diff --git a/plugins/zynaddsubfx/LocalZynAddSubFx.cpp b/plugins/zynaddsubfx/LocalZynAddSubFx.cpp
index 8f1a5e007..34663c2c3 100644
--- a/plugins/zynaddsubfx/LocalZynAddSubFx.cpp
+++ b/plugins/zynaddsubfx/LocalZynAddSubFx.cpp
@@ -49,10 +49,9 @@ LocalZynAddSubFx::LocalZynAddSubFx()
 		pthread_win32_thread_attach_np();
 #endif
 
-		config.init();
-		OSCIL_SIZE = config.cfg.OscilSize;
+		initConfig();
 
-		config.cfg.GzipCompression = 0;
+		OSCIL_SIZE = config.cfg.OscilSize;
 
 		srand( time( NULL ) );
 		denormalkillbuf = new REALTYPE[SOUND_BUFFER_SIZE];
@@ -83,6 +82,16 @@ LocalZynAddSubFx::~LocalZynAddSubFx()
 
 
 
+void LocalZynAddSubFx::initConfig()
+{
+	config.init();
+
+	config.cfg.GzipCompression = 0;
+}
+
+
+
+
 void LocalZynAddSubFx::setSampleRate( int _sampleRate )
 {
 	SAMPLE_RATE = _sampleRate;
@@ -173,7 +182,8 @@ void LocalZynAddSubFx::setLmmsWorkingDir( const std::string & _dir )
 		free( config.workingDir );
 	}
 	config.workingDir = strdup( _dir.c_str() );
-	config.init();
+
+	initConfig();
 }
 
 
diff --git a/plugins/zynaddsubfx/LocalZynAddSubFx.h b/plugins/zynaddsubfx/LocalZynAddSubFx.h
index 6ab045742..9d6d66345 100644
--- a/plugins/zynaddsubfx/LocalZynAddSubFx.h
+++ b/plugins/zynaddsubfx/LocalZynAddSubFx.h
@@ -35,6 +35,8 @@ public:
 	LocalZynAddSubFx();
 	~LocalZynAddSubFx();
 
+	void initConfig();
+
 	void setSampleRate( int _sampleRate );
 	void setBufferSize( int _bufferSize );