diff --git a/virtweb_backend/src/actors/libvirt_actor.rs b/virtweb_backend/src/actors/libvirt_actor.rs
index 5606dfa..8e67d1d 100644
--- a/virtweb_backend/src/actors/libvirt_actor.rs
+++ b/virtweb_backend/src/actors/libvirt_actor.rs
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ impl Handler<GetDomainXMLReq> for LibVirtActor {
         let domain = Domain::lookup_by_uuid_string(&self.m, &msg.0.as_string())?;
         let xml = domain.get_xml_desc(VIR_DOMAIN_XML_SECURE)?;
         log::debug!("XML = {}", xml);
-        Ok(serde_xml_rs::from_str(&xml)?)
+        DomainXML::parse_xml(&xml)
     }
 }
 
@@ -436,7 +436,7 @@ impl Handler<GetNetworkXMLReq> for LibVirtActor {
         let network = Network::lookup_by_uuid_string(&self.m, &msg.0.as_string())?;
         let xml = network.get_xml_desc(0)?;
         log::debug!("XML = {}", xml);
-        Ok(serde_xml_rs::from_str(&xml)?)
+        NetworkXML::parse_xml(&xml)
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/virtweb_backend/src/libvirt_lib_structures/domain.rs b/virtweb_backend/src/libvirt_lib_structures/domain.rs
index 6f3dde2..6711003 100644
--- a/virtweb_backend/src/libvirt_lib_structures/domain.rs
+++ b/virtweb_backend/src/libvirt_lib_structures/domain.rs
@@ -308,6 +308,11 @@ pub struct DomainXML {
 }
 
 impl DomainXML {
+    /// Decode Domain structure from XML definition
+    pub fn parse_xml(xml: &str) -> anyhow::Result<Self> {
+        Ok(serde_xml_rs::from_str(xml)?)
+    }
+
     /// Turn this domain into its XML definition
     pub fn into_xml(mut self) -> anyhow::Result<String> {
         // A issue with the disks & network interface definition serialization needs them to be serialized aside
diff --git a/virtweb_backend/src/libvirt_lib_structures/network.rs b/virtweb_backend/src/libvirt_lib_structures/network.rs
index 71fc82d..6bc275e 100644
--- a/virtweb_backend/src/libvirt_lib_structures/network.rs
+++ b/virtweb_backend/src/libvirt_lib_structures/network.rs
@@ -155,6 +155,9 @@ pub struct NetworkXML {
 }
 
 impl NetworkXML {
+    pub fn parse_xml(xml: &str) -> anyhow::Result<Self> {
+        Ok(serde_xml_rs::from_str(xml)?)
+    }
     pub fn into_xml(mut self) -> anyhow::Result<String> {
         // A issue with the IPs definition serialization needs them to be serialized aside
         let mut ips_xml = Vec::with_capacity(self.ips.len());