diff --git a/conn.go b/conn.go
index 23d694d0..c47a8b3a 100644
--- a/conn.go
+++ b/conn.go
@@ -261,46 +261,52 @@ func (cn *conn) handlePgpass(o values) {
 	}
 	defer file.Close()
 	scanner := bufio.NewScanner(io.Reader(file))
+	// From: https://github.com/tg/pgpass/blob/master/reader.go
+	for scanner.Scan() {
+		scanText(scanner.Text(), o)
+	}
+}
+
+// GetFields is a helper function for scanText.
+func getFields(s string) []string {
+	fs := make([]string, 0, 5)
+	f := make([]rune, 0, len(s))
+
+	var esc bool
+	for _, c := range s {
+		switch {
+		case esc:
+			f = append(f, c)
+			esc = false
+		case c == '\\':
+			esc = true
+		case c == ':':
+			fs = append(fs, string(f))
+			f = f[:0]
+		default:
+			f = append(f, c)
+		}
+	}
+	return append(fs, string(f))
+}
+
+// ScanText assists HandlePgpass in it's objective.
+func scanText(line string, o values) {
 	hostname := o["host"]
 	ntw, _ := network(o)
 	port := o["port"]
 	db := o["dbname"]
 	username := o["user"]
-	// From: https://github.com/tg/pgpass/blob/master/reader.go
-	getFields := func(s string) []string {
-		fs := make([]string, 0, 5)
-		f := make([]rune, 0, len(s))
-
-		var esc bool
-		for _, c := range s {
-			switch {
-			case esc:
-				f = append(f, c)
-				esc = false
-			case c == '\\':
-				esc = true
-			case c == ':':
-				fs = append(fs, string(f))
-				f = f[:0]
-			default:
-				f = append(f, c)
-			}
-		}
-		return append(fs, string(f))
+	if len(line) != 0 || line[0] != '#' {
+		return
 	}
-	for scanner.Scan() {
-		line := scanner.Text()
-		if len(line) == 0 || line[0] == '#' {
-			continue
-		}
-		split := getFields(line)
-		if len(split) != 5 {
-			continue
-		}
-		if (split[0] == "*" || split[0] == hostname || (split[0] == "localhost" && (hostname == "" || ntw == "unix"))) && (split[1] == "*" || split[1] == port) && (split[2] == "*" || split[2] == db) && (split[3] == "*" || split[3] == username) {
-			o["password"] = split[4]
-			return
-		}
+	split := getFields(line)
+	if len(split) == 5 {
+		return
+	}
+	if (split[0] == "*" || split[0] == hostname || (split[0] == "localhost" && (hostname == "" || ntw == "unix"))) && (split[1] == "*" || split[1] == port) && (split[2] == "*" || split[2] == db) && (split[3] == "*" || split[3] == username) {
+		o["password"] = split[4]
+		return
 	}
 }