diff --git a/CogPlaylist/Sources/PlaylistEntry+Extension.swift b/CogPlaylist/Sources/PlaylistEntry+Extension.swift
index 1fa7bc190..171fb981c 100644
--- a/CogPlaylist/Sources/PlaylistEntry+Extension.swift
+++ b/CogPlaylist/Sources/PlaylistEntry+Extension.swift
@@ -78,8 +78,8 @@ extension PlaylistEntry {
 
 	/// A stored URL string, or a path as older playlists kept it, perhaps
 	/// with a cue track fragment ("/a/b.flac#01"); nothing is ten seconds of
-	/// silence.
-	static func url(forPath path: String?) -> URL? {
+	/// silence. The loader reads entries' stored strings with it.
+	@objc(urlForPath:) public static func url(forPath path: String?) -> URL? {
 		guard let path, !path.isEmpty else { return URL(string: "silence://10") }
 
 		if path.contains("://") {
diff --git a/CogPlaylist/Tests/PlaylistEntryTests.swift b/CogPlaylist/Tests/PlaylistEntryTests.swift
index 4e67940b5..4c668272d 100644
--- a/CogPlaylist/Tests/PlaylistEntryTests.swift
+++ b/CogPlaylist/Tests/PlaylistEntryTests.swift
@@ -41,6 +41,15 @@ final class PlaylistEntryTests: XCTestCase {
 		XCTAssertEqual(makeEntry(url: "/Music/#1 hits.mp3").url?.path, "/Music/#1 hits.mp3")
 	}
 
+	/// The loader reads stored strings through it from Objective-C.
+	func testURLForPathIsAvailableToObjectiveC() {
+		let selector = NSSelectorFromString("urlForPath:")
+		XCTAssertTrue(PlaylistEntry.responds(to: selector))
+		let url = (PlaylistEntry.self as AnyObject).perform(selector, with: "/Music/a.cue#02")?.takeUnretainedValue() as? URL
+		XCTAssertEqual(url?.path, "/Music/a.cue")
+		XCTAssertEqual(url?.fragment, "02")
+	}
+
 	func testNoURLIsSilence() {
 		XCTAssertEqual(makeEntry(url: nil).url?.absoluteString, "silence://10")
 		XCTAssertEqual(makeEntry(url: "").url?.absoluteString, "silence://10")
diff --git a/Playlist/PlaylistLoader.m b/Playlist/PlaylistLoader.m
index c4ddedd54..729650b5a 100644
--- a/Playlist/PlaylistLoader.m
+++ b/Playlist/PlaylistLoader.m
@@ -951,8 +951,6 @@ - (NSArray *)insertURLs:(NSArray *)urls atIndex:(NSInteger)index sort:(BOOL)sort
 	}
 }
 
-NSURL *_Nullable urlForPath(NSString *_Nullable path);
-
 - (void)loadInfoForEntries:(NSArray *)entries {
 	NSMutableDictionary *queueThisJob = [NSMutableDictionary new];
 	for(PlaylistEntry *pe in entries) {
@@ -1046,7 +1044,7 @@ - (void)loadInfoForEntries:(NSArray *)entries {
 					[blockInputs removeObjectAtIndex:0];
 					[blockLock unlock];
 
-					NSURL *url = urlForPath(key);
+					NSURL *url = [PlaylistEntry urlForPath:key];
 
 					NSString *message = [NSString stringWithFormat:@"Loading metadata for %@", url];
 					DLog(@"%@", message);
diff --git a/Utils/SQLiteStore.m b/Utils/SQLiteStore.m
index 89b35dd1e..fff45d8b6 100644
--- a/Utils/SQLiteStore.m
+++ b/Utils/SQLiteStore.m
@@ -507,8 +507,6 @@
 
 const char *query_count_queue = "SELECT COUNT(*) FROM queue";
 
-NSURL *_Nonnull urlForPath(NSString *_Nullable path);
-
 @interface SQLiteStore (Private)
 - (NSString *_Nullable)addString:(id _Nullable)string returnId:(int64_t *_Nonnull)stringId;
 - (NSString *_Nonnull)getString:(int64_t)stringId;
@@ -1510,7 +1508,7 @@ - (PlaylistEntry *_Nonnull)getTrack:(int64_t)trackId {
 			uint64_t discNr = ((uint64_t)trackNr) >> 32;
 			trackNr &= (1UL << 32) - 1;
 
-			entry.url = urlForPath([self getString:urlId]);
+			entry.url = [PlaylistEntry urlForPath:[self getString:urlId]];
 
 			entry.album = [self getString:albumId];
 			entry.albumartist = [self getString:albumartistId];