diff --git a/lib/cartodb/controllers/named_maps.js b/lib/cartodb/controllers/named_maps.js
index 437a37cc..1d419db7 100644
--- a/lib/cartodb/controllers/named_maps.js
+++ b/lib/cartodb/controllers/named_maps.js
@@ -41,9 +41,18 @@ NamedMapsController.prototype.tile = function(req, res) {
     var template;
     var layergroupConfig;
     var layergroupId;
-    var fakeReq;
+    var params;
     var cacheChannel;
 
+    var layergroupDecorator = {
+        beforeLayergroupCreate: function(requestMapConfig, callback) {
+            self.serverOptions.beforeLayergroupCreate(req, requestMapConfig, callback);
+        },
+        afterLayergroupCreate: function(layergroup, response, callback) {
+            self.serverOptions.afterLayergroupCreate(req, layergroup, response, callback);
+        }
+    };
+
     step(
         function reqParams() {
             self.app.req2params(req, this);
@@ -106,22 +115,14 @@ NamedMapsController.prototype.tile = function(req, res) {
         function prepareLayergroup(err, layergroup) {
             assert.ifError(err);
             layergroupConfig = layergroup;
-            fakeReq = {
-                query: {},
-                params: _.extend({}, req.params, {
-                    user: req.params.user
-                }),
-                headers: _.clone(req.headers),
-                context: _.clone(req.context),
-                method: req.method,
-                res: res,
-                profiler: req.profiler
-            };
-            self.serverOptions.setDBParams(cdbUser, fakeReq.params, this);
+            params = _.extend({}, req.params, {
+                user: req.params.user
+            });
+            self.serverOptions.setDBParams(cdbUser, params, this);
         },
         function setApiKey(err){
             assert.ifError(err);
-            self.mapBackend.createLayergroup(layergroupConfig, fakeReq, this);
+            self.mapBackend.createLayergroup(layergroupConfig, params, layergroupDecorator, this);
         },
         function prepareResponse(err, layergroup) {
             assert.ifError(err);
@@ -139,9 +140,12 @@ NamedMapsController.prototype.tile = function(req, res) {
             assert.ifError(err);
 
             req.params.token = layergroupId;
-            self.mapBackend.getTileOrGrid(req, res, this);
+            self.mapBackend.getTileOrGrid(req.params, this);
         },
-        function handleImage(err, req, res, tile, headers) {
+        function handleImage(err, tile, headers, stats) {
+            if (req.profiler) {
+                req.profiler.add(stats);
+            }
             if (err) {
                 if (!err.error) {
                     err.error = err.message;
@@ -344,7 +348,7 @@ NamedMapsController.prototype.jsonp = function(req, res) {
         req.profiler.start('windshaft-cartodb.instance_template_get');
     }
     step(
-        function instantiateTemplate() {
+        function jsonp$instantiateTemplate() {
             if ( req.query.callback === undefined || req.query.callback.length === 0) {
                 throw new Error('callback parameter should be present and be a function name');
             }
@@ -370,10 +374,21 @@ NamedMapsController.prototype.instantiateTemplate = function(req, res, template_
 
     this.app.doCORS(res);
 
+    var layergroupDecorator = {
+        beforeLayergroupCreate: function(requestMapConfig, callback) {
+            self.serverOptions.beforeLayergroupCreate(req, requestMapConfig, callback);
+        },
+        afterLayergroupCreate: function(layergroup, response, callback) {
+            self.serverOptions.afterLayergroupCreate(req, layergroup, response, callback);
+        }
+    };
+
     var template;
     var layergroup;
-    var fakereq; // used for call to createLayergroup
     var cdbuser = cdbRequest.userByReq(req);
+    var params = {
+        user: req.params.user
+    };
     // Format of template_id: [<template_owner>]@<template_id>
     var tpl_id = templateName(req.params.template_id);
     var auth_token = req.query.auth_token;
@@ -416,18 +431,7 @@ NamedMapsController.prototype.instantiateTemplate = function(req, res, template_
             if ( req.profiler ) req.profiler.done('TemplateMaps_instance');
             if ( err ) throw err;
             layergroup = instance;
-            fakereq = {
-                query: {},
-                params: {
-                    user: req.params.user
-                },
-                headers: _.clone(req.headers),
-                context: _.clone(req.context),
-                method: req.method,
-                res: res,
-                profiler: req.profiler
-            };
-            self.serverOptions.setDBParams(cdbuser, fakereq.params, this);
+            self.serverOptions.setDBParams(cdbuser, params, this);
         },
         function setApiKey(err){
             if ( req.profiler ) req.profiler.done('setDBParams');
@@ -437,8 +441,8 @@ NamedMapsController.prototype.instantiateTemplate = function(req, res, template_
         function createLayergroup(err, val) {
             if ( req.profiler ) req.profiler.done('getUserMapKey');
             if ( err ) throw err;
-            fakereq.params.api_key = val;
-            self.mapBackend.createLayergroup(layergroup, fakereq, this);
+            params.api_key = val;
+            self.mapBackend.createLayergroup(layergroup, params, layergroupDecorator, this);
         },
         function prepareResponse(err, layergroup) {
             if ( err ) {
diff --git a/lib/cartodb/controllers/named_static_maps.js b/lib/cartodb/controllers/named_static_maps.js
index f9eeceaa..1a64762f 100644
--- a/lib/cartodb/controllers/named_static_maps.js
+++ b/lib/cartodb/controllers/named_static_maps.js
@@ -36,8 +36,18 @@ NamedStaticMapsController.prototype.named = function(req, res) {
     var layergroupConfig;
     var layergroupId;
     var fakeReq;
+    var params;
     var cacheChannel;
 
+    var layergroupDecorator = {
+        beforeLayergroupCreate: function(requestMapConfig, callback) {
+            self.serverOptions.beforeLayergroupCreate(req, requestMapConfig, callback);
+        },
+        afterLayergroupCreate: function(layergroup, response, callback) {
+            self.serverOptions.afterLayergroupCreate(req, layergroup, response, callback);
+        }
+    };
+
     step(
         function reqParams() {
             self.app.req2params(req, this);
@@ -100,22 +110,14 @@ NamedStaticMapsController.prototype.named = function(req, res) {
         function prepareLayergroup(err, layergroup) {
             assert.ifError(err);
             layergroupConfig = layergroup;
-            fakeReq = {
-                query: {},
-                params: {
-                    user: req.params.user
-                },
-                headers: _.clone(req.headers),
-                context: _.clone(req.context),
-                method: req.method,
-                res: res,
-                profiler: req.profiler
+            params = {
+                user: req.params.user
             };
-            self.serverOptions.setDBParams(cdbUser, fakeReq.params, this);
+            self.serverOptions.setDBParams(cdbUser, params, this);
         },
         function setApiKey(err){
             assert.ifError(err);
-            self.mapBackend.createLayergroup(layergroupConfig, fakeReq, this);
+            self.mapBackend.createLayergroup(layergroupConfig, params, layergroupDecorator, this);
         },
         function prepareResponse(err, layergroup) {
             assert.ifError(err);
@@ -165,21 +167,18 @@ NamedStaticMapsController.prototype.named = function(req, res) {
         function getImage(err, imageOpts) {
             assert.ifError(err);
 
-            var staticImageReq = {
-                headers: _.clone(fakeReq.headers),
-                params: _.extend(_.clone(fakeReq.params), {
-                    token: layergroupId,
-                    format: req.params.format
-                })
-            };
+            var imageParams = _.extend({}, params, {
+                token: layergroupId,
+                format: req.params.format
+            });
 
             var width = +req.params.width;
             var height = +req.params.height;
 
             if (!_.isUndefined(imageOpts.zoom) && imageOpts.center) {
-                self.staticMapBackend.getImage(staticImageReq, width, height, imageOpts.zoom, imageOpts.center, this);
+                self.staticMapBackend.getImage(imageParams, width, height, imageOpts.zoom, imageOpts.center, this);
             } else {
-                self.staticMapBackend.getImage(staticImageReq, width, height, imageOpts.bounds, this);
+                self.staticMapBackend.getImage(imageParams, width, height, imageOpts.bounds, this);
             }
         },
         function handleImage(err, image, headers, stats) {