diff --git a/lib/cartodb/backends/dataview.js b/lib/cartodb/backends/dataview.js
index fe549092..1b13a930 100644
--- a/lib/cartodb/backends/dataview.js
+++ b/lib/cartodb/backends/dataview.js
@@ -152,30 +152,18 @@ DataviewBackend.prototype.search = function (mapConfigProvider, user, dataviewNa
         }
 
         var pg;
+        var query;
+        var dataview;
 
         try {
             pg = new PSQL(dbParamsFromReqParams(params));
+            query = getQueryWithFilters(dataviewDefinition, params);
+            dataview = DataviewFactory.getDataview(query, dataviewDefinition);
         } catch (error) {
             return callback(error);
         }
 
-        var ownFilter = +params.own_filter;
-        ownFilter = !!ownFilter;
-
-        var query = (ownFilter) ? dataviewDefinition.sql.own_filter_on : dataviewDefinition.sql.own_filter_off;
-
-        if (params.bbox) {
-            try {
-                var bboxFilter = new BBoxFilter({ column: 'the_geom', srid: 4326 }, { bbox: params.bbox });
-                query = bboxFilter.sql(query);
-            } catch (error) {
-                return callback(error);
-            }
-        }
-
         var userQuery = params.q;
-
-        var dataview = DataviewFactory.getDataview(query, dataviewDefinition);
         dataview.search(pg, userQuery, function (err, result) {
             if (err) {
                 return callback(err);
@@ -186,6 +174,20 @@ DataviewBackend.prototype.search = function (mapConfigProvider, user, dataviewNa
     });
 };
 
+function getQueryWithFilters (dataviewDefinition, params) {
+    var ownFilter = +params.own_filter;
+    ownFilter = !!ownFilter;
+
+    var query = (ownFilter) ? dataviewDefinition.sql.own_filter_on : dataviewDefinition.sql.own_filter_off;
+
+    if (params.bbox) {
+        var bboxFilter = new BBoxFilter({ column: 'the_geom', srid: 4326 }, { bbox: params.bbox });
+        query = bboxFilter.sql(query);
+    }
+
+    return query;
+}
+
 function getDataviewDefinition(mapConfig, dataviewName) {
     var dataviews = mapConfig.dataviews || {};
     return dataviews[dataviewName];