diff --git a/src/controllers/index.js b/src/controllers/index.js
index 299050e37d..0e5dde32b6 100644
--- a/src/controllers/index.js
+++ b/src/controllers/index.js
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ Controllers.globalMods = require('./globalmods');
 Controllers.mods = require('./mods');
 Controllers.sitemap = require('./sitemap');
 Controllers.osd = require('./osd');
+Controllers['service-worker'] = require('./service-worker');
 Controllers['404'] = require('./404');
 Controllers.errors = require('./errors');
 Controllers.composer = require('./composer');
diff --git a/src/controllers/service-worker.js b/src/controllers/service-worker.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0b9cd30896
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/controllers/service-worker.js
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+'use strict';
+
+const { readFile, access, constants } = require('fs/promises');
+const path = require('path');
+const nconf = require('nconf');
+
+const plugins = require('../plugins');
+
+const Controller = module.exports;
+
+Controller.generate = async (req, res) => {
+	const swPath = path.join(__dirname, '../../build/public/src/service-worker.js');
+	let swContents = await readFile(swPath, { encoding: 'utf-8' });
+
+	res.status(200)
+		.type('application/javascript')
+		.set('Service-Worker-Allowed', `${nconf.get('relative_path')}/`);
+
+	/**
+	 * Allow plugins to append their own scripts for the service worker to import
+	 * expects: URLs in passed-in Set, either absolute or relative to plugin static directory root (/assets/plugins)
+	 * see: https://docs.nodebb.org/development/plugins/statics
+	 */
+	let scripts = new Set();
+	({ scripts } = await plugins.hooks.fire('filter:service-worker.scripts', { scripts }));
+
+	if (!scripts.size) {
+		res.sendFile(swPath);
+	} else {
+		const urls = await Promise.all(Array
+			.from(scripts)
+			.map(async (pathname) => {
+				try {
+					const url = new URL(pathname, `${nconf.get('url')}/assets/plugins/`);
+					if (url.href.startsWith(nconf.get('url'))) {
+						const fullPath = path.resolve(__dirname, '../../build/public/plugins', url.pathname.replace(`${nconf.get('relative_path')}/assets/plugins/`, ''));
+						await access(fullPath, constants.R_OK);
+					}
+					return url;
+				} catch (e) {
+					return null;
+				}
+			}));
+
+		const payload = urls.map(urlObj => urlObj.href).join("', '");
+		swContents += `\nimportScripts('${payload}')`;
+		res.send(swContents);
+	}
+};
diff --git a/src/routes/meta.js b/src/routes/meta.js
index b2056aecfd..5ca94702ed 100644
--- a/src/routes/meta.js
+++ b/src/routes/meta.js
@@ -1,11 +1,5 @@
 'use strict';
 
-const { readFile, access, constants } = require('fs/promises');
-const path = require('path');
-const nconf = require('nconf');
-
-const plugins = require('../plugins');
-
 module.exports = function (app, middleware, controllers) {
 	app.get('/sitemap.xml', controllers.sitemap.render);
 	app.get('/sitemap/pages.xml', controllers.sitemap.getPages);
@@ -15,43 +9,5 @@ module.exports = function (app, middleware, controllers) {
 	app.get('/manifest.webmanifest', controllers.manifest);
 	app.get('/css/previews/:theme', controllers.admin.themes.get);
 	app.get('/osd.xml', controllers.osd.handle);
-	app.get('/service-worker.js', async (req, res) => {
-		const swPath = path.join(__dirname, '../../build/public/src/service-worker.js');
-		let swContents = await readFile(swPath, { encoding: 'utf-8' });
-
-		res.status(200)
-			.type('application/javascript')
-			.set('Service-Worker-Allowed', `${nconf.get('relative_path')}/`);
-
-		/**
-		 * Allow plugins to append their own scripts for the service worker to import
-		 * expects: URLs in passed-in Set, either absolute or relative to plugin static directory root (/assets/plugins)
-		 * see: https://docs.nodebb.org/development/plugins/statics
-		 */
-		let scripts = new Set();
-		({ scripts } = await plugins.hooks.fire('filter:service-worker.scripts', { scripts }));
-
-		if (!scripts.size) {
-			res.sendFile(swPath);
-		} else {
-			const urls = await Promise.all(Array
-				.from(scripts)
-				.map(async (pathname) => {
-					try {
-						const url = new URL(pathname, `${nconf.get('url')}/assets/plugins/`);
-						if (url.href.startsWith(nconf.get('url'))) {
-							const fullPath = path.resolve(__dirname, '../../build/public/plugins', url.pathname.replace(`${nconf.get('relative_path')}/assets/plugins/`, ''));
-							await access(fullPath, constants.R_OK);
-						}
-						return url;
-					} catch (e) {
-						return null;
-					}
-				}));
-
-			const payload = urls.map(urlObj => urlObj.href).join("', '");
-			swContents += `\nimportScripts('${payload}')`;
-			res.send(swContents);
-		}
-	});
+	app.get('/service-worker.js', controllers['service-worker'].generate);
 };