diff --git a/module/VuFind/src/VuFind/ServiceManager/AbstractPluginManager.php b/module/VuFind/src/VuFind/ServiceManager/AbstractPluginManager.php
index 0b71c1c416963695ee220c4d5065780b0306a95e..8ab59c121b3d4c997a8f9e799896a856a4131282 100644
--- a/module/VuFind/src/VuFind/ServiceManager/AbstractPluginManager.php
+++ b/module/VuFind/src/VuFind/ServiceManager/AbstractPluginManager.php
@@ -51,17 +51,9 @@ abstract class AbstractPluginManager extends Base
         \Zend\ServiceManager\ConfigInterface $configuration = null
     ) {
         parent::__construct($configuration);
-        $initializer = function ($instance, $manager) {
-            if ($instance instanceof \VuFind\Db\Table\DbTableAwareInterface) {
-                $instance->setDbTableManager(
-                    $manager->getServiceLocator()->get('VuFind\DbTablePluginManager')
-                );
-            }
-            if (method_exists($instance, 'setPluginManager')) {
-                $instance->setPluginManager($manager);
-            }
-        };
-        $this->addInitializer($initializer, false);
+        $this->addInitializer(
+            array('VuFind\ServiceManager\Initializer', 'initPlugin'), false
+        );
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/module/VuFind/src/VuFind/ServiceManager/Initializer.php b/module/VuFind/src/VuFind/ServiceManager/Initializer.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..6aad840e140f48411ac4e94bc1eb5de779831fa4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/module/VuFind/src/VuFind/ServiceManager/Initializer.php
@@ -0,0 +1,74 @@
+<?php
+/**
+ * VuFind Service Initializer
+ *
+ * PHP version 5
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) Villanova University 2010.
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2,
+ * as published by the Free Software Foundation.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+ * Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307  USA
+ *
+ * @category VuFind2
+ * @package  ServiceManager
+ * @author   Demian Katz <demian.katz@villanova.edu>
+ * @license  http://opensource.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.php GNU General Public License
+ * @link     http://vufind.org/wiki/building_a_recommendations_module Wiki
+ */
+namespace VuFind\ServiceManager;
+use Zend\ServiceManager\ServiceManager;
+
+/**
+ * VuFind Service Initializer
+ *
+ * @category VuFind2
+ * @package  ServiceManager
+ * @author   Demian Katz <demian.katz@villanova.edu>
+ * @license  http://opensource.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.php GNU General Public License
+ * @link     http://vufind.org/wiki/building_a_search_object Wiki
+ */
+class Initializer
+{
+    /**
+     * Given an instance and a Service Manager, initialize the instance.
+     *
+     * @param object         $instance Instance to initialize
+     * @param ServiceManager $sm       Service manager
+     *
+     * @return object
+     */
+    public static function initInstance($instance, ServiceManager $sm)
+    {
+        if ($instance instanceof \VuFind\Db\Table\DbTableAwareInterface) {
+            $instance->setDbTableManager($sm->get('VuFind\DbTablePluginManager'));
+        }
+        return $instance;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Given an instance and a Plugin Manager, initialize the instance.
+     *
+     * @param object                $instance Instance to initialize
+     * @param AbstractPluginManager $manager  Plugin manager
+     *
+     * @return object
+     */
+    public static function initPlugin($instance, AbstractPluginManager $manager)
+    {
+        static::initInstance($instance, $manager->getServiceLocator());
+        if (method_exists($instance, 'setPluginManager')) {
+            $instance->setPluginManager($manager);
+        }
+        return $instance;
+    }
+}
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