diff --git a/src/webserver.js b/src/webserver.js
index 5578bfe65f55..26db9d1a35e6 100644
--- a/src/webserver.js
+++ b/src/webserver.js
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ var os = require('os');
 var nconf = require('nconf');
 var express = require('express');
 var app = express();
+app.renderAsync = util.promisify((tpl, data, callback) => app.render(tpl, data, callback));
 var server;
 var winston = require('winston');
 var async = require('async');
@@ -116,8 +117,6 @@ function setupExpressApp(app) {
 	const relativePath = nconf.get('relative_path');
 	const viewsDir = nconf.get('views_dir');
 
-	app.renderAsync = util.promisify((tpl, data, callback) => app.render(tpl, data, callback));
-
 	app.engine('tpl', function (filepath, data, next) {
 		filepath = filepath.replace(/\.tpl$/, '.js');
 
diff --git a/src/widgets/admin.js b/src/widgets/admin.js
index e63d02d8f215..c8c778a84a45 100644
--- a/src/widgets/admin.js
+++ b/src/widgets/admin.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 'use strict';
 
-const app = require('../webserver').app;
+const webserver = require('../webserver');
 const plugins = require('../plugins');
 const groups = require('../groups');
 const index = require('./index');
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ async function getAvailableWidgets() {
 async function renderAdminTemplate() {
 	const groupsData = await groups.getNonPrivilegeGroups('groups:createtime', 0, -1);
 	groupsData.sort((a, b) => b.system - a.system);
-	return await app.renderAsync('admin/partials/widget-settings', { groups: groupsData });
+	return await webserver.app.renderAsync('admin/partials/widget-settings', { groups: groupsData });
 }
 
 function buildTemplatesFromAreas(areas) {