diff --git a/core/__init__.py b/core/__init__.py
index 43e3a29c..308f4059 100644
--- a/core/__init__.py
+++ b/core/__init__.py
@@ -422,46 +422,32 @@ def configure_groups():
         GROUPS = None
 
 
-def initialize(section=None):
-    global NZBGET_POSTPROCESS_ERROR, NZBGET_POSTPROCESS_NONE, NZBGET_POSTPROCESS_PAR_CHECK, NZBGET_POSTPROCESS_SUCCESS, \
-        NZBTOMEDIA_TIMEOUT, FORKS, FORK_DEFAULT, FORK_FAILED_TORRENT, FORK_FAILED, SHOWEXTRACT, \
-        NZBTOMEDIA_BRANCH, NZBTOMEDIA_VERSION, NEWEST_VERSION, NEWEST_VERSION_STRING, SYS_ARGV, \
-        SABNZB_NO_OF_ARGUMENTS, SABNZB_0717_NO_OF_ARGUMENTS, CATEGORIES, TORRENT_CLIENT_AGENT, USE_LINK, OUTPUT_DIRECTORY, \
-        NOFLATTEN, UTORRENT_PASSWORD, UTORRENT_USER, UTORRENT_WEB_UI, DELUGE_HOST, DELUGE_PORT, DELUGE_USER, DELUGE_PASSWORD, VLEVEL, \
-        TRANSMISSION_HOST, TRANSMISSION_PORT, TRANSMISSION_PASSWORD, TRANSMISSION_USER, COMPRESSED_CONTAINER, MEDIA_CONTAINER, \
-        META_CONTAINER, SECTIONS, ALL_FORKS, TEST_FILE, GENERALOPTS, SEVENZIP, CONCAT, VCRF, \
-        __INITIALIZED__, APP_FILENAME, USER_DELAY, APP_NAME, TRANSCODE, DEFAULTS, \
-        SYS_ENCODING, \
-        DUPLICATE, IGNOREEXTENSIONS, VEXTENSION, OUTPUTVIDEOPATH, PROCESSOUTPUT, VCODEC, VCODEC_ALLOW, VPRESET, \
-        VFRAMERATE, VBITRATE, VRESOLUTION, ALANGUAGE, AINCLUDE, ACODEC, ACODEC_ALLOW, ABITRATE, FAILED, \
-        ACODEC2, ACODEC2_ALLOW, ABITRATE2, ACODEC3, ACODEC3_ALLOW, ABITRATE3, ALLOWSUBS, SEXTRACT, SEMBED, SLANGUAGES, \
-        SINCLUDE, SUBSDIR, SCODEC, OUTPUTFASTSTART, OUTPUTQUALITYPERCENT, BURN, GETSUBS, HWACCEL, \
-        NICENESS, FFMPEG, FFPROBE, AUDIO_CONTAINER, EXT_CONTAINER, TORRENT_CLASS, \
-        DELETE_ORIGINAL, TORRENT_CHMOD_DIRECTORY, PASSWORDS_FILE, USER_DELAY, USER_SCRIPT, USER_SCRIPT_CLEAN, USER_SCRIPT_MEDIAEXTENSIONS, \
-        USER_SCRIPT_PARAM, USER_SCRIPT_RUNONCE, USER_SCRIPT_SUCCESSCODES, DOWNLOAD_INFO, \
-        TORRENT_DEFAULT_DIRECTORY, TORRENT_RESUME_ON_FAILURE, REMOTE_PATHS, PID_FILE, MYAPP, ACHANNELS, ACHANNELS2, ACHANNELS3, \
-        PLEX_SSL, PLEX_HOST, PLEX_PORT, PLEX_TOKEN, PLEX_SECTION, TORRENT_RESUME, PAR2CMD, QBITTORRENT_HOST, QBITTORRENT_PORT, QBITTORRENT_USER, QBITTORRENT_PASSWORD
-
-    if __INITIALIZED__:
-        return False
-
-    configure_logging()
-    configure_process()
-    configure_locale()
-
-    # init logging
-    logger.ntm_log_instance.init_logging()
-
-    configure_migration()
-    configure_logging_part_2()
-
-    # initialize the main SB database
-    main_db.upgrade_database(main_db.DBConnection(), databases.InitialSchema)
-
-    configure_general()
-    configure_updates()
-    configure_wake_on_lan()
-    configure_nzbs()
+def configure_torrents():
+    global TORRENT_CLIENT_AGENT
+    global USE_LINK
+    global OUTPUT_DIRECTORY
+    global TORRENT_DEFAULT_DIRECTORY
+    global CATEGORIES
+    global NOFLATTEN
+    global DELETE_ORIGINAL
+    global TORRENT_CHMOD_DIRECTORY
+    global TORRENT_RESUME_ON_FAILURE
+    global TORRENT_RESUME
+    global UTORRENT_WEB_UI
+    global UTORRENT_USER
+    global UTORRENT_PASSWORD
+    global TRANSMISSION_HOST
+    global TRANSMISSION_PORT
+    global TRANSMISSION_USER
+    global TRANSMISSION_PASSWORD
+    global DELUGE_HOST
+    global DELUGE_PORT
+    global DELUGE_USER
+    global DELUGE_PASSWORD
+    global QBITTORRENT_HOST
+    global QBITTORRENT_PORT
+    global QBITTORRENT_USER
+    global QBITTORRENT_PASSWORD
 
     TORRENT_CLIENT_AGENT = CFG['Torrent']['clientAgent']  # utorrent | deluge | transmission | rtorrent | vuze | qbittorrent |other
     USE_LINK = CFG['Torrent']['useLink']  # no | hard | sym
@@ -496,6 +482,49 @@ def initialize(section=None):
     QBITTORRENT_USER = CFG['Torrent']['qBittorrentUSR']  # mysecretusr
     QBITTORRENT_PASSWORD = CFG['Torrent']['qBittorrentPWD']  # mysecretpwr
 
+
+def initialize(section=None):
+    global NZBGET_POSTPROCESS_ERROR, NZBGET_POSTPROCESS_NONE, NZBGET_POSTPROCESS_PAR_CHECK, NZBGET_POSTPROCESS_SUCCESS, \
+        NZBTOMEDIA_TIMEOUT, FORKS, FORK_DEFAULT, FORK_FAILED_TORRENT, FORK_FAILED, SHOWEXTRACT, \
+        NZBTOMEDIA_BRANCH, NZBTOMEDIA_VERSION, NEWEST_VERSION, NEWEST_VERSION_STRING, SYS_ARGV, \
+        SABNZB_NO_OF_ARGUMENTS, SABNZB_0717_NO_OF_ARGUMENTS, CATEGORIES, \
+        VLEVEL, \
+        COMPRESSED_CONTAINER, MEDIA_CONTAINER, \
+        META_CONTAINER, SECTIONS, ALL_FORKS, TEST_FILE, GENERALOPTS, SEVENZIP, CONCAT, VCRF, \
+        __INITIALIZED__, APP_FILENAME, USER_DELAY, APP_NAME, TRANSCODE, DEFAULTS, \
+        SYS_ENCODING, \
+        DUPLICATE, IGNOREEXTENSIONS, VEXTENSION, OUTPUTVIDEOPATH, PROCESSOUTPUT, VCODEC, VCODEC_ALLOW, VPRESET, \
+        VFRAMERATE, VBITRATE, VRESOLUTION, ALANGUAGE, AINCLUDE, ACODEC, ACODEC_ALLOW, ABITRATE, FAILED, \
+        ACODEC2, ACODEC2_ALLOW, ABITRATE2, ACODEC3, ACODEC3_ALLOW, ABITRATE3, ALLOWSUBS, SEXTRACT, SEMBED, SLANGUAGES, \
+        SINCLUDE, SUBSDIR, SCODEC, OUTPUTFASTSTART, OUTPUTQUALITYPERCENT, BURN, GETSUBS, HWACCEL, \
+        NICENESS, FFMPEG, FFPROBE, AUDIO_CONTAINER, EXT_CONTAINER, TORRENT_CLASS, \
+        PASSWORDS_FILE, USER_DELAY, USER_SCRIPT, USER_SCRIPT_CLEAN, USER_SCRIPT_MEDIAEXTENSIONS, \
+        USER_SCRIPT_PARAM, USER_SCRIPT_RUNONCE, USER_SCRIPT_SUCCESSCODES, DOWNLOAD_INFO, \
+        REMOTE_PATHS, PID_FILE, MYAPP, ACHANNELS, ACHANNELS2, ACHANNELS3, \
+        PLEX_SSL, PLEX_HOST, PLEX_PORT, PLEX_TOKEN, PLEX_SECTION, PAR2CMD
+
+    if __INITIALIZED__:
+        return False
+
+    configure_logging()
+    configure_process()
+    configure_locale()
+
+    # init logging
+    logger.ntm_log_instance.init_logging()
+
+    configure_migration()
+    configure_logging_part_2()
+
+    # initialize the main SB database
+    main_db.upgrade_database(main_db.DBConnection(), databases.InitialSchema)
+
+    configure_general()
+    configure_updates()
+    configure_wake_on_lan()
+    configure_nzbs()
+    configure_torrents()
+
     REMOTE_PATHS = CFG['Network']['mount_points'] or []
     if REMOTE_PATHS:
         if isinstance(REMOTE_PATHS, list):