diff --git a/animations/animationscriptengine.cpp b/animations/animationscriptengine.cpp
index f36ccba6b..91d02ced8 100644
--- a/animations/animationscriptengine.cpp
+++ b/animations/animationscriptengine.cpp
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (C)  2010  Adenilson Cavalcanti <cavalcantii@gmail.com>
+ *   Copyright 2010 Aaron Seigo <aseigo@kde.org>
+ *   Copyright 2010 Adenilson Cavalcanti <cavalcantii@gmail.com>
  *
  *   This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
  *   it under the terms of the GNU Library General Public License as
@@ -24,6 +25,11 @@
 
 #include "animationscriptengine_p.h"
 
+#include <QFile>
+#include <QTextStream>
+
+#include <kdebug.h>
+
 namespace Plasma
 {
 
@@ -78,6 +84,33 @@ QScriptEngine *globalEngine()
     return inst;
 }
 
+bool loadScript(const QString &path)
+{
+    QFile file(path);
+    if (!file.open(QIODevice::ReadOnly | QIODevice::Text)) {
+        kError() << "failed to open script file" << path;
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    QTextStream buffer(&file);
+    QString tmp(buffer.readAll());
+
+    QScriptEngine *engine = AnimationScriptEngine::globalEngine();
+    QScriptValue def(engine->evaluate(tmp, path));
+    if (engine->hasUncaughtException()) {
+        const QScriptValue error = engine->uncaughtException();
+        QString file = error.property("fileName").toString();
+        const QString failureMsg = QString("Error in %1 on line %2.\n%3")
+                                          .arg(file)
+                                          .arg(error.property("lineNumber").toString())
+                                          .arg(error.toString());
+        kError() << failureMsg;
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    return true;
+}
+
 } // namespace AnimationEngine
 } // namespace Plasma
 
diff --git a/animations/animationscriptengine_p.h b/animations/animationscriptengine_p.h
index e17c1bb89..2234e587b 100644
--- a/animations/animationscriptengine_p.h
+++ b/animations/animationscriptengine_p.h
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (C)  2010  Adenilson Cavalcanti <cavalcantii@gmail.com>
+ *   Copyright 2010 Aaron Seigo <aseigo@kde.org>
+ *   Copyright 2010 Adenilson Cavalcanti <cavalcantii@gmail.com>
  *
  *   This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
  *   it under the terms of the GNU Library General Public License as
@@ -37,6 +38,7 @@ void clearAnimations();
 bool isAnimationRegistered(const QString &anim);
 QScriptEngine* globalEngine();
 QScriptValue animation(const QString &anim);
+bool loadScript(const QString &path);
 
 }
 
diff --git a/animator.cpp b/animator.cpp
index fd760412c..52170c1bf 100644
--- a/animator.cpp
+++ b/animator.cpp
@@ -18,10 +18,7 @@
 #include "animator.h"
 #include "private/animator_p.h"
 
-#include <QFile>
-#include <QTextStream>
-
-#include <KDebug>
+#include <kdebug.h>
 
 #include "animations/animation.h"
 #include "animations/animationscriptengine_p.h"
@@ -162,30 +159,13 @@ Plasma::Animation *Animator::create(const QString &anim, QObject *parent)
             return 0;
         }
 
-        QFile file(path);
-        if (!file.open(QIODevice::ReadOnly | QIODevice::Text)) {
-            kError() << "failed to open script file" << path;
-            return 0;
-        }
-
-        QTextStream buffer(&file);
-        QString tmp(buffer.readAll());
-
-        QScriptEngine *engine = AnimationScriptEngine::globalEngine();
-        QScriptValue def(engine->evaluate(tmp, path));
-        if (engine->hasUncaughtException()) {
-            const QScriptValue error = engine->uncaughtException();
-            QString file = error.property("fileName").toString();
-            const QString failureMsg = QString("Error in %1 on line %2.\n%3")
-                                              .arg(file)
-                                              .arg(error.property("lineNumber").toString())
-                                              .arg(error.toString());
-            kError() << failureMsg;
+        if (!AnimationScriptEngine::loadScript(path)) {
             return 0;
         }
 
         if (!AnimationScriptEngine::isAnimationRegistered(anim)) {
             kError() << "successfully loaded script file" << path << ", but did not get animation object for" << anim;
+            return false;
         }
     }