diff --git a/lib/cartodb/controllers/template_maps.js b/lib/cartodb/controllers/template_maps.js
index e071d8a0..df504d82 100644
--- a/lib/cartodb/controllers/template_maps.js
+++ b/lib/cartodb/controllers/template_maps.js
@@ -408,7 +408,8 @@ 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: {}, headers: _.clone(req.headers),
+                context: _.clone(req.context),
                 method: req.method,
                 res: res,
                 profiler: req.profiler
diff --git a/lib/cartodb/server_options.js b/lib/cartodb/server_options.js
index f3f3e3bd..d8398809 100644
--- a/lib/cartodb/server_options.js
+++ b/lib/cartodb/server_options.js
@@ -1,12 +1,14 @@
 var _ = require('underscore');
 var step = require('step');
+var LZMA = require('lzma').LZMA;
+var assert = require('assert');
+var RedisPool = require('redis-mpool');
+
 var QueryTablesApi = require('./api/query_tables_api');
 var PgConnection = require('./backends/pg_connection');
-var LZMA = require('lzma').LZMA;
 var TemplateMaps = require('./template_maps.js');
 var MapConfigNamedLayersAdapter = require('./models/mapconfig_named_layers_adapter');
 var CdbRequest = require('./models/cdb_request');
-var assert = require('assert');
 
 // Whitelist query parameters and attach format
 var REQUEST_QUERY_PARAMS_WHITELIST = [
@@ -18,8 +20,7 @@ var REQUEST_QUERY_PARAMS_WHITELIST = [
 ];
 
 module.exports = function(redisPool) {
-    redisPool = redisPool ||
-        require('redis-mpool')(_.extend(global.environment.redis, {name: 'windshaft:server_options'}));
+    redisPool = redisPool || new RedisPool(_.extend(global.environment.redis, {name: 'windshaft:server_options'}));
 
     var cartoData = require('cartodb-redis')({ pool: redisPool }),
         lzmaWorker = new LZMA(),
@@ -242,14 +243,37 @@ module.exports = function(redisPool) {
     };
 
     me.beforeLayergroupCreate = function(req, requestMapConfig, callback) {
-        mapConfigNamedLayersAdapter.getLayers(cdbRequest.userByReq(req), requestMapConfig.layers, pgConnection,
-            function(err, layers, datasource) {
+        var user = cdbRequest.userByReq(req);
+        var namedLayersDatasource;
+        step(
+            function extractNamedLayers() {
+                mapConfigNamedLayersAdapter.getLayers(user, requestMapConfig.layers, pgConnection, this);
+            },
+            function handleNamedLayers(err, layers, datasource) {
+                assert.ifError(err);
+
+                namedLayersDatasource = datasource;
+                requestMapConfig.layers = layers;
+
+                return null;
+            },
+            function getLimits(err) {
+                assert.ifError(err);
+                cartoData.getTilerRenderLimit(user, this);
+            },
+            function handleTilerLimits(err, renderLimit) {
+                assert.ifError(err);
+                req.context.limits = {
+                    render: renderLimit
+                };
+                return null;
+            },
+            function finish(err) {
                 if (err) {
                     return callback(err);
                 }
 
-                requestMapConfig.layers = layers;
-                return callback(null, requestMapConfig, datasource);
+                return callback(null, requestMapConfig, namedLayersDatasource);
             }
         );
     };