-        // / new PROPFIND to keep data consistent with server in theory, should
-        // return the same we already have
-        PropFindMethod propfind = null;
-        RemoteOperationResult result = null;
-        try {
-            propfind = new PropFindMethod(mUploadClient.getBaseUri() + WebdavUtils.encodePath(mCurrentUpload.getRemotePath()),
-                    DavConstants.PROPFIND_ALL_PROP,
-                    DavConstants.DEPTH_0);
-            int status = mUploadClient.executeMethod(propfind);
-            boolean isMultiStatus = (status == HttpStatus.SC_MULTI_STATUS);
-            if (isMultiStatus) {
-                MultiStatus resp = propfind.getResponseBodyAsMultiStatus();
-                WebdavEntry we = new WebdavEntry(resp.getResponses()[0], mUploadClient.getBaseUri().getPath());
-                updateOCFile(file, we);
-                file.setLastSyncDateForProperties(syncDate);
-
-            } else {
-                mUploadClient.exhaustResponse(propfind.getResponseBodyAsStream());
-            }
-
-            result = new RemoteOperationResult(isMultiStatus, status, propfind.getResponseHeaders());
-            Log_OC.i(TAG, "Update: synchronizing properties for uploaded " + mCurrentUpload.getRemotePath() + ": "
-                    + result.getLogMessage());
-
-        } catch (Exception e) {
-            result = new RemoteOperationResult(e);
-            Log_OC.e(TAG, "Update: synchronizing properties for uploaded " + mCurrentUpload.getRemotePath() + ": "
-                    + result.getLogMessage(), e);
-
-        } finally {
-            if (propfind != null)
-                propfind.releaseConnection();
+        // new PROPFIND to keep data consistent with server 
+        // in theory, should return the same we already have
+        ReadRemoteFileOperation operation = new ReadRemoteFileOperation(mCurrentUpload.getRemotePath());
+        RemoteOperationResult result = operation.execute(mUploadClient);
+        if (result.isSuccess()) {
+            updateOCFile(file, result.getData().get(0));
+            file.setLastSyncDateForProperties(syncDate);