diff --git a/core/admin/assets/js/views/blog.js b/core/admin/assets/js/views/blog.js
index bd159ee929..b64deab52f 100644
--- a/core/admin/assets/js/views/blog.js
+++ b/core/admin/assets/js/views/blog.js
@@ -109,7 +109,11 @@
             Backbone.trigger('blog:activeItem', item.data('id'));
         },
 
-        template: JST['content/list-item'],
+        templateName: "list-item",
+
+        template: function (data) {
+            return JST[this.templateName](data);
+        },
 
         render: function () {
             this.$el.html(this.template(_.extend({active: this.active}, this.model.toJSON())));
@@ -157,7 +161,11 @@
             window.location = '/ghost/editor/' + this.model.get('id');
         },
 
-        template: JST['content/preview'],
+        templateName: "preview",
+
+        template: function (data) {
+            return JST[this.templateName](data);
+        },
 
         render: function () {
             if (this.activeId) {
diff --git a/core/admin/assets/js/views/dashboard.js b/core/admin/assets/js/views/dashboard.js
index 568c329546..ace0f4a6ba 100644
--- a/core/admin/assets/js/views/dashboard.js
+++ b/core/admin/assets/js/views/dashboard.js
@@ -139,7 +139,11 @@
             this.render();
         },
 
-        template: JST['content/widget'],
+        templateName: "widget",
+
+        template: function (data) {
+            return JST[this.templateName](data);
+        },
 
         render: function () {
             this.$el.html(this.template(this.model.toJSON()));
@@ -155,12 +159,11 @@
     // ----------
     WidgetContent = Ghost.View.extend({
 
-        getTemplate: function () {
-            return JST['content/widgets/' + this.model.attributes.content.template];
+        template: function (data) {
+            return JST['widgets/' + this.model.attributes.content.template](data);
         },
 
         render: function () {
-            this.template =  this.getTemplate();
             this.$el.html(this.template(this.model.toJSON()));
             return this;
         }