diff --git a/openbsc/src/libbsc/bsc_init.c b/openbsc/src/libbsc/bsc_init.c
index 917dd73..9e913d6 100644
--- a/openbsc/src/libbsc/bsc_init.c
+++ b/openbsc/src/libbsc/bsc_init.c
@@ -476,12 +476,8 @@
 	return 0;
 }
 
-int bsc_bootstrap_network(mncc_recv_cb_t mncc_recv, const char *config_file)
+int bsc_network_alloc(mncc_recv_cb_t mncc_recv)
 {
-	struct gsm_bts *bts;
-	int rc;
-
-	/* initialize our data structures */
 	bsc_gsmnet = bsc_network_init(tall_bsc_ctx, 1, 1, mncc_recv);
 	if (!bsc_gsmnet)
 		return -ENOMEM;
@@ -489,6 +485,14 @@
 	bsc_gsmnet->name_long = talloc_strdup(bsc_gsmnet, "OpenBSC");
 	bsc_gsmnet->name_short = talloc_strdup(bsc_gsmnet, "OpenBSC");
 
+	return 0;
+}
+
+int bsc_network_configure(const char *config_file)
+{
+	struct gsm_bts *bts;
+	int rc;
+
 	rc = vty_read_config_file(config_file, NULL);
 	if (rc < 0) {
 		LOGP(DNM, LOGL_FATAL, "Failed to parse the config file: '%s'\n", config_file);