diff --git a/api/src/main/java/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/utils/menuManagement/MenuManagementDataUtils.java b/api/src/main/java/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/utils/menuManagement/VIVOMenuManagementDataUtils.java
similarity index 78%
rename from api/src/main/java/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/utils/menuManagement/MenuManagementDataUtils.java
rename to api/src/main/java/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/utils/menuManagement/VIVOMenuManagementDataUtils.java
index f596b64d..f01794b4 100644
--- a/api/src/main/java/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/utils/menuManagement/MenuManagementDataUtils.java
+++ b/api/src/main/java/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/utils/menuManagement/VIVOMenuManagementDataUtils.java
@@ -23,18 +23,17 @@ import edu.cornell.mannlib.vitro.webapp.modelaccess.ModelAccess;
  * This class includes methods that help in selecting a data getter based on 
  * parameters, and VIVO will have its own version or extend this
  */
-public class MenuManagementDataUtils {
-    private static final Log log = LogFactory.getLog(MenuManagementDataUtils.class);
+public class VIVOMenuManagementDataUtils implements MenuManagementDataUtils.IMenuManagementDataUtils {
+    private static final Log log = LogFactory.getLog(VIVOMenuManagementDataUtils.class);
 
     //Data that is to be returned to template that does not involve data getters
     //e.g. what are the current class groups, etc.
-    public static void includeRequiredSystemData(ServletContext context, Map<String, Object> templateData) {
-    	
+    public void includeRequiredSystemData(ServletContext context, Map<String, Object> templateData) {
     	checkInstitutionalInternalClass(context, templateData);
     }
     
 	//Check whether any classes exist with internal class restrictions
-	private static void checkInstitutionalInternalClass(ServletContext context, Map<String, Object> templateData) {
+	private void checkInstitutionalInternalClass(ServletContext context, Map<String, Object> templateData) {
 		//TODO: replace with more generic ModelContext retrieval method
 		String internalClass = retrieveInternalClass(context);
 		if(internalClass != null) {			
@@ -47,7 +46,7 @@ public class MenuManagementDataUtils {
 		
 	}
 	
-	private static String retrieveInternalClass(ServletContext context) {
+	private String retrieveInternalClass(ServletContext context) {
 		OntModel mainModel = ModelAccess.on(context).getOntModel(TBOX_ASSERTIONS);
  		StmtIterator internalIt = mainModel.listStatements(null, ResourceFactory.createProperty(VitroVocabulary.IS_INTERNAL_CLASSANNOT), (RDFNode) null);
 		if(internalIt.hasNext()) {			
diff --git a/api/src/main/java/org/vivoweb/webapp/startup/MenuManagementSetup.java b/api/src/main/java/org/vivoweb/webapp/startup/MenuManagementSetup.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..719a7ca6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/api/src/main/java/org/vivoweb/webapp/startup/MenuManagementSetup.java
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+package org.vivoweb.webapp.startup;
+
+import edu.cornell.mannlib.vitro.webapp.utils.menuManagement.MenuManagementDataUtils;
+import edu.cornell.mannlib.vitro.webapp.utils.menuManagement.VIVOMenuManagementDataUtils;
+
+import javax.servlet.ServletContextEvent;
+import javax.servlet.ServletContextListener;
+
+public class MenuManagementSetup implements ServletContextListener {
+    @Override
+    public void contextInitialized(ServletContextEvent servletContextEvent) {
+        MenuManagementDataUtils.setImplementation(new VIVOMenuManagementDataUtils());
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void contextDestroyed(ServletContextEvent servletContextEvent) {
+
+    }
+}
diff --git a/webapp/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/resources/startup_listeners.txt b/webapp/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/resources/startup_listeners.txt
index 7ce8f93a..54155694 100644
--- a/webapp/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/resources/startup_listeners.txt
+++ b/webapp/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/resources/startup_listeners.txt
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ edu.cornell.mannlib.vitro.webapp.visualization.setup.VisualizationSetup
 
 org.vivoweb.webapp.startup.DataGetterN3Setup
 org.vivoweb.webapp.startup.GeneratorSetup
+org.vivoweb.webapp.startup.MenuManagementSetup
 org.vivoweb.webapp.startup.SearchResultTemplateModelSetup
 
 edu.ucsf.vitro.opensocial.OpenSocialSmokeTests