diff --git a/public/src/utils.js b/public/src/utils.js
index 742869583c..f6a6b31897 100644
--- a/public/src/utils.js
+++ b/public/src/utils.js
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 const $ = require('jquery');
 const zxcvbn = require('zxcvbn');
 
-const utils = require('./utils.common');
+const utils = { ...require('./utils.common') };
 
 utils.getLanguage = function () {
 	let lang = 'en-GB';
diff --git a/src/utils.js b/src/utils.js
index 3607f9b2d3..719abb50d2 100644
--- a/src/utils.js
+++ b/src/utils.js
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ process.elapsedTimeSince = function (start) {
 	const diff = process.hrtime(start);
 	return (diff[0] * 1e3) + (diff[1] / 1e6);
 };
-const utils = require('../public/src/utils.common');
+const utils = { ...require('../public/src/utils.common') };
 
 utils.getLanguage = function () {
 	const meta = require('./meta');