diff --git a/src/murmur/Meta.cpp b/src/murmur/Meta.cpp
index 1da7d3997..5067aefea 100644
--- a/src/murmur/Meta.cpp
+++ b/src/murmur/Meta.cpp
@@ -365,144 +365,8 @@ void MetaParams::read(QString fname) {
 	bSendVersion = typeCheckedFromSettings("sendversion", bSendVersion);
 	bAllowPing = typeCheckedFromSettings("allowping", bAllowPing);
 
-	qsCiphers = typeCheckedFromSettings("sslCiphers", qsCiphers);
-
-	QString qsSSLCert = qsSettings->value("sslCert").toString();
-	QString qsSSLKey = qsSettings->value("sslKey").toString();
-	QString qsSSLCA = qsSettings->value("sslCA").toString();
-	QString qsSSLDHParams = qsSettings->value("sslDHParams").toString();
-
-	qbaPassPhrase = qsSettings->value("sslPassPhrase").toByteArray();
-
-	if (! qsSSLCA.isEmpty()) {
-		QFile pem(qsSSLCA);
-		if (pem.open(QIODevice::ReadOnly)) {
-			QByteArray qba = pem.readAll();
-			pem.close();
-			QList<QSslCertificate> ql = QSslCertificate::fromData(qba);
-			if (ql.isEmpty()) {
-				qCritical("Failed to parse any CA certificates from %s", qPrintable(qsSSLCA));
-			} else {
-				qlCA = ql;
-			}
-		} else {
-			qCritical("Failed to read %s", qPrintable(qsSSLCA));
-		}
-	}
-
-	QByteArray crt, key, dhparams;
-
-	if (! qsSSLCert.isEmpty()) {
-		QFile pem(qsSSLCert);
-		if (pem.open(QIODevice::ReadOnly)) {
-			crt = pem.readAll();
-			pem.close();
-		} else {
-			qCritical("Failed to read %s", qPrintable(qsSSLCert));
-		}
-	}
-	if (! qsSSLKey.isEmpty()) {
-		QFile pem(qsSSLKey);
-		if (pem.open(QIODevice::ReadOnly)) {
-			key = pem.readAll();
-			pem.close();
-		} else {
-			qCritical("Failed to read %s", qPrintable(qsSSLKey));
-		}
-	}
-
-	if (! key.isEmpty() || ! crt.isEmpty()) {
-		if (! key.isEmpty()) {
-			qskKey = Server::privateKeyFromPEM(key, qbaPassPhrase);
-		}
-		if (qskKey.isNull() && ! crt.isEmpty()) {
-			qskKey = Server::privateKeyFromPEM(crt, qbaPassPhrase);
-			if (! qskKey.isNull())
-				qCritical("Using private key found in certificate file.");
-		}
-		if (qskKey.isNull())
-			qFatal("No private key found in certificate or key file.");
-
-		QList<QSslCertificate> ql = QSslCertificate::fromData(crt);
-		ql << QSslCertificate::fromData(key);
-		for (int i=0;i<ql.size(); ++i) {
-			const QSslCertificate &c = ql.at(i);
-			if (Server::isKeyForCert(qskKey, c)) {
-				qscCert = c;
-				ql.removeAt(i);
-				break;
-			}
-		}
-		if (qscCert.isNull()) {
-			qFatal("Failed to find certificate matching private key.");
-		}
-		if (ql.size() > 0) {
-			qlIntermediates = ql;
-			qCritical("Adding %d intermediate certificates from certificate file.", ql.size());
-		}
-	}
-
-#if defined(USE_QSSLDIFFIEHELLMANPARAMETERS)
-	if (! qsSSLDHParams.isEmpty()) {
-		QFile pem(qsSSLDHParams);
-		if (pem.open(QIODevice::ReadOnly)) {
-			dhparams = pem.readAll();
-			pem.close();
-		} else {
-			qCritical("Failed to read %s", qPrintable(qsSSLDHParams));
-		}
-	}
-
-	if (! dhparams.isEmpty()) {
-		QSslDiffieHellmanParameters qdhp = QSslDiffieHellmanParameters::fromEncoded(dhparams);
-		if (qdhp.isValid()) {
-			qbaDHParams = dhparams;
-		} else {
-			qFatal("Unable to use specified Diffie-Hellman parameters: %s", qPrintable(qdhp.errorString()));
-		}
-	}
-#else
-	if (! qsSSLDHParams.isEmpty()) {
-		qFatal("This version of Murmur does not support Diffie-Hellman parameters (sslDHParams). Murmur will not start unless you remove the option from your murmur.ini file.");
-	}
-#endif
-
-	{
-		QList<QSslCipher> ciphers = MumbleSSL::ciphersFromOpenSSLCipherString(qsCiphers);
-		if (ciphers.isEmpty()) {
-			qFatal("Invalid sslCiphers option. Either the cipher string is invalid or none of the ciphers are available: \"%s\"", qPrintable(qsCiphers));
-		}
-
-#if !defined(USE_QSSLDIFFIEHELLMANPARAMETERS)
-		// If the version of Qt we're building against doesn't support
-		// QSslDiffieHellmanParameters, then we must filter out Diffie-
-		// Hellman cipher suites in order to guarantee that we do not
-		// use Qt's default Diffie-Hellman parameters.
-		{
-			QList<QSslCipher> filtered;
-			foreach (QSslCipher c, ciphers) {
-				if (c.keyExchangeMethod() == QLatin1String("DH")) {
-					continue;
-				}
-				filtered << c;
-			}
-			if (ciphers.size() != filtered.size()) {
-				qWarning("Warning: all cipher suites in sslCiphers using Diffie-Hellman key exchange "
-				         "have been removed. Qt %s does not support custom Diffie-Hellman parameters.",
-				         qVersion());
-			}
-
-			qlCiphers = filtered;
-		}
-#else
-		qlCiphers = ciphers;
-#endif
-
-		QStringList pref;
-		foreach (QSslCipher c, qlCiphers) {
-			pref << c.name();
-		}
-		qWarning("Meta: TLS cipher preference is \"%s\"", qPrintable(pref.join(QLatin1String(":"))));
+	if (!loadSSLSettings()) {
+		qFatal("MetaParams: Failed to load SSL settings. See previous errors.");
 	}
 
 	QStringList hosts;