diff --git a/scripts/server/email.js b/scripts/server/email.js
index 846f9fbd..1211a59c 100644
--- a/scripts/server/email.js
+++ b/scripts/server/email.js
@@ -11,8 +11,7 @@
 function initEmailScript() {
 	logToConsole(LOG_DEBUG, "[Asshat.Email]: Initializing email script ...");
 
-	let emailConfigFile = loadTextFile("config/email.json");
-	emailConfig = JSON.parse(emailConfigFile);
+    emailConfig = loadEmailConfiguration();
 
 	logToConsole(LOG_DEBUG, "[Asshat.Email]: Email script initialized successfully!");
 }
@@ -34,4 +33,11 @@ function sendEmail(toEmail, toName, subject, body) {
         emailConfig.fromName);
 }
 
+// -------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+function loadEmailConfiguration() {
+    let emailConfigFile = loadTextFile("config/email.json");
+	return JSON.parse(emailConfigFile);
+}
+
 // -------------------------------------------------------------------------
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