diff --git a/utils/scripts/database_dumper.pl b/utils/scripts/database_dumper.pl
index 78dc12eb5..51b16eabc 100644
--- a/utils/scripts/database_dumper.pl
+++ b/utils/scripts/database_dumper.pl
@@ -39,12 +39,6 @@ if(!$ARGV[0]){
 	exit;
 }
 
-#::: CONFIG VARIABLES - Parsed from eqemu_config.xml 
-
-my $confile = "eqemu_config.xml"; #default
-open(F, "<$confile") or die "Unable to open config: $confile - This must be in your EQEmu Server Folder with your XML config\n";
-my $indb = 0;
-
 sub read_eqemu_config_json {
 	use JSON;
 	my $json = new JSON();
@@ -66,6 +60,8 @@ sub read_eqemu_config_json {
 
 }
 
+read_eqemu_config_json();
+
 $Debug = 0;
 print "[db_dumper.pl] Arguments\n" if $Debug;
 $n = 0;