diff --git a/sso/services/mumble/MumbleCtlIce.py b/sso/services/mumble/MumbleCtlIce.py
index 89dfe9b..f6208f3 100644
--- a/sso/services/mumble/MumbleCtlIce.py
+++ b/sso/services/mumble/MumbleCtlIce.py
@@ -179,11 +179,6 @@ class MumbleCtlIce_118(MumbleCtlBase):
 		self.proxy  = connstring;
 		self.meta   = meta;
 	
-    @protectDjangoErrPage
-    def getMurmurObj(self, objname):
-        if hasattr(Murmur, objname):
-            return getattr(Murmur, objname)
-
 	@protectDjangoErrPage
 	def _getIceServerObject(self, srvid):
 		return self.meta.getServer(srvid);
diff --git a/sso/services/mumble/__init__.py b/sso/services/mumble/__init__.py
index e3b8891..71299bd 100644
--- a/sso/services/mumble/__init__.py
+++ b/sso/services/mumble/__init__.py
@@ -11,6 +11,10 @@ class MumbleService(BaseService):
                  'connection_string': 'Meta:tcp -h 127.0.0.1 -p 6502',
                  'ice_file': 'Murmur.ice' }
 
+    def __init__(self):
+        Ice.loadSlice(self.settings['ice_file'])
+        import Murmur
+
     @property
     def mumblectl(self):
         if not hasattr(self, '_mumblectl'):
@@ -87,7 +91,6 @@ class MumbleService(BaseService):
 
     def _create_groups(self, groups):
         """ Processes a list of groups and makes sure that related mumble groups exist """
-        import Murmur
 
         acls = self.mumblectl.getACL(self.settings['mumble_server_id'], 0)
         glist = []
@@ -97,7 +100,7 @@ class MumbleService(BaseService):
         newgroups = False
         for agroup in groups:
             if not agroup.name.replace(' ', '').lower() in glist:
-                group = self.mumblectl.getMurmurObj('Group')
+                group = Murmur.Group()
                 group.name = group.name.replace(' ', '').lower()
                 group.inheritable = True
                 group.inherit = True