diff --git a/code/controllers/configuration.dm b/code/controllers/configuration.dm
index d79e27337d9..42decda7ce6 100644
--- a/code/controllers/configuration.dm
+++ b/code/controllers/configuration.dm
@@ -1017,5 +1017,3 @@ var/list/gamemode_cache = list()
 			config.python_path = "/usr/bin/env python2"
 		else //probably windows, if not this should work anyway
 			config.python_path = "python"
-
-	revdata.generate_greeting_info()
diff --git a/code/datums/helper_datums/getrev.dm b/code/datums/helper_datums/getrev.dm
index fe1b166731f..c75e6f3d908 100644
--- a/code/datums/helper_datums/getrev.dm
+++ b/code/datums/helper_datums/getrev.dm
@@ -1,5 +1,14 @@
 var/global/datum/getrev/revdata = new()
 
+/hook/startup/proc/initialize_test_merges()
+	if (!revdata)
+		log_debug("GETREV: No rev found.")
+		return TRUE
+
+	revdata.testmerge_initialize()
+
+	return TRUE
+
 /datum/getrev
 	var/branch
 	var/revision
@@ -26,13 +35,6 @@ var/global/datum/getrev/revdata = new()
 					date = unix2date(unix_time)
 			break
 
-	var/datum/tgs_api/api = TGS_READ_GLOBAL(tgs)
-
-	if (api)
-		test_merges = api.TestMerges()
-	else
-		test_merges = list()
-
 	world.log << "Running revision:"
 	world.log << branch
 	world.log << date
@@ -85,6 +87,19 @@ client/verb/showrevinfo()
 
 	greeting_info = out.Join()
 
+/datum/getrev/proc/testmerge_initialize()
+	var/datum/tgs_api/api = TGS_READ_GLOBAL(tgs)
+
+	if (api)
+		log_debug("GETREV: TGS API found.")
+		test_merges = api.TestMerges()
+		log_debug("GETREV: [test_merges.len] test merges found.")
+	else
+		log_debug("GETREV: No TGS API found.")
+		test_merges = list()
+
+	generate_greeting_info()
+
 /datum/getrev/proc/testmerge_short_overview(datum/tgs_revision_information/test_merge/tm)
 	. = list()