diff --git a/modules/link/link.js b/modules/link/link.js
index b1ff7ac..435c6ec 100644
--- a/modules/link/link.js
+++ b/modules/link/link.js
@@ -7,6 +7,19 @@ var request = require('request');
 var link = function(dbot) {
     var urlRegex = /(\b(https?|ftp|file):\/\/[-A-Z0-9+&@#\/%?=~_|!:,.;]*[-A-Z0-9+&@#\/%=~_|])/ig;
     var links = {}; 
+    var fetchTitle = function(event, link) {
+        request(link, function (error, response, body) {
+            if(!error && response.statusCode == 200) {
+                body = body.replace(/(\r\n|\n\r|\n)/gm, " ");
+                var title = body.valMatch(/<title>(.*)<\/title>/, 2);
+                if(title) {
+                    event.reply(title[1]);
+                } else {
+                    event.reply(dbot.t('title_not_found'));
+                }
+            }
+        });
+    };
 
     var commands = {
         '~title': function(event) {
@@ -17,18 +30,7 @@ var link = function(dbot) {
                     link = urlMatches[0];
                 }
             }
-
-            request(link, function (error, response, body) {
-                if(!error && response.statusCode == 200) {
-                    body = body.replace(/(\r\n|\n\r|\n)/gm, " ");
-                    var title = body.valMatch(/<title>(.*)<\/title>/, 2);
-                    if(title) {
-                        event.reply(title[1]);
-                    } else {
-                        event.reply(dbot.t('title_not_found'));
-                    }
-                }
-            });
+            fetchTitle(event, link);
         }
     };
 
@@ -43,15 +45,7 @@ var link = function(dbot) {
                 links[event.channel.name] = urlMatches[0];
 
                 if(dbot.config.link.autoTitle == true) {
-                    request(urlMatches[0], function (error, response, body) {
-                        if(!error && response.statusCode == 200) {
-                            body = body.replace(/(\r\n|\n\r|\n)/gm, " ");
-                            var title = body.valMatch(/<title>(.*)<\/title>/, 2);
-                            if(title) {
-                                event.reply(title[1]);
-                            }
-                        }
-                    });
+                    fetchTitle(event, urlMatches[0]);
                 }
             }
         },