diff --git a/frontend-js/src/main/js/ServerConnector.js b/frontend-js/src/main/js/ServerConnector.js
index 9dad7ba608e5cb81bac744fa1618b7f5bd546643..87f6154007c897eaa60fb10eea6c395b77a0b8c0 100644
--- a/frontend-js/src/main/js/ServerConnector.js
+++ b/frontend-js/src/main/js/ServerConnector.js
@@ -58,55 +58,38 @@ ServerConnector.init();
 
 ServerConnector.getMinOverlayColorInt = function() {
   var self = this;
-  var userColor;
   return self.getLoggedUser().then(function(user) {
-    userColor = user.getMinColor();
-    return self.getConfigurationParam(ConfigurationType.MIN_COLOR_VAL);
-  }).then(function(systemMinColor) {
+    var userColor = user.getMinColor();
+    return self.returnUserOrSystemColor(userColor, self.getConfigurationParam(ConfigurationType.MIN_COLOR_VAL));
+  });
+};
+
+ServerConnector.returnUserOrSystemColor = function(userColor, systemPromisedColor) {
+  return systemPromisedColor.then(function(systemColor) {
     var color = userColor;
     if (userColor === null || userColor === undefined || userColor === "") {
-      color = systemMinColor;
+      color = systemColor;
     }
     color = parseInt(color, 16);
     /* jslint bitwise: true */
     color = (color & 0xFFFFFF);
     return color;
   });
-};
+}
 
 ServerConnector.getSimpleOverlayColorInt = function() {
   var self = this;
-  var userColor;
   return self.getLoggedUser().then(function(user) {
-    userColor = user.getSimpleColor();
-    return self.getConfigurationParam(ConfigurationType.SIMPLE_COLOR_VAL);
-  }).then(function(systemSimpleColor) {
-    var color = userColor;
-    if (userColor === null || userColor === undefined || userColor === "") {
-      color = systemSimpleColor;
-    }
-    color = parseInt(color, 16);
-    /* jslint bitwise: true */
-    color = (color & 0xFFFFFF);
-    return color;
+    var userColor = user.getSimpleColor();
+    return self.returnUserOrSystemColor(userColor, self.getConfigurationParam(ConfigurationType.SIMPLE_COLOR_VAL));
   });
 };
 
 ServerConnector.getMaxOverlayColorInt = function() {
   var self = this;
-  var userColor;
   return self.getLoggedUser().then(function(user) {
-    userColor = user.getMaxColor();
-    return self.getConfigurationParam(ConfigurationType.MAX_COLOR_VAL);
-  }).then(function(systemMaxColor) {
-    var color = userColor;
-    if (userColor === null || userColor === undefined || userColor === "") {
-      color = systemMaxColor;
-    }
-    color = parseInt(color, 16);
-    /* jslint bitwise: true */
-    color = (color & 0xFFFFFF);
-    return color;
+    var userColor = user.getMaxColor();
+    return self.returnUserOrSystemColor(userColor, self.getConfigurationParam(ConfigurationType.MAX_COLOR_VAL));
   });
 };