diff --git a/OpenSim/Region/Application/HGOpenSimNode.cs b/OpenSim/Region/Application/HGOpenSimNode.cs
index dcb8c15485..f46c9e373e 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Region/Application/HGOpenSimNode.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/Region/Application/HGOpenSimNode.cs
@@ -147,48 +147,7 @@ namespace OpenSim
                 {
                     if ((cmdparams.Length == 1) || (cmdparams.Length ==2))
                     {
-                        try
-                        {
-                            XmlReader r = XmlReader.Create(cmdparams[0]);
-                            XmlConfigSource cs = new XmlConfigSource(r);
-                            string[] excludeSections = null;
-
-                            if (cmdparams.Length == 2)
-                            {
-                                if (cmdparams[1].StartsWith("excludeList:"))
-                                {
-                                    string excludeString = cmdparams[1];
-                                    excludeString = excludeString.Remove(0, 12);
-                                    char[] splitter = { ';' };
-
-                                    excludeSections = excludeString.Split(splitter);
-                                }
-                            }
-
-                            for (int i = 0; i < cs.Configs.Count; i++)
-                            {
-                                bool skip = false;
-                                if ((excludeSections != null) &&(excludeSections.Length > 0 ))
-                                {
-                                    for (int n = 0; n < excludeSections.Length; n++)
-                                    {
-                                        if (excludeSections[n] == cs.Configs[i].Name)
-                                        {
-                                            skip = true;
-                                            break;
-                                        }
-                                    }
-                                }
-                                if (!skip)
-                                {
-                                    ReadLinkFromConfig(cs.Configs[i]);
-                                }
-                            }
-                        }
-                        catch (Exception e)
-                        {
-                            Console.WriteLine(e.ToString());
-                        }
+                        LoadXmlLinkFile(cmdparams);
                     }
                     else
                     {
@@ -234,6 +193,52 @@ namespace OpenSim
 
         }
 
+        private void LoadXmlLinkFile(string[] cmdparams)
+        {
+            try
+            {
+                XmlReader r = XmlReader.Create(cmdparams[0]);
+                XmlConfigSource cs = new XmlConfigSource(r);
+                string[] excludeSections = null;
+
+                if (cmdparams.Length == 2)
+                {
+                    if (cmdparams[1].StartsWith("excludeList:"))
+                    {
+                        string excludeString = cmdparams[1];
+                        excludeString = excludeString.Remove(0, 12);
+                        char[] splitter = { ';' };
+
+                        excludeSections = excludeString.Split(splitter);
+                    }
+                }
+
+                for (int i = 0; i < cs.Configs.Count; i++)
+                {
+                    bool skip = false;
+                    if ((excludeSections != null) && (excludeSections.Length > 0))
+                    {
+                        for (int n = 0; n < excludeSections.Length; n++)
+                        {
+                            if (excludeSections[n] == cs.Configs[i].Name)
+                            {
+                                skip = true;
+                                break;
+                            }
+                        }
+                    }
+                    if (!skip)
+                    {
+                        ReadLinkFromConfig(cs.Configs[i]);
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+            catch (Exception e)
+            {
+                Console.WriteLine(e.ToString());
+            }
+        }
+
         private void ReadLinkFromConfig(IConfig config)
         {
             RegionInfo regInfo;