diff --git a/fml/common/cpw/mods/fml/common/network/NetworkModHandler.java b/fml/common/cpw/mods/fml/common/network/NetworkModHandler.java
index 1b0737afbd..ded4bdfc89 100644
--- a/fml/common/cpw/mods/fml/common/network/NetworkModHandler.java
+++ b/fml/common/cpw/mods/fml/common/network/NetworkModHandler.java
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
  * are made available under the terms of the GNU Lesser Public License v2.1
  * which accompanies this distribution, and is available at
  * http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/gpl-2.0.html
- * 
+ *
  * Contributors:
  *     cpw - implementation
  */
@@ -96,6 +96,10 @@ public class NetworkModHandler
             }
         }
 
+        configureNetworkMod(container);
+    }
+    protected void configureNetworkMod(ModContainer container)
+    {
         if (this.checkHandler == null)
         {
             String versionBounds = mod.versionBounds();