diff --git a/app/src/processing/app/contrib/ContributionManagerDialog.java b/app/src/processing/app/contrib/ContributionManagerDialog.java
index 143f45f84..6e77e84de 100644
--- a/app/src/processing/app/contrib/ContributionManagerDialog.java
+++ b/app/src/processing/app/contrib/ContributionManagerDialog.java
@@ -98,15 +98,6 @@ public class ContributionManagerDialog {
       || examplesContributionTab.hasUpdates(base);
   }
 
-  protected JPanel makeTextPanel(String text) {
-    JPanel panel = new JPanel(false);
-    JLabel filler = new JLabel(text);
-    filler.setHorizontalAlignment(JLabel.CENTER);
-    panel.setLayout(new GridLayout(1, 1));
-    panel.add(filler);
-    return panel;
-  }
-
   public void showFrame(final Editor editor, ContributionType contributionType) {
     this.editor = editor;
 
diff --git a/app/src/processing/app/contrib/ContributionTab.java b/app/src/processing/app/contrib/ContributionTab.java
index bdbc74565..1fc74e372 100644
--- a/app/src/processing/app/contrib/ContributionTab.java
+++ b/app/src/processing/app/contrib/ContributionTab.java
@@ -213,7 +213,7 @@ public class ContributionTab {
         // The message is set to null so that every time the retry button is hit
         // no previous error is displayed in the status
         status.setMessage(null);
-        downloadAndUpdateContributionListing();
+        downloadAndUpdateContributionListing(editor.getBase());
       }
     });
 
@@ -466,10 +466,10 @@ public class ContributionTab {
   }
 
 
-  protected void downloadAndUpdateContributionListing() {
+  protected void downloadAndUpdateContributionListing(Base base) {
     retryConnectingButton.setEnabled(false);
     status.setMessage(Language.text("contrib.status.downloading_list"));
-    contribListing.downloadAvailableList(new ContribProgressBar(progressBar) {
+    contribListing.downloadAvailableList(base, new ContribProgressBar(progressBar) {
 
 
       @Override