diff --git a/lib/handlers.js b/lib/handlers.js
index 0718a433..0b49127f 100644
--- a/lib/handlers.js
+++ b/lib/handlers.js
@@ -178,13 +178,9 @@ module.exports = handlers = {
   },
   renderFiles: function (req, res, files) {
     files = files || handlers.defaultFiles();
-    async.files(files, req.helpers.set('views')).readFile("utf8").toArray(function (err, results) {
+    handlers.loadFiles(files, req.helpers, function (err, results) {
       if (!err) {
-        handlers.render(req, res, {
-          html: results[0].data,
-          css: results[1].data,
-          javascript: results[2].data
-        });
+        handlers.render(req, res, results);
       }
     });
   },
@@ -235,6 +231,20 @@ module.exports = handlers = {
       return 'default.' + ext;
     });
   },
+  loadFiles: function (files, helpers, fn) {
+    files = files || handlers.defaultFiles();
+    async.files(files, helpers.set('views')).readFile("utf8").toArray(function (err, results) {
+      if (!err) {
+        fn(null, {
+          html: results[0].data,
+          css: results[1].data,
+          javascript: results[2].data
+        });
+      } else {
+        fn(err);
+      }
+    });
+  },
   formatPreview: function (bin, helpers, options, fn) {
     var formatted = bin.html || '',
         insert = [], parts, last, context;