diff --git a/src/app/config.coffee b/src/app/config.coffee
index 9712f33a8..3b94e2fa8 100644
--- a/src/app/config.coffee
+++ b/src/app/config.coffee
@@ -13,13 +13,16 @@ class Config
   configDirPath: configDirPath
 
   load: ->
-    if fs.exists(configJsonPath)
-      userConfig = JSON.parse(fs.read(configJsonPath))
-      _.extend(this, userConfig)
+    @loadUserConfig()
     @assignDefaults()
     @registerNewExtensions()
     @requireUserInitScript()
 
+  loadUserConfig: ->
+    if fs.exists(configJsonPath)
+      userConfig = JSON.parse(fs.read(configJsonPath))
+      _.extend(this, userConfig)
+
   assignDefaults: ->
     @core ?= {}
     _.defaults(@core, require('root-view').configDefaults)