diff --git a/ghost/limit-service/lib/limit.js b/ghost/limit-service/lib/limit.js
index cab8ff23ea..6edab24f1f 100644
--- a/ghost/limit-service/lib/limit.js
+++ b/ghost/limit-service/lib/limit.js
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 const errors = require('@tryghost/errors');
-const _ = require('lodash');
 
+// run in context allows us to change the templateSettings without causing havoc
+const _ = require('lodash').runInContext();
 _.templateSettings.interpolate = /{{([\s\S]+?)}}/g;
 
 class Limit {
diff --git a/ghost/limit-service/test/hello.test.js b/ghost/limit-service/test/hello.test.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 85d69d1e08..0000000000
--- a/ghost/limit-service/test/hello.test.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
-// Switch these lines once there are useful utils
-// const testUtils = require('./utils');
-require('./utils');
-
-describe('Hello world', function () {
-    it('Runs a test', function () {
-        // TODO: Write me!
-        'hello'.should.eql('hello');
-    });
-});
diff --git a/ghost/limit-service/test/template.test.js b/ghost/limit-service/test/template.test.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9af1622970
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ghost/limit-service/test/template.test.js
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+// Switch these lines once there are useful utils
+// const testUtils = require('./utils');
+require('./utils');
+
+describe('Lodash Template', function () {
+    it('Does not get clobbered by this lib', function () {
+        require('../lib/limit');
+        let _ = require('lodash');
+
+        _.templateSettings.interpolate.should.eql(/<%=([\s\S]+?)%>/g);
+    });
+});