diff --git a/scripts/ZoneMinder/lib/ZoneMinder.pm b/scripts/ZoneMinder/lib/ZoneMinder.pm
index 87a6b14b7..37292a44d 100644
--- a/scripts/ZoneMinder/lib/ZoneMinder.pm
+++ b/scripts/ZoneMinder/lib/ZoneMinder.pm
@@ -81,6 +81,13 @@ our @EXPORT = ( @EXPORT_OK );
 
 our $VERSION = $ZoneMinder::Base::VERSION;
 
+BEGIN {
+  require ZoneMinder::Config;
+  require ZoneMinder::Database;
+  ZoneMinder::Config::zmConfigLoad();
+  ZoneMinder::Database::zmDbConnect();
+}
+
 1;
 __END__
 
diff --git a/scripts/ZoneMinder/lib/ZoneMinder/Config.pm.in b/scripts/ZoneMinder/lib/ZoneMinder/Config.pm.in
index 4be86e962..03f05d0e8 100644
--- a/scripts/ZoneMinder/lib/ZoneMinder/Config.pm.in
+++ b/scripts/ZoneMinder/lib/ZoneMinder/Config.pm.in
@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@ use warnings;
 
 require Exporter;
 require ZoneMinder::Base;
-require ZoneMinder::Database;
 
 our @ISA = qw(Exporter ZoneMinder::Base);
 
@@ -64,8 +63,9 @@ use constant ZM_CONFIG => "@ZM_CONFIG@"; # Path to the ZoneMinder config file
 use Carp;
 
 # Load the config from the database into the symbol table
-BEGIN
-{
+sub zmConfigLoad {
+  %Config = ();
+
     my $config_file = ZM_CONFIG;
     open( my $CONFIG, "<", $config_file )
         or croak( "Can't open config file '$config_file': $!" );
@@ -83,7 +83,8 @@ BEGIN
     }
     close( $CONFIG );
 
-    my $dbh = zmDbConnect() or croak( "Can't connect to db" );
+    require ZoneMinder::Database;
+    my $dbh = ZoneMinder::Database::zmDbConnect() or croak( "Can't connect to db" );
     my $sql = 'select * from Config';
     my $sth = $dbh->prepare_cached( $sql ) or croak( "Can't prepare '$sql': ".$dbh->errstr() );
     my $res = $sth->execute() or croak( "Can't execute: ".$sth->errstr() );
diff --git a/scripts/ZoneMinder/lib/ZoneMinder/Database.pm b/scripts/ZoneMinder/lib/ZoneMinder/Database.pm
index 7dfe0654b..fdea725fe 100644
--- a/scripts/ZoneMinder/lib/ZoneMinder/Database.pm
+++ b/scripts/ZoneMinder/lib/ZoneMinder/Database.pm
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ package ZoneMinder::Database;
 use 5.006;
 use strict;
 use warnings;
+use DBI;
 
 require Exporter;
 require ZoneMinder::Base;
diff --git a/scripts/ZoneMinder/lib/ZoneMinder/Logger.pm b/scripts/ZoneMinder/lib/ZoneMinder/Logger.pm
index 4c5acac2b..0e454d784 100644
--- a/scripts/ZoneMinder/lib/ZoneMinder/Logger.pm
+++ b/scripts/ZoneMinder/lib/ZoneMinder/Logger.pm
@@ -461,7 +461,7 @@ sub databaseLevel
             {
                 if ( !$this->{dbh} )
                 {
-                    $this->{dbh} = zmDbConnect();
+                    $this->{dbh} = ZoneMinder::Database::zmDbConnect();
                     if ( !$this->{dbh} )
                     {
                         $databaseLevel = NOLOG;