diff --git a/core/__init__.py b/core/__init__.py
index 1e4454b0..e9a22e9f 100644
--- a/core/__init__.py
+++ b/core/__init__.py
@@ -341,23 +341,50 @@ def configure_logging_part_2():
             logger.info('{0}: {1}'.format(item, os.environ[item]), 'ENVIRONMENT')
 
 
+def configure_general():
+    global VERSION_NOTIFY
+    global AUTO_UPDATE
+    global GIT_REPO
+    global GIT_PATH
+    global GIT_USER
+    global GIT_BRANCH
+    global FORCE_CLEAN
+    global FFMPEG_PATH
+    global CHECK_MEDIA
+    global SAFE_MODE
+    global NOEXTRACTFAILED
+
+    # Set Version and GIT variables
+    VERSION_NOTIFY = int(CFG['General']['version_notify'])
+    AUTO_UPDATE = int(CFG['General']['auto_update'])
+    GIT_REPO = 'nzbToMedia'
+    GIT_PATH = CFG['General']['git_path']
+    GIT_USER = CFG['General']['git_user'] or 'clinton-hall'
+    GIT_BRANCH = CFG['General']['git_branch'] or 'master'
+    FORCE_CLEAN = int(CFG['General']['force_clean'])
+    FFMPEG_PATH = CFG['General']['ffmpeg_path']
+    CHECK_MEDIA = int(CFG['General']['check_media'])
+    SAFE_MODE = int(CFG['General']['safe_mode'])
+    NOEXTRACTFAILED = int(CFG['General']['no_extract_failed'])
+
+
 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, NOEXTRACTFAILED, SHOWEXTRACT, \
-        NZBTOMEDIA_BRANCH, NZBTOMEDIA_VERSION, NEWEST_VERSION, NEWEST_VERSION_STRING, VERSION_NOTIFY, SYS_ARGV, \
+        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, GROUPS, SEVENZIP, CONCAT, VCRF, \
-        __INITIALIZED__, AUTO_UPDATE, APP_FILENAME, USER_DELAY, APP_NAME, TRANSCODE, DEFAULTS, GIT_PATH, GIT_USER, \
-        GIT_BRANCH, GIT_REPO, SYS_ENCODING, NZB_CLIENT_AGENT, SABNZBD_HOST, SABNZBD_PORT, SABNZBD_APIKEY, \
+        __INITIALIZED__, APP_FILENAME, USER_DELAY, APP_NAME, TRANSCODE, DEFAULTS, \
+        SYS_ENCODING, NZB_CLIENT_AGENT, SABNZBD_HOST, SABNZBD_PORT, SABNZBD_APIKEY, \
         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, FORCE_CLEAN, FFMPEG_PATH, FFMPEG, FFPROBE, AUDIO_CONTAINER, EXT_CONTAINER, TORRENT_CLASS, \
+        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, CHECK_MEDIA, SAFE_MODE, \
+        USER_SCRIPT_PARAM, USER_SCRIPT_RUNONCE, USER_SCRIPT_SUCCESSCODES, DOWNLOAD_INFO, \
         TORRENT_DEFAULT_DIRECTORY, TORRENT_RESUME_ON_FAILURE, NZB_DEFAULT_DIRECTORY, 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
 
@@ -377,18 +404,7 @@ def initialize(section=None):
     # initialize the main SB database
     main_db.upgrade_database(main_db.DBConnection(), databases.InitialSchema)
 
-    # Set Version and GIT variables
-    VERSION_NOTIFY = int(CFG['General']['version_notify'])
-    AUTO_UPDATE = int(CFG['General']['auto_update'])
-    GIT_REPO = 'nzbToMedia'
-    GIT_PATH = CFG['General']['git_path']
-    GIT_USER = CFG['General']['git_user'] or 'clinton-hall'
-    GIT_BRANCH = CFG['General']['git_branch'] or 'master'
-    FORCE_CLEAN = int(CFG['General']['force_clean'])
-    FFMPEG_PATH = CFG['General']['ffmpeg_path']
-    CHECK_MEDIA = int(CFG['General']['check_media'])
-    SAFE_MODE = int(CFG['General']['safe_mode'])
-    NOEXTRACTFAILED = int(CFG['General']['no_extract_failed'])
+    configure_general()
 
     # Check for updates via GitHUB
     if version_check.CheckVersion().check_for_new_version():