diff --git a/database/records.go b/database/records.go
index c1f50f6..add71c7 100644
--- a/database/records.go
+++ b/database/records.go
@@ -49,22 +49,10 @@ func NewDiscogsCache(token string, maxCacheAge time.Duration, username string, p
 		persistFile: persistFile,
 	}
 	if cache.persistence && cache.persistFile != "" {
-		p := &persistence{}
-		f, err := os.Open(cache.persistFile)
-		if errors.Is(err, os.ErrNotExist) {
-			log.Printf("%s not found, skipping file load...", cache.persistFile)
-			return cache, nil
-		}
+		cache.cache, cache.lastRefresh, err = cache.loadRecordsFromFS(context.Background())
 		if err != nil {
-			return cache, fmt.Errorf("error opening cache file %s: %w", cache.persistFile, err)
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("cache load failed: %w", err)
 		}
-		err = gob.NewDecoder(f).Decode(p)
-		if err != nil {
-			return cache, fmt.Errorf("error readhing from cache file %s: %w", cache.persistFile, err)
-		}
-		log.Printf("loaded %d records from %s", len(p.CachedRecordSlice), cache.persistFile)
-		cache.cache = p.CachedRecordSlice
-		cache.lastRefresh = p.LastRefresh
 		if time.Now().After(cache.lastRefresh.Add(cache.maxCacheAge)) {
 			log.Printf("cache expired, running refresh...")
 			go func() {
@@ -102,6 +90,24 @@ func (c *DiscogsCache) GetAllRecords(ctx context.Context) ([]media.Record, error
 	return c.cache, nil
 }
 
+func (c *DiscogsCache) loadRecordsFromFS(ctx context.Context) ([]media.Record, time.Time, error) {
+	p := &persistence{}
+	f, err := os.Open(c.persistFile)
+	if errors.Is(err, os.ErrNotExist) {
+		log.Printf("%s not found, skipping file load...", c.persistFile)
+		return nil, time.Time{}, nil
+	}
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, time.Time{}, fmt.Errorf("error opening cache file %s: %w", c.persistFile, err)
+	}
+	err = gob.NewDecoder(f).Decode(p)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, time.Time{}, fmt.Errorf("error readhing from cache file %s: %w", c.persistFile, err)
+	}
+	log.Printf("loaded %d records from %s", len(p.CachedRecordSlice), c.persistFile)
+	return p.CachedRecordSlice, p.LastRefresh, nil
+}
+
 func (c *DiscogsCache) saveRecordsToCache(ctx context.Context, records []media.Record) error {
 	c.cache = records
 	c.lastRefresh = time.Now()