diff --git a/lib/cartodb/controllers/named_maps.js b/lib/cartodb/controllers/named_maps.js
index 3c3a2114..437a37cc 100644
--- a/lib/cartodb/controllers/named_maps.js
+++ b/lib/cartodb/controllers/named_maps.js
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ module.exports = NamedMapsController;
 var cdbRequest = new CdbRequest();
 
 NamedMapsController.prototype.register = function(app) {
-    app.get(this.templateBaseUrl + '/:template_id/:layerFilter/:z/:x/:y.:format', this.tile.bind(this));
+    app.get(this.templateBaseUrl + '/:template_id/:layer/:z/:x/:y.:format', this.tile.bind(this));
     app.get(this.templateBaseUrl + '/:template_id/jsonp', this.jsonp.bind(this));
     app.post(this.templateBaseUrl, this.create.bind(this));
     app.put(this.templateBaseUrl + '/:template_id', this.update.bind(this));
@@ -33,8 +33,127 @@ NamedMapsController.prototype.register = function(app) {
 };
 
 NamedMapsController.prototype.tile = function(req, res) {
+    var self = this;
+
     this.app.doCORS(res);
-    this.app.sendResponse(res, [{}, 200]);
+
+    var cdbUser = cdbRequest.userByReq(req);
+    var template;
+    var layergroupConfig;
+    var layergroupId;
+    var fakeReq;
+    var cacheChannel;
+
+    step(
+        function reqParams() {
+            self.app.req2params(req, this);
+        },
+        function getTemplate(err) {
+            assert.ifError(err);
+            self.templateMaps.getTemplate(cdbUser, templateName(req.params.template_id), this);
+        },
+        function checkExists(err, tpl) {
+            assert.ifError(err);
+            if (!tpl) {
+                var notFoundErr = new Error(
+                        "Template '" + templateName(req.params.template_id) + "' of user '" + cdbUser + "' not found"
+                );
+                notFoundErr.http_status = 404;
+                throw notFoundErr;
+            }
+            return tpl;
+        },
+        function checkAuthorized(err, tpl) {
+            assert.ifError(err);
+
+            var authorized = false;
+            try {
+                authorized = self.templateMaps.isAuthorized(tpl, req.query.auth_token);
+            } catch (err) {
+                // we catch to add http_status
+                var authorizationFailedErr = new Error('Failed to authorize template');
+                authorizationFailedErr.http_status = 403;
+                throw authorizationFailedErr;
+            }
+            if ( ! authorized ) {
+                var unauthorizedErr = new Error('Unauthorized template instantiation');
+                unauthorizedErr.http_status = 403;
+                throw unauthorizedErr;
+            }
+
+            return tpl;
+        },
+        function prepareParams(err, tpl) {
+            assert.ifError(err);
+
+            template = tpl;
+
+            var templateParams = {};
+            if (req.query.config) {
+                try {
+                    templateParams = JSON.parse(req.query.config);
+                } catch (e) {
+                    throw new Error('malformed config parameter, should be a valid JSON');
+                }
+            }
+
+            return templateParams;
+        },
+        function instantiateTemplate(err, templateParams) {
+            assert.ifError(err);
+            return self.templateMaps.instance(template, templateParams);
+        },
+        function prepareLayergroup(err, layergroup) {
+            assert.ifError(err);
+            layergroupConfig = layergroup;
+            fakeReq = {
+                query: {},
+                params: _.extend({}, req.params, {
+                    user: req.params.user
+                }),
+                headers: _.clone(req.headers),
+                context: _.clone(req.context),
+                method: req.method,
+                res: res,
+                profiler: req.profiler
+            };
+            self.serverOptions.setDBParams(cdbUser, fakeReq.params, this);
+        },
+        function setApiKey(err){
+            assert.ifError(err);
+            self.mapBackend.createLayergroup(layergroupConfig, fakeReq, this);
+        },
+        function prepareResponse(err, layergroup) {
+            assert.ifError(err);
+
+            // added by createLayergroup
+            cacheChannel = res.header('X-Cache-Channel');
+            res.removeHeader('X-Cache-Channel');
+            self.surrogateKeysCache.tag(res, new NamedMapsCacheEntry(cdbUser, template.name));
+
+            layergroupId = layergroup.layergroupid.split(":")[0];
+
+            return null;
+        },
+        function getImage(err) {
+            assert.ifError(err);
+
+            req.params.token = layergroupId;
+            self.mapBackend.getTileOrGrid(req, res, this);
+        },
+        function handleImage(err, req, res, tile, headers) {
+            if (err) {
+                if (!err.error) {
+                    err.error = err.message;
+                }
+                self.app.sendError(res, err, self.app.findStatusCode(err), 'NAMED_MAP_TILE', err);
+            } else {
+                res.setHeader('Content-Type', headers['Content-Type']);
+                res.setHeader('Cache-Control', 'public,max-age=7200,must-revalidate');
+                self.app.sendResponse(res, [tile, 200]);
+            }
+        }
+    );
 };
 
 // Add a template