diff --git a/src/java/com/threerings/presents/server/PresentsConfig.java b/src/java/com/threerings/presents/server/PresentsConfig.java
index 990fd2c7d..a5e6cb1b5 100644
--- a/src/java/com/threerings/presents/server/PresentsConfig.java
+++ b/src/java/com/threerings/presents/server/PresentsConfig.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 //
-// $Id: PresentsConfig.java,v 1.1 2002/03/28 22:32:32 mdb Exp $
+// $Id: PresentsConfig.java,v 1.2 2002/05/28 22:25:44 mdb Exp $
 
 package com.threerings.presents.server;
 
@@ -12,4 +12,16 @@ public class PresentsConfig
 {
     /** Provides access to configuration data for this package. */
     public static Config config = new Config("rsrc/config/presents/server");
+
+    /**
+     * Returns the list of invocation service providers to be registered
+     * at server startup.
+     */
+    public static String[] getProviders ()
+    {
+        return config.getValue(PROVIDERS_KEY, (String[])null);
+    }
+
+    /** The config key for our list of invocation provider mappings. */
+    protected final static String PROVIDERS_KEY = "providers";
 }
diff --git a/src/java/com/threerings/presents/server/PresentsServer.java b/src/java/com/threerings/presents/server/PresentsServer.java
index cc181063e..3174297b0 100644
--- a/src/java/com/threerings/presents/server/PresentsServer.java
+++ b/src/java/com/threerings/presents/server/PresentsServer.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 //
-// $Id: PresentsServer.java,v 1.20 2002/03/28 23:59:33 mdb Exp $
+// $Id: PresentsServer.java,v 1.21 2002/05/28 22:25:44 mdb Exp $
 
 package com.threerings.presents.server;
 
@@ -64,9 +64,7 @@ public class PresentsServer
         invmgr = new InvocationManager(omgr);
 
         // register our invocation service providers
-        String[] providers = null;
-        providers = PresentsConfig.config.getValue(PROVIDERS_KEY, providers);
-        registerProviders(providers);
+        registerProviders(PresentsConfig.getProviders());
     }
 
     /**
@@ -173,7 +171,4 @@ public class PresentsServer
             Log.logStackTrace(e);
         }
     }
-
-    // the config key for our list of invocation provider mappings
-    protected final static String PROVIDERS_KEY = "providers";
 }