diff --git a/Code/Tools/ProjectManager/Source/PythonBindings.cpp b/Code/Tools/ProjectManager/Source/PythonBindings.cpp
index 0672e02ff4..90e18f5f27 100644
--- a/Code/Tools/ProjectManager/Source/PythonBindings.cpp
+++ b/Code/Tools/ProjectManager/Source/PythonBindings.cpp
@@ -286,29 +286,8 @@ namespace O3DE::ProjectManager
             m_registration = pybind11::module::import("cmake.Tools.registration");
             m_engineTemplate = pybind11::module::import("cmake.Tools.engine_template");
 
-            // register the current engine if it isn't already
-            bool registerThis = true;
-            auto allEngines = m_registration.attr("get_engines")();
-            if (pybind11::isinstance<pybind11::list>(allEngines))
-            {
-                for (const auto& engine : allEngines)
-                {
-                    AZ::IO::FixedMaxPath enginePath(Py_To_String(engine["path"]));
-                    if (enginePath.Compare(m_enginePath) == 0)
-                    {
-                        registerThis = false;
-                        break;
-                    }
-                }
-            }
-
-            if (registerThis)
-            {
-                auto registrationResult = m_registration.attr("register")(m_enginePath.c_str());
-
-                AZ_Error("ProjectManagerWindow", registrationResult.cast<int>() == 0,
-                    "Registration of this engine failed!");
-            }
+            // make sure the engine is registered
+            RegisterThisEngine();
 
             return result == 0 && !PyErr_Occurred();
         } catch ([[maybe_unused]] const std::exception& e)
@@ -332,6 +311,37 @@ namespace O3DE::ProjectManager
         return !PyErr_Occurred();
     }
 
+    bool PythonBindings::RegisterThisEngine()
+    {
+        bool registerThis = true;
+
+        // check current engine path against all other registered engines
+        // to see if we are already registered
+        auto allEngines = m_registration.attr("get_engines")();
+        if (pybind11::isinstance<pybind11::list>(allEngines))
+        {
+            for (const auto& engine : allEngines)
+            {
+                AZ::IO::FixedMaxPath enginePath(Py_To_String(engine["path"]));
+                if (enginePath.Compare(m_enginePath) == 0)
+                {
+                    registerThis = false;
+                    break;
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        bool result = true;
+        if (registerThis)
+        {
+            auto registrationResult = m_registration.attr("register")(m_enginePath.c_str());
+            result = (registrationResult.cast<int>() == 0);
+        }
+
+        AZ_Error("ProjectManagerWindow", result, "Registration of this engine failed!");
+        return result;
+    }
+
     bool PythonBindings::ExecuteWithLock(AZStd::function<void()> executionCallback)
     {
         AZStd::lock_guard<decltype(m_lock)> lock(m_lock);
diff --git a/Code/Tools/ProjectManager/Source/PythonBindings.h b/Code/Tools/ProjectManager/Source/PythonBindings.h
index 892e13a65b..71616de4e0 100644
--- a/Code/Tools/ProjectManager/Source/PythonBindings.h
+++ b/Code/Tools/ProjectManager/Source/PythonBindings.h
@@ -60,9 +60,11 @@ namespace O3DE::ProjectManager
         GemInfo GemInfoFromPath(pybind11::handle path);
         ProjectInfo ProjectInfoFromPath(pybind11::handle path);
         ProjectTemplateInfo ProjectTemplateInfoFromPath(pybind11::handle path);
+        bool RegisterThisEngine();
         bool StartPython();
         bool StopPython();
 
+
         AZ::IO::FixedMaxPath m_enginePath;
         pybind11::handle m_engineTemplate;
         AZStd::recursive_mutex m_lock;