diff --git a/ycast.py b/ycast.py
index e31abab..38761d3 100755
--- a/ycast.py
+++ b/ycast.py
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ import xml.etree.cElementTree as etree
 import yaml
 
 VTUNER_INITURL = '/setupapp/Yamaha/asp/BrowseXML/loginXML.asp'
-XMLHEADER = '<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes" ?>'
 YCAST_LOCATION = 'ycast'
 
 stations = {}
@@ -39,19 +38,13 @@ class YCastServer(BaseHTTPRequestHandler):
         get_stations()
         self.address = 'http://' + self.headers['Host']
         if self.path.startswith(VTUNER_INITURL + '?token='):
-            self.send_response(200)
-            self.send_header('Content-type', 'text/html')
-            self.end_headers()
-            self.wfile.write(bytes(XMLHEADER, 'utf-8'))
+            self.send_xml_header()
             self.wfile.write(bytes('<EncryptedToken>stub</EncryptedToken>', 'utf-8'))
         elif self.path == '/' \
                 or self.path == '/' + YCAST_LOCATION \
                 or self.path == '/' + YCAST_LOCATION + '/'\
                 or self.path.startswith(VTUNER_INITURL):
-            self.send_response(200)
-            self.send_header('Content-type', 'text/html')
-            self.end_headers()
-            self.wfile.write(bytes(XMLHEADER, 'utf-8'))
+            self.send_xml_header()
             xml = self.create_root()
             for category in sorted(stations, key=str.lower):
                 self.add_dir(xml, category,
@@ -65,14 +58,17 @@ class YCastServer(BaseHTTPRequestHandler):
             xml = self.create_root()
             for station in sorted(stations[category], key=str.lower):
                 self.add_station(xml, station, stations[category][station])
-            self.send_response(200)
-            self.send_header('Content-type', 'text/html')
-            self.end_headers()
-            self.wfile.write(bytes(XMLHEADER, 'utf-8'))
+            self.send_xml_header()
             self.wfile.write(bytes(etree.tostring(xml).decode('utf-8'), 'utf-8'))
         else:
             self.send_error(404)
 
+    def send_xml_header(self):
+        self.send_response(200)
+        self.send_header('Content-type', 'text/html')
+        self.end_headers()
+        self.wfile.write(bytes('<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes" ?>', 'utf-8'))
+
     def create_root(self):
         return etree.Element('ListOfItems')