diff --git a/Meade.net.Telescope/Telescope.cs b/Meade.net.Telescope/Telescope.cs
index 2e698dd..886a772 100644
--- a/Meade.net.Telescope/Telescope.cs
+++ b/Meade.net.Telescope/Telescope.cs
@@ -81,6 +81,11 @@ namespace ASCOM.Meade.net
             _sharedResourcesWrapper = new SharedResourcesWrapper();
             _astroMaths = new AstroMaths();
 
+            Initialise();
+        }
+
+        private void Initialise()
+        {
             tl = new TraceLogger("", "Meade.net.Telescope");
             tl.LogMessage("Telescope", "Starting initialisation");
 
diff --git a/Meade.net.focuser/Focuser.cs b/Meade.net.focuser/Focuser.cs
index 73ebca4..62d4ba3 100644
--- a/Meade.net.focuser/Focuser.cs
+++ b/Meade.net.focuser/Focuser.cs
@@ -68,13 +68,19 @@ namespace ASCOM.Meade.net
             //todo move this out to IOC
             _utilities = new Util(); //Initialise util object
             _sharedResourcesWrapper = new SharedResourcesWrapper();
+
+            Initialise();
+        }
+
+        private void Initialise()
+        {
             tl = new TraceLogger("", "Meade.net.focusser");
-            
+
             tl.LogMessage("Focuser", "Starting initialisation");
             ReadProfile(); // Read device configuration from the ASCOM Profile store
 
             IsConnected = false; // Initialise connected to false
-            
+
             tl.LogMessage("Focuser", "Completed initialisation");
         }