diff --git a/src/helpers.js b/src/helpers.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b75e950c26
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/helpers.js
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+'use strict';
+
+module.exports = require('../public/src/modules/helpers.common')(
+	require('./utils'),
+	require('benchpressjs'),
+	require('nconf').get('relative_path'),
+);
diff --git a/src/webserver.js b/src/webserver.js
index 6326ded225..df7b9c3456 100644
--- a/src/webserver.js
+++ b/src/webserver.js
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ const topicEvents = require('./topics/events');
 const routes = require('./routes');
 const auth = require('./routes/authentication');
 
-const helpers = require('../public/src/modules/helpers.common')(require('./utils'), Benchpress, nconf.get('relative_path'));
+const helpers = require('./helpers');
 
 if (nconf.get('ssl')) {
 	server = require('https').createServer({
diff --git a/test/template-helpers.js b/test/template-helpers.js
index f69f2b9354..b89b726fd2 100644
--- a/test/template-helpers.js
+++ b/test/template-helpers.js
@@ -2,10 +2,9 @@
 
 const nconf = require('nconf');
 const assert = require('assert');
-const benchpress = require('benchpressjs');
 
 const db = require('./mocks/databasemock');
-const helpers = require('../public/src/modules/helpers.common')(require('../src/utils'), benchpress, nconf.get('relative_path'));
+const helpers = require('../src/helpers');
 
 describe('helpers', () => {
 	it('should return false if item doesn\'t exist', (done) => {