diff --git a/org.hl7.fhir.utilities/src/main/java/org/hl7/fhir/utilities/npm/BasePackageCacheManager.java b/org.hl7.fhir.utilities/src/main/java/org/hl7/fhir/utilities/npm/BasePackageCacheManager.java
index 00cb450c8..d3834ebe9 100644
--- a/org.hl7.fhir.utilities/src/main/java/org/hl7/fhir/utilities/npm/BasePackageCacheManager.java
+++ b/org.hl7.fhir.utilities/src/main/java/org/hl7/fhir/utilities/npm/BasePackageCacheManager.java
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ public abstract class BasePackageCacheManager implements IPackageCacheManager {
   private static final Logger ourLog = LoggerFactory.getLogger(BasePackageCacheManager.class);
   private List<String> myPackageServers = new ArrayList<>();
   private Function<String, PackageClient> myClientFactory = address -> new CachingPackageClient(address);
+  protected boolean silent;
 
   /**
    * Constructor
@@ -77,7 +78,9 @@ public abstract class BasePackageCacheManager implements IPackageCacheManager {
           String url = packageClient.url(id, version);
           return new InputStreamWithSrc(stream, url, version);
         } catch (IOException e) {
-          ourLog.info("Failed to resolve package {}#{} from server: {} ({})", id, version, nextPackageServer, e.getMessage());
+          if (!silent) {
+            ourLog.info("Failed to resolve package {}#{} from server: {} ({})", id, version, nextPackageServer, e.getMessage());
+          }
         }
       }
     }
@@ -177,4 +180,9 @@ public abstract class BasePackageCacheManager implements IPackageCacheManager {
     return loadPackage(idAndVer, null);
   }
 
+
+  public void setSilent(boolean silent) {
+    this.silent = silent;    
+  }
+
 }
diff --git a/org.hl7.fhir.utilities/src/main/java/org/hl7/fhir/utilities/npm/FilesystemPackageCacheManager.java b/org.hl7.fhir.utilities/src/main/java/org/hl7/fhir/utilities/npm/FilesystemPackageCacheManager.java
index da4d91bc5..08e2a148a 100644
--- a/org.hl7.fhir.utilities/src/main/java/org/hl7/fhir/utilities/npm/FilesystemPackageCacheManager.java
+++ b/org.hl7.fhir.utilities/src/main/java/org/hl7/fhir/utilities/npm/FilesystemPackageCacheManager.java
@@ -344,15 +344,15 @@ public class FilesystemPackageCacheManager extends BasePackageCacheManager imple
   public NpmPackage addPackageToCache(String id, String version, InputStream packageTgzInputStream, String sourceDesc) throws IOException {
     checkValidVersionString(version, id);
     if (progress) {
-      System.out.println("Installing " + id + "#" + (version == null ? "?" : version) + " to the package cache");
-      System.out.print("  Fetching:");
+      log("Installing " + id + "#" + (version == null ? "?" : version) + " to the package cache");
+      log("  Fetching:");
     }
 
     NpmPackage npm = NpmPackage.fromPackage(packageTgzInputStream, sourceDesc, true);
 
     if (progress) {
-      System.out.println();
-      System.out.print("  Installing: ");
+      log("");
+      logn("  Installing: ");
     }
     
     if (!suppressErrors && npm.name() == null || id == null || !id.equalsIgnoreCase(npm.name())) {
@@ -374,7 +374,7 @@ public class FilesystemPackageCacheManager extends BasePackageCacheManager imple
           try {
             Utilities.clearDirectory(packRoot);
           } catch (Throwable t) {
-            System.out.println("Unable to clear directory: "+packRoot+": "+t.getMessage()+" - this may cause problems later");
+            log("Unable to clear directory: "+packRoot+": "+t.getMessage()+" - this may cause problems later");
           }
 
           int i = 0;
@@ -392,10 +392,10 @@ public class FilesystemPackageCacheManager extends BasePackageCacheManager imple
               i++;
               if (progress && i % 50 == 0) {
                 c++;
-                System.out.print(".");
+                logn(".");
                 if (c == 120) {
-                  System.out.println("");
-                  System.out.print("  ");
+                  log("");
+                  logn("  ");
                   c = 2;
                 }
               }
@@ -409,7 +409,7 @@ public class FilesystemPackageCacheManager extends BasePackageCacheManager imple
           ini.setIntegerProperty("package-sizes", id + "#" + v, size, null);
           ini.save();
           if (progress)
-            System.out.println(" done.");
+            log(" done.");
         }
         pck = loadPackageInfo(packRoot);
         if (!id.equals(JSONUtil.str(npm.getNpm(), "name")) || !v.equals(JSONUtil.str(npm.getNpm(), "version"))) {
@@ -428,7 +428,7 @@ public class FilesystemPackageCacheManager extends BasePackageCacheManager imple
       } catch (Exception e) {
         try {
           // don't leave a half extracted package behind
-          System.out.println("Clean up package " + packRoot + " because installation failed: " + e.getMessage());
+          log("Clean up package " + packRoot + " because installation failed: " + e.getMessage());
           e.printStackTrace();
           Utilities.clearDirectory(packRoot);
           new File(packRoot).delete();
@@ -441,6 +441,18 @@ public class FilesystemPackageCacheManager extends BasePackageCacheManager imple
     });
   }
 
+  private void log(String s) {
+    if (!silent) {
+      System.out.println(s);
+    }
+  }
+
+  private void logn(String s) {
+    if (!silent) {
+      System.out.print(s);
+    }
+  }
+
   @Override
   public String getPackageUrl(String packageId) throws IOException {
     String result = super.getPackageUrl(packageId);
@@ -646,7 +658,7 @@ public class FilesystemPackageCacheManager extends BasePackageCacheManager imple
     try {
       loadFromBuildServer();
     } catch (Exception e) {
-      System.out.println("Error connecting to build server - running without build (" + e.getMessage() + ")");
+      log("Error connecting to build server - running without build (" + e.getMessage() + ")");
       e.printStackTrace();
     }
     return false;
diff --git a/org.hl7.fhir.utilities/src/main/java/org/hl7/fhir/utilities/npm/NpmPackage.java b/org.hl7.fhir.utilities/src/main/java/org/hl7/fhir/utilities/npm/NpmPackage.java
index 96c3bc346..fbb155854 100644
--- a/org.hl7.fhir.utilities/src/main/java/org/hl7/fhir/utilities/npm/NpmPackage.java
+++ b/org.hl7.fhir.utilities/src/main/java/org/hl7/fhir/utilities/npm/NpmPackage.java
@@ -63,8 +63,10 @@ import org.apache.commons.compress.compressors.gzip.GzipCompressorInputStream;
 import org.apache.commons.compress.compressors.gzip.GzipCompressorOutputStream;
 import org.hl7.fhir.exceptions.FHIRException;
 import org.hl7.fhir.utilities.CommaSeparatedStringBuilder;
+import org.hl7.fhir.utilities.SimpleHTTPClient;
 import org.hl7.fhir.utilities.TextFile;
 import org.hl7.fhir.utilities.Utilities;
+import org.hl7.fhir.utilities.SimpleHTTPClient.HTTPResult;
 import org.hl7.fhir.utilities.json.JSONUtil;
 import org.hl7.fhir.utilities.json.JsonTrackingParser;
 import org.hl7.fhir.utilities.npm.NpmPackage.ITransformingLoader;
@@ -1159,6 +1161,13 @@ public class NpmPackage {
       return new Date();
     }
   }
+
+  public static NpmPackage fromUrl(String source) throws IOException {
+    SimpleHTTPClient fetcher = new SimpleHTTPClient();
+    HTTPResult res = fetcher.get(source+"?nocache=" + System.currentTimeMillis());
+    res.checkThrowException();
+    return fromPackage(new ByteArrayInputStream(res.getContent()));
+  }
   
   
 }
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