diff --git a/src/scripts/eressea.lua b/src/scripts/eressea.lua
index 61548cd64..37d7f855a 100644
--- a/src/scripts/eressea.lua
+++ b/src/scripts/eressea.lua
@@ -1,15 +1,19 @@
+function loadscript(name)
+  local script = scriptpath .. "/" .. name
+  print("- loading " .. script)
+  if pcall(dofile, script)==0 then
+    print("Could not load " .. script)
+  end
+end
+
 function run_scripts()
   scripts = { 
-    "wedding-jadee.lua", 
     "eternath.lua",
+    "wedding-jadee.lua", 
     "ponnuki.lua"
   }
   for index in scripts do
-    local script = scriptpath .. "/" .. scripts[index]
-    print("- loading " .. script)
-    if pcall(dofile, script)==0 then
-      print("Could not load " .. script)
-    end
+    loadscript(scripts[index])
   end
 end
 
diff --git a/src/scripts/eternath.lua b/src/scripts/eternath.lua
index 82cb2a32b..1220e82a8 100644
--- a/src/scripts/eternath.lua
+++ b/src/scripts/eternath.lua
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 if gate_travel==nil then
-  dofile("gates.lua")
+  loadscript("gates.lua")
 end
 
 local function eternath_exchange(b1, b2, size)
diff --git a/src/scripts/wedding-jadee.lua b/src/scripts/wedding-jadee.lua
index 558ec0631..f7a671c7a 100644
--- a/src/scripts/wedding-jadee.lua
+++ b/src/scripts/wedding-jadee.lua
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 -- are used as age() functions for a building_action with b:addaction("name")
 
 if gate_travel==nil then
-  dofile("gates.lua")
+  loadscript("gates.lua")
 end
 
 hellgate = nil