diff --git a/OpenSim/Region/Application/OpenSim.cs b/OpenSim/Region/Application/OpenSim.cs
index 763aaa5900..884b081ed3 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Region/Application/OpenSim.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/Region/Application/OpenSim.cs
@@ -69,6 +69,8 @@ namespace OpenSim
 
         protected override void ReadExtraConfigSettings()
         {
+            base.ReadExtraConfigSettings();
+
             IConfig startupConfig = m_config.Source.Configs["Startup"];
 
             if (startupConfig != null)
diff --git a/OpenSim/Region/Application/OpenSimBase.cs b/OpenSim/Region/Application/OpenSimBase.cs
index f1ff08ff03..69e80215ec 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Region/Application/OpenSimBase.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/Region/Application/OpenSimBase.cs
@@ -146,10 +146,15 @@ namespace OpenSim
 
         protected virtual void ReadExtraConfigSettings()
         {
-
+            IConfig networkConfig = m_config.Source.Configs["Network"];
+            if (networkConfig != null)
+            {
+                proxyUrl = networkConfig.GetString("proxy_url", "");
+                proxyOffset = Int32.Parse(networkConfig.GetString("proxy_offset", "0"));
+            }
         }
 
-        protected void LoadPlugins()
+        protected virtual void LoadPlugins()
         {
             PluginLoader<IApplicationPlugin> loader =
                 new PluginLoader<IApplicationPlugin>(new ApplicationPluginInitialiser(this));
@@ -181,9 +186,6 @@ namespace OpenSim
                 InitialiseGridServices(libraryRootFolder);
             }
 
-            proxyUrl = ConfigSource.Source.Configs["Network"].GetString("proxy_url", "");
-            proxyOffset = Int32.Parse(ConfigSource.Source.Configs["Network"].GetString("proxy_offset", "0"));
-
             // Create a ModuleLoader instance
             m_moduleLoader = new ModuleLoader(m_config.Source);
 
@@ -260,7 +262,7 @@ namespace OpenSim
         /// <summary>
         /// Initialises the assetcache
         /// </summary>
-        protected void InitialiseAssetCache()
+        protected virtual void InitialiseAssetCache()
         {
             IAssetServer assetServer;
             if (m_configSettings.AssetStorage == "grid")