diff --git a/src/widgets/index.js b/src/widgets/index.js
index 30f2791afa..968a5e7a9e 100644
--- a/src/widgets/index.js
+++ b/src/widgets/index.js
@@ -218,34 +218,31 @@ widgets.reset = function (callback) {
 };
 
 widgets.resetTemplate = function (template, callback) {
-	db.getObject('widgets:' + template + '.tpl', function (err, area) {
-		if (err) {
-			return callback();
-		}
-
-		var toBeDrafted = [];
-		for (var location in area) {
-			if (area.hasOwnProperty(location)) {
-				toBeDrafted = toBeDrafted.concat(JSON.parse(area[location]));
-			}
-		}
-
-		db.delete('widgets:' + template + '.tpl');
-		db.getObjectField('widgets:global', 'drafts', function (err, draftWidgets) {
-			if (err) {
-				return callback();
+	var toBeDrafted = [];
+	async.waterfall([
+		function (next) {
+			db.getObject('widgets:' + template + '.tpl', next);
+		},
+		function (area, next) {
+			for (var location in area) {
+				if (area.hasOwnProperty(location)) {
+					toBeDrafted = toBeDrafted.concat(JSON.parse(area[location]));
+				}
 			}
-
+			db.delete('widgets:' + template + '.tpl', next);
+		},
+		function (next) {
+			db.getObjectField('widgets:global', 'drafts', next);
+		},
+		function (draftWidgets, next) {
 			draftWidgets = JSON.parse(draftWidgets).concat(toBeDrafted);
-			db.setObjectField('widgets:global', 'drafts', JSON.stringify(draftWidgets), callback);
-		});
-	});
+			db.setObjectField('widgets:global', 'drafts', JSON.stringify(draftWidgets), next);
+		},
+	], callback);
 };
 
 widgets.resetTemplates = function (templates, callback) {
-	async.eachSeries(templates, function (template, next) {
-		widgets.resetTemplate(template, next);
-	}, callback);
+	async.eachSeries(templates, widgets.resetTemplate, callback);
 };
 
 module.exports = widgets;
diff --git a/test/controllers.js b/test/controllers.js
index 04343b6d18..c4c46ac38d 100644
--- a/test/controllers.js
+++ b/test/controllers.js
@@ -702,7 +702,7 @@ describe('Controllers', function () {
 				assert.ifError(err);
 				assert.equal(res.statusCode, 200);
 				assert(body.widgets);
-				assert.equal(Object.keys(body.widgets), 0);
+				assert.equal(Object.keys(body.widgets).length, 0);
 				done();
 			});
 		});
@@ -717,6 +717,19 @@ describe('Controllers', function () {
 				done();
 			});
 		});
+
+		it('should reset templates', function (done) {
+			widgets.resetTemplates(['categories', 'category'], function (err) {
+				assert.ifError(err);
+				request(nconf.get('url') + '/api/categories', { json: true }, function (err, res, body) {
+					assert.ifError(err);
+					assert.equal(res.statusCode, 200);
+					assert(body.widgets);
+					assert.equal(Object.keys(body.widgets).length, 0);
+					done();
+				});
+			});
+		});
 	});
 
 	describe('tags', function () {