diff --git a/src/App.php b/src/App.php
index c6ed818dd1..bbf980d17b 100644
--- a/src/App.php
+++ b/src/App.php
@@ -796,22 +796,12 @@ class App
 	}
 
 	/**
-	 * Redirects to another module relative to the current Friendica base.
-	 * If you want to redirect to a external URL, use System::externalRedirectTo()
-	 *
-	 * @param string $toUrl The destination URL (Default is empty, which is the default page of the Friendica node)
-	 * @param bool   $ssl   if true, base URL will try to get called with https:// (works just for relative paths)
-	 *
-	 * @throws HTTPException\InternalServerErrorException In Case the given URL is not relative to the Friendica node
+	 * @deprecated 2019.12 use BaseUrl::redirect instead
+	 * @see BaseURL::redirect()
 	 */
 	public function internalRedirect($toUrl = '', $ssl = false)
 	{
-		if (!empty(parse_url($toUrl, PHP_URL_SCHEME))) {
-			throw new HTTPException\InternalServerErrorException("'$toUrl is not a relative path, please use System::externalRedirectTo");
-		}
-
-		$redirectTo = $this->baseURL->get($ssl) . '/' . ltrim($toUrl, '/');
-		Core\System::externalRedirect($redirectTo);
+		$this->baseURL->redirect($toUrl, $ssl);
 	}
 
 	/**
@@ -827,7 +817,7 @@ class App
 		if (!empty(parse_url($toUrl, PHP_URL_SCHEME))) {
 			Core\System::externalRedirect($toUrl);
 		} else {
-			$this->internalRedirect($toUrl);
+			$this->baseURL->redirect($toUrl);
 		}
 	}
 }
diff --git a/src/App/BaseURL.php b/src/App/BaseURL.php
index 8d76a0d2d2..501e5fbd3b 100644
--- a/src/App/BaseURL.php
+++ b/src/App/BaseURL.php
@@ -3,8 +3,10 @@
 namespace Friendica\App;
 
 use Friendica\Core\Config\Configuration;
+use Friendica\Core\System;
 use Friendica\Util\Network;
 use Friendica\Util\Strings;
+use Friendica\Network\HTTPException;
 
 /**
  * A class which checks and contains the basic
@@ -414,4 +416,23 @@ class BaseURL
 			return $url;
 		}
 	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Redirects to another module relative to the current Friendica base URL.
+	 * If you want to redirect to a external URL, use System::externalRedirectTo()
+	 *
+	 * @param string $toUrl The destination URL (Default is empty, which is the default page of the Friendica node)
+	 * @param bool   $ssl   if true, base URL will try to get called with https:// (works just for relative paths)
+	 *
+	 * @throws HTTPException\InternalServerErrorException In Case the given URL is not relative to the Friendica node
+	 */
+	public function redirect($toUrl = '', $ssl = false)
+	{
+		if (!empty(parse_url($toUrl, PHP_URL_SCHEME))) {
+			throw new HTTPException\InternalServerErrorException("'$toUrl is not a relative path, please use System::externalRedirectTo");
+		}
+
+		$redirectTo = $this->get($ssl) . '/' . ltrim($toUrl, '/');
+		System::externalRedirect($redirectTo);
+	}
 }