diff --git a/stepmania/src/NotesLoader.cpp b/stepmania/src/NotesLoader.cpp
index babc09c8f1..6af7cca5de 100644
--- a/stepmania/src/NotesLoader.cpp
+++ b/stepmania/src/NotesLoader.cpp
@@ -4,6 +4,11 @@
 #include "GameManager.h"
 #include "RageUtil.h"
 
+#include "NotesLoaderSM.h"
+#include "NotesLoaderDWI.h"
+#include "NotesLoaderBMS.h"
+#include "NotesLoaderKSF.h"
+
 bool NotesLoader::Loadable( const RString &sPath )
 {
 	vector<RString> list;
@@ -26,7 +31,34 @@ void NotesLoader::GetMainAndSubTitlesFromFullTitle( const RString &sFullTitle, R
 	}
 	sMainTitleOut = sFullTitle; 
 	sSubTitleOut = ""; 
-};	
+};
+
+NotesLoader *NotesLoader::MakeLoader( const RString &sDir )
+{
+	NotesLoader *ret;
+	
+	/* Actually, none of these have any persistant data, so we 
+	* could optimize this, but since they don't have any data,
+	* there's no real point ... */
+	ret = new SMLoader;
+	if(ret->Loadable( sDir )) return ret;
+	delete ret;
+	
+	ret = new DWILoader;
+	if(ret->Loadable( sDir )) return ret;
+	delete ret;
+	
+	ret = new BMSLoader;
+	if(ret->Loadable( sDir )) return ret;
+	delete ret;
+	
+	ret = new KSFLoader;
+	if(ret->Loadable( sDir )) return ret;
+	delete ret;
+	
+	return NULL;
+}
+
 
 /*
  * (c) 2001-2004 Chris Danford, Glenn Maynard
diff --git a/stepmania/src/NotesLoader.h b/stepmania/src/NotesLoader.h
index 92004b0ddc..da387bcc9b 100644
--- a/stepmania/src/NotesLoader.h
+++ b/stepmania/src/NotesLoader.h
@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@ public:
 	virtual bool LoadFromDir( const RString &sPath, Song &out ) = 0;
 	virtual void TidyUpData( Song &song, bool cache ) { }
 	bool Loadable( const RString &sPath );
+
+	static NotesLoader *MakeLoader( const RString& sDir );
 };
 
 #endif
diff --git a/stepmania/src/Song.cpp b/stepmania/src/Song.cpp
index 0b544e6e97..0c7f8fc832 100644
--- a/stepmania/src/Song.cpp
+++ b/stepmania/src/Song.cpp
@@ -26,9 +26,6 @@
 #include "SpecialFiles.h"
 
 #include "NotesLoaderSM.h"
-#include "NotesLoaderDWI.h"
-#include "NotesLoaderBMS.h"
-#include "NotesLoaderKSF.h"
 #include "NotesWriterDWI.h"
 #include "NotesWriterSM.h"
 
@@ -164,32 +161,6 @@ const RString &Song::GetSongFilePath() const
 	return m_sSongFileName;
 }
 
-NotesLoader *Song::MakeLoader( RString sDir ) const
-{
-	NotesLoader *ret;
-
-	/* Actually, none of these have any persistant data, so we 
-	 * could optimize this, but since they don't have any data,
-	 * there's no real point ... */
-	ret = new SMLoader;
-	if(ret->Loadable( sDir )) return ret;
-	delete ret;
-
-	ret = new DWILoader;
-	if(ret->Loadable( sDir )) return ret;
-	delete ret;
-
-	ret = new BMSLoader;
-	if(ret->Loadable( sDir )) return ret;
-	delete ret;
-
-	ret = new KSFLoader;
-	if(ret->Loadable( sDir )) return ret;
-	delete ret;
-
-	return NULL;
-}
-
 /* Hack: This should be a parameter to TidyUpData, but I don't want to
  * pull in <set> into Song.h, which is heavily used. */
 static set<RString> BlacklistedImages;
@@ -244,7 +215,7 @@ bool Song::LoadFromSongDir( RString sDir )
 		// Let's load it from a file, then write a cache entry.
 		//
 		
-		NotesLoader *ld = MakeLoader( sDir );
+		NotesLoader *ld = NotesLoader::MakeLoader( sDir );
 		if( ld )
 		{
 			bool success = ld->LoadFromDir( sDir, *this );
diff --git a/stepmania/src/song.h b/stepmania/src/song.h
index cbd06ec908..ae860a13ee 100644
--- a/stepmania/src/song.h
+++ b/stepmania/src/song.h
@@ -58,8 +58,6 @@ public:
 	void Reset();
 	void DetachSteps();
 
-	NotesLoader *MakeLoader( RString sDir ) const;
-
 	bool LoadFromSongDir( RString sDir );
 
 	void TidyUpData();	// call after loading to clean up invalid data