s\n", filename);
-	strlcpy(filenamebuf, filename, MAX_WADPATH);
-	filename = filenamebuf;
+	if (!checklist)
+		I_Error("No checklist for %s\n", filename);
 	// open wad file
-	if ((handle = fopen(filename, "rb")) == NULL)
-	{
-		nameonly(filenamebuf); // leave full path here
-		if (findfile(filenamebuf, NULL, true))
-		{
-			if ((handle = fopen(filename, "rb")) == NULL)
-				return -1;
-		}
-		else
-			return -1;
-	}
+	if ((handle = W_OpenWadFile(&filename, false)) == NULL)
+		return -1;
 
 	// detect dehacked file with the "soc" extension
 	if (stricmp(&filename[strlen(filename) - 4], ".soc") != 0
diff --git a/src/w_wad.h b/src/w_wad.h
index b03e376b..f7ea64a5 100644
--- a/src/w_wad.h
+++ b/src/w_wad.h
@@ -82,6 +82,8 @@ extern wadfile_t *wadfiles[MAX_WADFILES];
 
 void W_Shutdown(void);
 
+// Opens a WAD file. Returns the FILE * handle for the file, or NULL if not found or could not be opened
+FILE *W_OpenWadFile(const char **filename, boolean useerrors);
 // Load and add a wadfile to the active wad files, returns numbers of lumps, INT16_MAX on error
 UINT16 W_LoadWadFile(const char *filename);
 #ifdef DELFILE