diff --git a/lib/cartodb/controllers/template_maps.js b/lib/cartodb/controllers/template_maps.js
index df504d82..bfc00f33 100644
--- a/lib/cartodb/controllers/template_maps.js
+++ b/lib/cartodb/controllers/template_maps.js
@@ -408,7 +408,12 @@ TemplateMapsController.prototype.instantiateTemplate = function(req, res, templa
             if ( req.profiler ) req.profiler.done('TemplateMaps_instance');
             if ( err ) throw err;
             layergroup = instance;
-            fakereq = {query: {}, params: {}, headers: _.clone(req.headers),
+            fakereq = {
+                query: {},
+                params: {
+                    user: req.params.user
+                },
+                headers: _.clone(req.headers),
                 context: _.clone(req.context),
                 method: req.method,
                 res: res,