diff --git a/lib/cartodb/controllers/template_maps.js b/lib/cartodb/controllers/template_maps.js
index 29026c41..6ba3e285 100644
--- a/lib/cartodb/controllers/template_maps.js
+++ b/lib/cartodb/controllers/template_maps.js
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 var step = require('step');
 var assert = require('assert');
 var _ = require('underscore');
+var templateName = require('../template_maps').templateName;
 var CdbRequest = require('../models/cdb_request');
 
 function TemplateMapsController(app, serverOptions, templateMaps, metadataBackend, templateBaseUrl, surrogateKeysCache,
@@ -387,14 +388,3 @@ function ifInvalidContentType(req, description) {
         throw new Error(description);
     }
 }
-
-function templateName(templateId) {
-    var templateIdTokens = templateId.split('@');
-    var name = templateIdTokens[0];
-
-    if (templateIdTokens.length > 1) {
-        name = templateIdTokens[1];
-    }
-
-    return name;
-}
diff --git a/lib/cartodb/template_maps.js b/lib/cartodb/template_maps.js
index c10bf0f6..12c87a06 100644
--- a/lib/cartodb/template_maps.js
+++ b/lib/cartodb/template_maps.js
@@ -492,3 +492,14 @@ o.fingerPrint = function(template) {
     .digest('hex')
   ;
 };
+
+module.exports.templateName = function templateName(templateId) {
+    var templateIdTokens = templateId.split('@');
+    var name = templateIdTokens[0];
+
+    if (templateIdTokens.length > 1) {
+        name = templateIdTokens[1];
+    }
+
+    return name;
+};