diff --git a/lib/cartodb/controllers/base.js b/lib/cartodb/controllers/base.js
index 6474eecc..135448d1 100644
--- a/lib/cartodb/controllers/base.js
+++ b/lib/cartodb/controllers/base.js
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ module.exports = BaseController;
  * @param req - standard express request obj. Should have host & table
  * @param callback
  */
-BaseController.prototype.req2params = function(req, callback){
+BaseController.prototype.req2params = function(req, res, next) {
     var self = this;
 
     if ( req.query.lzma ) {
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ BaseController.prototype.req2params = function(req, callback){
                     self.req2params(req, callback);
                 } catch (err) {
                     req.profiler.done('req2params');
-                    callback(new Error('Error parsing lzma as JSON: ' + err));
+                    next(new Error('Error parsing lzma as JSON: ' + err));
                 }
             }
         );
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ BaseController.prototype.req2params = function(req, callback){
                 );
                 err.http_status = 403;
                 req.profiler.done('req2params');
-                callback(err);
+                next(err);
                 return;
             }
             if ( tksplit.length > 1 ) {
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ BaseController.prototype.req2params = function(req, callback){
         function finishSetup(err) {
             if ( err ) {
                 req.profiler.done('req2params');
-                return callback(err, req);
+                return next(err, req);
             }
 
             // Add default database connection parameters
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ BaseController.prototype.req2params = function(req, callback){
             _.defaults(req.locals, req.params);
 
             req.profiler.done('req2params');
-            callback(null, req);
+            next(null, req);
         }
     );
 };