diff --git a/classes/ComicPress.inc b/classes/ComicPress.inc
index 72ac4eb..17ae07d 100644
--- a/classes/ComicPress.inc
+++ b/classes/ComicPress.inc
@@ -162,18 +162,23 @@ class ComicPress {
   }
 
   function normalize_active_backends() {
+		if (!is_array($this->comicpress_options['active_backends'])) {
+			$this->comicpress_options['active_backends'] = array();
+		}
+
+		$this->comicpress_options['active_backends'] = array_intersect($this->get_valid_backends(), $this->comicpress_options['active_backends']);
+
+		return $this->comicpress_options['active_backends'];
+  }
+
+  function get_valid_backends() {
   	$available_backends = array();
   	foreach ($this->_get_declared_classes() as $class) {
   		if (preg_match('#^ComicPressBackend(.*)Factory$#', $class, $matches) > 0) {
 				$available_backends[] = $class;
   		}
   	}
-
-		if (!is_array($this->comicpress_options['active_backends'])) {
-			$this->comicpress_options['active_backends'] = array();
-		}
-
-		$this->comicpress_options['active_backends'] = array_intersect($available_backends, $this->comicpress_options['active_backends']);
+		return $available_backends;
   }
 
   // @codeCoverageIgnoreStart
diff --git a/classes/partials/options-admin.inc b/classes/partials/options-admin.inc
index dd80b14..b4e0bf4 100644
--- a/classes/partials/options-admin.inc
+++ b/classes/partials/options-admin.inc
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@
 
 		<h3><?php _e('Active Components', 'comicpress') ?></h3>
 		<div id="comicpress-active-components-holder" class="comicpress-holder">
-
 		</div>
 
 		<?php do_action('comicpress-options-admin') ?>
diff --git a/test/ComicPressTest.php b/test/ComicPressTest.php
index 5f34cfb..c66f469 100644
--- a/test/ComicPressTest.php
+++ b/test/ComicPressTest.php
@@ -349,6 +349,9 @@ class ComicPressTest extends PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase {
   		array(
   			array('ComicPressBackendURLFactory'), array('ComicPressBackendURLFactory'), array('ComicPressBackendURLFactory')
   		),
+  		array(
+  			array(), false, array()
+  		),
   	);
   }