diff --git a/mods/ITEMS/mcl_cauldrons/init.lua b/mods/ITEMS/mcl_cauldrons/init.lua
index d343e6881..6f59ede59 100644
--- a/mods/ITEMS/mcl_cauldrons/init.lua
+++ b/mods/ITEMS/mcl_cauldrons/init.lua
@@ -21,70 +21,6 @@ local function give_item(user, itemstack)
 	return itemstack
 end
 
--- Convenience function because the cauldron nodeboxes are very similar
-local create_cauldron_nodebox = function(water_level)
-	local floor_y
-	if water_level == 0 then	-- empty
-		floor_y = -0.1875
-	elseif water_level == 1 then	-- 1/3 filled
-		floor_y = 1/16
-	elseif water_level == 2 then	-- 2/3 filled
-		floor_y = 4/16
-	elseif water_level == 3 then	-- full
-		floor_y = 7/16
-	end
-	return {
-		type = "fixed",
-		fixed = {
-			{-0.5, -0.1875, -0.5, -0.375, 0.5, 0.5}, -- Left wall
-			{0.375, -0.1875, -0.5, 0.5, 0.5, 0.5}, -- Right wall
-			{-0.375, -0.1875, 0.375, 0.375, 0.5, 0.5}, -- Back wall
-			{-0.375, -0.1875, -0.5, 0.375, 0.5, -0.375}, -- Front wall
-			{-0.5, -0.3125, -0.5, 0.5, floor_y, 0.5}, -- Floor
-			{-0.5, -0.5, -0.5, -0.375, -0.3125, -0.25}, -- Left front foot, part 1
-			{-0.375, -0.5, -0.5, -0.25, -0.3125, -0.375}, -- Left front foot, part 2
-			{-0.5, -0.5, 0.25, -0.375, -0.3125, 0.5}, -- Left back foot, part 1
-			{-0.375, -0.5, 0.375, -0.25, -0.3125, 0.5}, -- Left back foot, part 2
-			{0.375, -0.5, 0.25, 0.5, -0.3125, 0.5}, -- Right back foot, part 1
-			{0.25, -0.5, 0.375, 0.375, -0.3125, 0.5}, -- Right back foot, part 2
-			{0.375, -0.5, -0.5, 0.5, -0.3125, -0.25}, -- Right front foot, part 1
-			{0.25, -0.5, -0.5, 0.375, -0.3125, -0.375}, -- Right front foot, part 2
-		}
-	}
-end
-
-local cauldron_nodeboxes = {}
-for w=0,3 do
-	cauldron_nodeboxes[w] = create_cauldron_nodebox(w)
-end
-
-
---local cauldrons_list = {}
--- Empty cauldron
-minetest.register_node("mcl_cauldrons:cauldron", {
-	description = S("Cauldron"),
-	_tt_help = S("Stores water"),
-	_doc_items_longdesc = S("Cauldrons are used to store water and slowly fill up under rain."),
-	_doc_items_usagehelp = S("Place a water pucket into the cauldron to fill it with water. Place an empty bucket on a full cauldron to retrieve the water. Place a water bottle into the cauldron to fill the cauldron to one third with water. Place a glass bottle in a cauldron with water to retrieve one third of the water."),
-	wield_image = "mcl_cauldrons_cauldron.png",
-	inventory_image = "mcl_cauldrons_cauldron.png",
-	use_texture_alpha = minetest.features.use_texture_alpha_string_modes and "opaque" or false,
-	drawtype = "nodebox",
-	paramtype = "light",
-	is_ground_content = false,
-	groups = {pickaxey=1, deco_block=1, cauldron=1},
-	node_box = cauldron_nodeboxes[0],
-	selection_box = { type = "regular" },
-	tiles = {
-		"mcl_cauldrons_cauldron_inner.png^mcl_cauldrons_cauldron_top.png",
-		"mcl_cauldrons_cauldron_inner.png^mcl_cauldrons_cauldron_bottom.png",
-		"mcl_cauldrons_cauldron_side.png"
-	},
-	sounds = mcl_sounds.node_sound_metal_defaults(),
-	_mcl_hardness = 2,
-	_mcl_blast_resistance = 2,
-})
-
 function mcl_cauldrons.set_cauldron_level(pos, type, level)
 	return minetest.set_node(pos, {name = mcl_cauldrons.get_cauldron_string(type, level)})
 end
diff --git a/mods/ITEMS/mcl_cauldrons/register.lua b/mods/ITEMS/mcl_cauldrons/register.lua
index 3c1bb9e0e..0d1cafe8e 100644
--- a/mods/ITEMS/mcl_cauldrons/register.lua
+++ b/mods/ITEMS/mcl_cauldrons/register.lua
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 local S = minetest.get_translator(minetest.get_current_modname())
+
 mcl_cauldrons.register_cauldron_type({
 	name = "water",
 	bucket = "mcl_buckets:bucket_water",
diff --git a/mods/ITEMS/mcl_cauldrons/utils.lua b/mods/ITEMS/mcl_cauldrons/utils.lua
index d80851529..145285632 100644
--- a/mods/ITEMS/mcl_cauldrons/utils.lua
+++ b/mods/ITEMS/mcl_cauldrons/utils.lua
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+local S = minetest.get_translator(minetest.get_current_modname())
+
+-- Convenience function because the cauldron nodeboxes are very similar
 local create_cauldron_nodebox = function(water_level)
 	local floor_y
 	if water_level == 0 then	-- empty
@@ -32,4 +35,29 @@ end
 mcl_cauldrons.cauldron_nodeboxes = {}
 for w=0,3 do
 	mcl_cauldrons.cauldron_nodeboxes[w] = create_cauldron_nodebox(w)
-end
\ No newline at end of file
+end
+
+-- Empty cauldron
+minetest.register_node("mcl_cauldrons:cauldron", {
+	description = S("Cauldron"),
+	_tt_help = S("Stores water"),
+	_doc_items_longdesc = S("Cauldrons are used to store water and slowly fill up under rain."),
+	_doc_items_usagehelp = S("Place a water pucket into the cauldron to fill it with water. Place an empty bucket on a full cauldron to retrieve the water. Place a water bottle into the cauldron to fill the cauldron to one third with water. Place a glass bottle in a cauldron with water to retrieve one third of the water."),
+	wield_image = "mcl_cauldrons_cauldron.png",
+	inventory_image = "mcl_cauldrons_cauldron.png",
+	use_texture_alpha = minetest.features.use_texture_alpha_string_modes and "opaque" or false,
+	drawtype = "nodebox",
+	paramtype = "light",
+	is_ground_content = false,
+	groups = {pickaxey=1, deco_block=1, cauldron=1},
+	node_box = mcl_cauldrons.cauldron_nodeboxes[0],
+	selection_box = { type = "regular" },
+	tiles = {
+		"mcl_cauldrons_cauldron_inner.png^mcl_cauldrons_cauldron_top.png",
+		"mcl_cauldrons_cauldron_inner.png^mcl_cauldrons_cauldron_bottom.png",
+		"mcl_cauldrons_cauldron_side.png"
+	},
+	sounds = mcl_sounds.node_sound_metal_defaults(),
+	_mcl_hardness = 2,
+	_mcl_blast_resistance = 2,
+})
\ No newline at end of file