diff --git a/lib/cartodb/controllers/named_maps.js b/lib/cartodb/controllers/named_maps.js
index c285b25f..07ee91da 100644
--- a/lib/cartodb/controllers/named_maps.js
+++ b/lib/cartodb/controllers/named_maps.js
@@ -42,7 +42,8 @@ NamedMapsController.prototype.register = function(app) {
         this.prepareLayerFilterFromPreviewLayers(),
         this.getStaticImageOptions(),
         this.getImage(),
-        this.staticMap.bind(this)
+        this.incrementMapViews(),
+        this.handleImage()
     );
 };
 
@@ -163,39 +164,6 @@ NamedMapsController.prototype.tile = function(req, res, next) {
     });
 };
 
-NamedMapsController.prototype.staticMap = function(req, res, next) {
-    var self = this;
-
-    var cdbUser = res.locals.user;
-
-    const { namedMapProvider, image, headers, stats } = res.locals;
-
-    step(
-        function incrementMapViews() {
-            var next = this;
-            namedMapProvider.getMapConfig(function(mapConfigErr, mapConfig) {
-                self.metadataBackend.incMapviewCount(cdbUser, mapConfig.obj().stat_tag, function(sErr) {
-                    if (sErr) {
-                        global.logger.log("ERROR: failed to increment mapview count for user '%s': %s", cdbUser, sErr);
-                    }
-
-                    next(null, image, headers, stats);
-                });
-            });
-        },
-        function handleImage(err, image, headers, stats) {
-            req.profiler.done('render-' + res.locals.format);
-            req.profiler.add(stats || {});
-
-            if (err) {
-                err.label = 'STATIC_VIZ_MAP';
-                next(err);
-            } else {
-                self.sendResponse(req, res, image, headers, namedMapProvider);
-            }
-        }
-    );
-};
 
 var DEFAULT_ZOOM_CENTER = {
     zoom: 1,
@@ -343,6 +311,42 @@ NamedMapsController.prototype.getImage = function () {
     }.bind(this);
 };
 
+const incrementMapViewsError = ctx => `ERROR: failed to increment mapview count for user '${ctx.user}': ${ctx.err}`;
+
+NamedMapsController.prototype.incrementMapViews = function () {
+    return function incrementMapViewsMiddleware(req, res, next) {
+        const { user, namedMapProvider } = res.locals;
+
+        namedMapProvider.getMapConfig((err, mapConfig) => {
+            if (err) {
+                global.logger.log(incrementMapViewsError({ user, err }));
+                return next();
+            }
+
+            const statTag = mapConfig.obj().stat_tag;
+
+            this.metadataBackend.incMapviewCount(user, statTag, (err) => {
+                if (err) {
+                    global.logger.log(incrementMapViewsError({ user, err }));
+                }
+
+                next();
+            });
+        });
+    }.bind(this);
+};
+
+NamedMapsController.prototype.handleImage = function () {
+    return function handleImageMiddleware (req, res) {
+        const { namedMapProvider, image, headers, stats = {}, format } = res.locals;
+
+        req.profiler.done('render-' + format);
+        req.profiler.add(stats);
+
+        this.sendResponse(req, res, image, headers, namedMapProvider);
+    }.bind(this);
+};
+
 function templateZoomCenter(view) {
     if (!_.isUndefined(view.zoom) && view.center) {
         return {