diff --git a/lam/lib/config.inc b/lam/lib/config.inc
index a7cdb0fc..f34b1329 100644
--- a/lam/lib/config.inc
+++ b/lam/lib/config.inc
@@ -69,14 +69,7 @@ class Config {
 	
 	// reloads preferences from ../config/lam.conf
 	function reload() {
-		// Get path of lam.conf
-		$path = getcwd();
-		$path = explode("/", substr($path,1));
-		for($i = 0; $i <= array_search("lam", $path); $i++) {
-			$conffile .= "/" . $path[$i];
-		}
-		echo ;
-		$conffile .= "/config/lam.conf";
+		$conffile = getLAMPath() . "/config/lam.conf";
 		if (is_file($conffile) == True) {
 			$file = fopen($conffile, "r");
 			while (!feof($file)) {
@@ -499,4 +492,15 @@ class Config {
 
 }
 
+// Get path of LAM directory without "/" at the end
+function getLAMPath() {
+	$lampath = "";
+	$path = getcwd();
+	$path = explode("/", substr($path,1));
+	for($i = 0; $i <= array_search("lam", $path); $i++) {
+		$lampath .= "/" . $path[$i];
+	}
+	return $lampath;
+}
+
 ?>