diff --git a/core/server/services/route-settings/index.js b/core/server/services/route-settings/index.js
index 70a14c8887..577a60f745 100644
--- a/core/server/services/route-settings/index.js
+++ b/core/server/services/route-settings/index.js
@@ -1 +1,23 @@
-module.exports = require('./route-settings');
+const routeSettings = require('./route-settings');
+const SettingsLoader = require('./loader');
+const ensureSettingsFile = require('./ensure-settings');
+
+module.exports = {
+    init: async () => {
+        // Make sure that supported settings files are available
+        // inside of the `content/setting` directory
+        return ensureSettingsFile('routes.yaml');
+    },
+
+    loadRouteSettingsSync: SettingsLoader.loadSettingsSync,
+    loadRouteSettings: SettingsLoader.loadSettings,
+    getDefaultHash: routeSettings.getDefaultHash,
+    /**
+     * Methods used in the API
+     */
+    api: {
+        setFromFilePath: routeSettings.setFromFilePath,
+        get: routeSettings.get,
+        getCurrentHash: routeSettings.getCurrentHash
+    }
+};
diff --git a/core/server/services/route-settings/route-settings.js b/core/server/services/route-settings/route-settings.js
index 7a8868961b..3afb2bf0f7 100644
--- a/core/server/services/route-settings/route-settings.js
+++ b/core/server/services/route-settings/route-settings.js
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ const errors = require('@tryghost/errors');
 const tpl = require('@tryghost/tpl');
 const config = require('../../../shared/config');
 const bridge = require('../../../bridge');
-const ensureSettingsFile = require('./ensure-settings');
 const SettingsLoader = require('./loader');
 
 const messages = {
@@ -133,18 +132,6 @@ const get = async () => {
     return readFile(settingsFilePath);
 };
 
-const init = function () {
-    debug('init routes settings service');
-
-    // Make sure that supported settings files are available
-    // inside of the `content/setting` directory
-    return ensureSettingsFile('routes.yaml');
-};
-
-module.exports.init = init;
-module.exports.loadRouteSettingsSync = SettingsLoader.loadSettingsSync;
-module.exports.loadRouteSettings = SettingsLoader.loadSettings;
-
 /**
  * md5 hashes of default routes settings
  */
@@ -156,7 +143,7 @@ const calculateHash = (data) => {
         .digest('hex');
 };
 
-module.exports.getDefaultHash = () => {
+const getDefaultHash = () => {
     return defaultRoutesSettingHash;
 };
 
@@ -166,7 +153,8 @@ const getCurrentHash = async () => {
     return calculateHash(JSON.stringify(data));
 };
 
-module.exports.api = {
+module.exports = {
+    getDefaultHash: getDefaultHash,
     setFromFilePath: setFromFilePath,
     get: get,
     getCurrentHash: getCurrentHash