diff --git a/library/slurp b/library/slurp
index 8bd1600768..bc9f643d01 100755
--- a/library/slurp
+++ b/library/slurp
@@ -19,22 +19,25 @@
 
 import base64
 
+def main():
+    module = AnsibleModule(
+        argument_spec = dict(
+            src = dict(required=True),
+        )
+    )
+    source = module.params['src']
+
+    if not os.path.exists(source):
+        module.fail_json(msg="file not found: %s" % source)
+    if not os.access(source, os.R_OK):
+        module.fail_json(msg="file is not readable: %s" % source)
+
+    data = base64.b64encode(file(source).read())
+
+    module.exit_json(content=data, encoding='base64')
+
 # this is magic, see lib/ansible/module_common.py
 #<<INCLUDE_ANSIBLE_MODULE_COMMON>>
 
-module = AnsibleModule(
-    argument_spec = dict(
-        src = dict(required=True),
-    )
-)
-source = module.params['src']
-
-if not os.path.exists(source):
-    module.fail_json(msg="file not found: %s" % source)
-if not os.access(source, os.R_OK):
-    module.fail_json(msg="file is not readable: %s" % source)
-
-data = base64.b64encode(file(source).read())
-
-module.exit_json(content=data, encoding='base64')
+main()