diff --git a/lib/cartodb/controllers/named_maps.js b/lib/cartodb/controllers/named_maps.js
index 2c52d2fc..c285b25f 100644
--- a/lib/cartodb/controllers/named_maps.js
+++ b/lib/cartodb/controllers/named_maps.js
@@ -40,6 +40,8 @@ NamedMapsController.prototype.register = function(app) {
         this.prepareContext,
         this.getNamedMapProvider(),
         this.prepareLayerFilterFromPreviewLayers(),
+        this.getStaticImageOptions(),
+        this.getImage(),
         this.staticMap.bind(this)
     );
 };
@@ -166,47 +168,23 @@ NamedMapsController.prototype.staticMap = function(req, res, next) {
 
     var cdbUser = res.locals.user;
 
-    var format = req.params.format === 'jpg' ? 'jpeg' : 'png';
-    // We force always the tile to be generated using PNG because
-    // is the only format we support by now
-    res.locals.format = 'png';
-    res.locals.layer = res.locals.layer || 'all';
+    const { namedMapProvider, image, headers, stats } = res.locals;
 
-    const { namedMapProvider } = res.locals;
     step(
-        function prepareImageOptions(err) {
-            assert.ifError(err);
-            self.getStaticImageOptions(cdbUser, res.locals, namedMapProvider, this);
-        },
-        function getImage(err, imageOpts) {
-            assert.ifError(err);
-
-            var width = +req.params.width;
-            var height = +req.params.height;
-
-            if (!_.isUndefined(imageOpts.zoom) && imageOpts.center) {
-                self.previewBackend.getImage(
-                    namedMapProvider, format, width, height, imageOpts.zoom, imageOpts.center, this);
-            } else {
-                self.previewBackend.getImage(
-                    namedMapProvider, format, width, height, imageOpts.bounds, this);
-            }
-        },
-        function incrementMapViews(err, image, headers, stats) {
-            assert.ifError(err);
-
+        function incrementMapViews() {
             var next = this;
             namedMapProvider.getMapConfig(function(mapConfigErr, mapConfig) {
                 self.metadataBackend.incMapviewCount(cdbUser, mapConfig.obj().stat_tag, function(sErr) {
-                    if (err) {
+                    if (sErr) {
                         global.logger.log("ERROR: failed to increment mapview count for user '%s': %s", cdbUser, sErr);
                     }
-                    next(err, image, headers, stats);
+
+                    next(null, image, headers, stats);
                 });
             });
         },
         function handleImage(err, image, headers, stats) {
-            req.profiler.done('render-' + format);
+            req.profiler.done('render-' + res.locals.format);
             req.profiler.add(stats || {});
 
             if (err) {
@@ -231,84 +209,138 @@ function numMapper(n) {
     return +n;
 }
 
-NamedMapsController.prototype.getStaticImageOptions = function(cdbUser, params, namedMapProvider, callback) {
-    var self = this;
+NamedMapsController.prototype.getStaticImageOptions = function () {
+    return function getStaticImageOptionsMiddleware(req, res, next) {
+        var self = this;
 
-    if ([params.zoom, params.lon, params.lat].map(numMapper).every(Number.isFinite)) {
-        return callback(null, {
-            zoom: params.zoom,
-            center: {
-                lng: params.lon,
-                lat: params.lat
-            }
-        });
-    }
+        const { user, namedMapProvider, zoom, lon, lat, bbox } = res.locals;
 
-    if (params.bbox) {
-        var bbox = params.bbox.split(',').map(numMapper);
-        if (bbox.length === 4 && bbox.every(Number.isFinite)) {
-            return callback(null, {
-                bounds: {
-                    west: bbox[0],
-                    south: bbox[1],
-                    east: bbox[2],
-                    north: bbox[3]
+        if ([zoom, lon, lat].map(numMapper).every(Number.isFinite)) {
+            res.locals.imageOpts = {
+                zoom: zoom,
+                center: {
+                    lng: lon,
+                    lat: lat
                 }
-            });
+            };
+
+            return next();
         }
-    }
 
-    step(
-        function getTemplate() {
-            namedMapProvider.getTemplate(this);
-        },
-        function handleTemplateView(err, template) {
-            assert.ifError(err);
-
-            if (template.view) {
-                var zoomCenter = templateZoomCenter(template.view);
-                if (zoomCenter) {
-                    if (Number.isFinite(+params.zoom)) {
-                        zoomCenter.zoom = +params.zoom;
+        if (bbox) {
+            var _bbox = bbox.split(',').map(numMapper);
+            if (_bbox.length === 4 && _bbox.every(Number.isFinite)) {
+                res.locals.imageOpts = {
+                    bounds: {
+                        west: _bbox[0],
+                        south: _bbox[1],
+                        east: _bbox[2],
+                        north: _bbox[3]
                     }
-                    return zoomCenter;
-                }
+                };
 
-                var bounds = templateBounds(template.view);
-                if (bounds) {
-                    return bounds;
-                }
+                return next();
             }
-
-            return false;
-        },
-        function estimateBoundsIfNoImageOpts(err, imageOpts) {
-            if (imageOpts) {
-                return imageOpts;
-            }
-
-            var next = this;
-            namedMapProvider.getAffectedTablesAndLastUpdatedTime(function(err, affectedTablesAndLastUpdate) {
-                if (err) {
-                    return next(null);
-                }
-
-                var affectedTables = affectedTablesAndLastUpdate.tables || [];
-
-                if (affectedTables.length === 0) {
-                    return next(null);
-                }
-
-                self.tablesExtentApi.getBounds(cdbUser, affectedTables, function(err, result) {
-                    return next(null, result);
-                });
-            });
-
-        },
-        function returnCallback(err, imageOpts) {
-            return callback(err, imageOpts || DEFAULT_ZOOM_CENTER);
         }
-    );
+
+        step(
+            function getTemplate() {
+                namedMapProvider.getTemplate(this);
+            },
+            function handleTemplateView(err, template) {
+                assert.ifError(err);
+
+                if (template.view) {
+                    var zoomCenter = templateZoomCenter(template.view);
+                    if (zoomCenter) {
+                        if (Number.isFinite(+zoom)) {
+                            zoomCenter.zoom = +zoom;
+                        }
+                        return zoomCenter;
+                    }
+
+                    var bounds = templateBounds(template.view);
+                    if (bounds) {
+                        return bounds;
+                    }
+                }
+
+                return false;
+            },
+            function estimateBoundsIfNoImageOpts(err, imageOpts) {
+                if (imageOpts) {
+                    return imageOpts;
+                }
+
+                var _next = this;
+                namedMapProvider.getAffectedTablesAndLastUpdatedTime(function(err, affectedTablesAndLastUpdate) {
+                    if (err) {
+                        return _next(null);
+                    }
+
+                    var affectedTables = affectedTablesAndLastUpdate.tables || [];
+
+                    if (affectedTables.length === 0) {
+                        return _next(null);
+                    }
+
+                    self.tablesExtentApi.getBounds(user, affectedTables, function (err, result) {
+                        return _next(null, result);
+                    });
+                });
+
+            },
+            function returnCallback(err, imageOpts) {
+                res.locals.imageOpts = imageOpts || DEFAULT_ZOOM_CENTER;
+                return next();
+            }
+        );
+    }.bind(this);
+};
+
+NamedMapsController.prototype.getImage = function () {
+    return function getImageMiddleware (req, res, next) {
+        const { imageOpts, namedMapProvider } = res.locals;
+        const { zoom, center, bounds } = imageOpts;
+
+        let { width, height } = req.params;
+
+        width = +width;
+        height = +height;
+
+        const format = req.params.format === 'jpg' ? 'jpeg' : 'png';
+        // We force always the tile to be generated using PNG because
+        // is the only format we support by now
+        res.locals.format = 'png';
+        res.locals.layer = res.locals.layer || 'all';
+
+        if (!_.isUndefined(zoom) && center) {
+            return this.previewBackend.getImage(namedMapProvider, format, width, height, zoom, center,
+                (err, image, headers, stats) => {
+                if (err) {
+                    return next(err);
+                }
+
+                res.locals.image = image;
+                res.locals.headers = headers;
+                res.locals.stats = stats;
+
+                next();
+            });
+        }
+
+        this.previewBackend.getImage(namedMapProvider, format, width, height, bounds, (err, image, headers, stats) => {
+            if (err) {
+                return next(err);
+            }
+
+            res.locals.image = image;
+            res.locals.headers = headers;
+            res.locals.stats = stats;
+
+            next();
+        });
+    }.bind(this);
 };
 
 function templateZoomCenter(view) {