diff --git a/core/src/main/java/info/openrocket/core/file/openrocket/importt/ConfigHandler.java b/core/src/main/java/info/openrocket/core/file/openrocket/importt/ConfigHandler.java
index f8283317c..e355ad486 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/info/openrocket/core/file/openrocket/importt/ConfigHandler.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/info/openrocket/core/file/openrocket/importt/ConfigHandler.java
@@ -1,12 +1,9 @@
 package info.openrocket.core.file.openrocket.importt;
 
-import java.math.BigDecimal;
-import java.math.BigInteger;
 import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.List;
 
 import info.openrocket.core.logging.WarningSet;
-import info.openrocket.core.file.simplesax.AbstractElementHandler;
 import info.openrocket.core.file.simplesax.ElementHandler;
 import info.openrocket.core.file.simplesax.PlainTextHandler;
 import info.openrocket.core.util.ArrayList;
@@ -14,7 +11,7 @@ import info.openrocket.core.util.Config;
 
 import org.xml.sax.SAXException;
 
-public class ConfigHandler extends AbstractElementHandler {
+public class ConfigHandler extends EntryHandler {
 
 	private ConfigHandler listHandler;
 	private final Config config = new Config();
@@ -36,17 +33,7 @@ public class ConfigHandler extends AbstractElementHandler {
 			throws SAXException {
 		if (element.equals("entry")) {
 			String key = attributes.get("key");
-			String type = attributes.get("type");
-			Object value = null;
-			if ("boolean".equals(type)) {
-				value = Boolean.valueOf(content);
-			} else if ("string".equals(type)) {
-				value = content;
-			} else if ("number".equals(type)) {
-				value = parseNumber(content);
-			} else if ("list".equals(type)) {
-				value = listHandler.list;
-			}
+			Object value = EntryHelper.getValueFromEntry(ConfigHandler.this, attributes, content);
 			if (value != null) {
 				if (key != null) {
 					config.put(key, value);
@@ -59,31 +46,6 @@ public class ConfigHandler extends AbstractElementHandler {
 		}
 	}
 
-	private Number parseNumber(String str) {
-		try {
-			str = str.trim();
-			if (str.matches("^[+-]?[0-9]+$")) {
-				BigInteger value = new BigInteger(str, 10);
-				if (value.equals(BigInteger.valueOf(value.intValue()))) {
-					return value.intValue();
-				} else if (value.equals(BigInteger.valueOf(value.longValue()))) {
-					return value.longValue();
-				} else {
-					return value;
-				}
-			} else {
-				BigDecimal value = new BigDecimal(str);
-				if (value.equals(BigDecimal.valueOf(value.doubleValue()))) {
-					return value.doubleValue();
-				} else {
-					return value;
-				}
-			}
-		} catch (NumberFormatException e) {
-			return null;
-		}
-	}
-
 	public Config getConfig() {
 		return config;
 	}
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/info/openrocket/core/file/openrocket/importt/EntryHandler.java b/core/src/main/java/info/openrocket/core/file/openrocket/importt/EntryHandler.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b635b262f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/src/main/java/info/openrocket/core/file/openrocket/importt/EntryHandler.java
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+package info.openrocket.core.file.openrocket.importt;
+
+import info.openrocket.core.file.simplesax.AbstractElementHandler;
+import info.openrocket.core.util.ArrayList;
+
+import java.util.List;
+
+/**
+ * Handler for entries that have a key and type attribute, and a value.
+ * For example <entry key="foo" type="string">bar</entry>
+ */
+public abstract class EntryHandler extends AbstractElementHandler {
+	protected EntryHandler listHandler;
+	protected final List<Object> list = new ArrayList<>();
+
+	public List<Object> getNestedList() {
+		if (listHandler != null) {
+			return listHandler.list;
+		}
+		return null;
+	}
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/info/openrocket/core/file/openrocket/importt/EntryHelper.java b/core/src/main/java/info/openrocket/core/file/openrocket/importt/EntryHelper.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..fa34c0a76
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/src/main/java/info/openrocket/core/file/openrocket/importt/EntryHelper.java
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+package info.openrocket.core.file.openrocket.importt;
+
+import java.math.BigDecimal;
+import java.math.BigInteger;
+import java.util.HashMap;
+
+/**
+ * Helper class for parsing entry elements that have a key and type attribute, and a value.
+ * For example: <entry key="key" type="string">value</entry>
+ */
+public abstract class EntryHelper {
+	public static Object getValueFromEntry(EntryHandler handler, HashMap<String, String> attributes, String content) {
+		String type = attributes.get("type");
+		Object value = null;
+		if ("boolean".equals(type)) {
+			value = Boolean.valueOf(content);
+		} else if ("string".equals(type)) {
+			value = content;
+		} else if ("number".equals(type)) {
+			value = parseNumber(content);
+		} else if ("list".equals(type)) {
+			value = handler.getNestedList();
+		}
+		return value;
+	}
+
+	private static Number parseNumber(String str) {
+		try {
+			str = str.trim();
+			if (str.matches("^[+-]?[0-9]+$")) {
+				BigInteger value = new BigInteger(str, 10);
+				if (value.equals(BigInteger.valueOf(value.intValue()))) {
+					return value.intValue();
+				} else if (value.equals(BigInteger.valueOf(value.longValue()))) {
+					return value.longValue();
+				} else {
+					return value;
+				}
+			} else {
+				BigDecimal value = new BigDecimal(str);
+				if (value.equals(BigDecimal.valueOf(value.doubleValue()))) {
+					return value.doubleValue();
+				} else {
+					return value;
+				}
+			}
+		} catch (NumberFormatException e) {
+			return null;
+		}
+	}
+}