diff --git a/public/src/app.js b/public/src/app.js
index 0006db25d5..85bb5065aa 100644
--- a/public/src/app.js
+++ b/public/src/app.js
@@ -77,7 +77,6 @@ app.cacheBuster = null;
 		require(['taskbar', 'helpers', 'forum/pagination'], function (taskbar, helpers, pagination) {
 			taskbar.init();
 
-			// templates.js helpers
 			helpers.register();
 
 			pagination.init();
diff --git a/public/src/modules/helpers.js b/public/src/modules/helpers.js
index 3035d29fc4..b1ac2e183e 100644
--- a/public/src/modules/helpers.js
+++ b/public/src/modules/helpers.js
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 		exports = module.exports/* = SemVer*/;
 	}
 
-	var helpers = {};
+	var helpers = exports;
 
 	helpers.displayMenuItem = function (data, index) {
 		var item = data.navigation[index];
diff --git a/test/template-helpers.js b/test/template-helpers.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..87502f9e40
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/template-helpers.js
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+'use strict';
+
+var async = require('async');
+var assert = require('assert');
+
+var db = require('./mocks/databasemock');
+var helpers = require('../public/src/modules/helpers');
+
+describe('helpers', function () {
+
+
+	it('should return false if item doesn\'t exist', function (done) {
+		var flag = helpers.displayMenuItem({navigation: []}, 0);
+		assert(!flag);
+		done();
+	});
+
+
+	it('should return false if route is /users and privateUserInfo is on and user is not logged in', function (done) {
+		var flag = helpers.displayMenuItem({
+			navigation: [{route: '/users'}],
+			privateUserInfo: true,
+			config: {
+				loggedIn: false
+			}
+		}, 0);
+		assert(!flag);
+		done();
+	});
+
+	it('should return false if route is /tags and privateTagListing is on and user is not logged in', function (done) {
+		var flag = helpers.displayMenuItem({
+			navigation: [{route: '/tags'}],
+			privateTagListing: true,
+			config: {
+				loggedIn: false
+			}
+		}, 0);
+		assert(!flag);
+		done();
+	});
+
+	it('should stringify object', function (done) {
+		var str = helpers.stringify({a: 'herp < derp > and & quote "'});
+		assert.equal(str, '{&quot;a&quot;:&quot;herp &lt; derp &gt; and &amp; quote \\&quot;&quot;}');
+		done();
+	});
+
+	it('should escape html', function (done) {
+		var str = helpers.escape('gdkfhgk < some > and &');
+		assert.equal(str, 'gdkfhgk &lt; some &gt; and &amp;');
+		done();
+	});
+
+});