diff --git a/engine-core/src/main/java/io/nosqlbench/engine/core/MarkdownDocInfo.java b/engine-core/src/main/java/io/nosqlbench/engine/core/MarkdownDocInfo.java
index 65f6af4a9..1a714a464 100644
--- a/engine-core/src/main/java/io/nosqlbench/engine/core/MarkdownDocInfo.java
+++ b/engine-core/src/main/java/io/nosqlbench/engine/core/MarkdownDocInfo.java
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 package io.nosqlbench.engine.core;
 
 import io.nosqlbench.engine.api.activityapi.core.ActivityType;
+import io.nosqlbench.nb.api.content.Content;
+import io.nosqlbench.nb.api.content.NBIO;
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
 import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 
@@ -19,7 +21,7 @@ public class MarkdownDocInfo {
             help = new MarkdownDocInfo().forActivityInstance(topic);
             return Optional.ofNullable(help);
         } catch (Exception e) {
-            logger.debug("Did not find help topic for activity instance: "  + topic);
+            logger.debug("Did not find help topic for activity instance: " + topic);
         }
 
         try {
@@ -34,36 +36,19 @@ public class MarkdownDocInfo {
     }
 
     public String forResourceMarkdown(String s, String... additionalSearchPaths) {
-        String docFileName = s + ".md";
+        Optional<Content<?>> docs = NBIO.local()
+            .prefix("docs")
+            .prefix(additionalSearchPaths)
+            .name(s)
+            .extension(".md")
+            .first();
 
-        List<String> searchIn = new ArrayList<>();
-        searchIn.add(docFileName);
-        Arrays.stream(additionalSearchPaths).map(path -> path + docFileName).forEach(searchIn::add);
-
-        logger.info("loading doc file for topic:" + docFileName);
-
-        Optional<InputStream> found = searchIn.stream().map(
-                getClass().getClassLoader()::getResourceAsStream)
-                .filter(Objects::nonNull)
-                .findFirst();
-
-        InputStream stream = found.orElseThrow(
-                () -> new RuntimeException("Unable to find docstream in classpath: " + docFileName)
-        );
-
-        String docInfo = "";
-        try (BufferedReader buffer = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(stream))) {
-            docInfo = buffer.lines().collect(Collectors.joining("\n"));
-        } catch (Throwable t) {
-            throw new RuntimeException("Unable to buffer data from docstream: " + docFileName + ":" + t);
-        }
-
-        return docInfo;
+        return docs.map(Content::asString).orElse(null);
     }
 
     public String forActivityInstance(String s) {
         ActivityType activityType = ActivityType.FINDER.getOrThrow(s);
-        return forResourceMarkdown(activityType.getName()+".md", "docs/");
+        return forResourceMarkdown(activityType.getName() + ".md", "docs/");
     }
 
 }