diff --git a/packages/string-templates/src/helpers/javascript.js b/packages/string-templates/src/helpers/javascript.js
index 301833fd34..2c2802c64c 100644
--- a/packages/string-templates/src/helpers/javascript.js
+++ b/packages/string-templates/src/helpers/javascript.js
@@ -27,19 +27,39 @@ const getContextValue = (path, context) => {
   return data
 }
 
+// Node polyfill for base64 encoding
+const btoa = plainText => {
+  return Buffer.from(plainText, "utf-8").toString("base64")
+}
+
+// Node polyfill for base64 decoding
+const atob = base64 => {
+  return Buffer.from(base64, "base64").toString("utf-8")
+}
+
 // Evaluates JS code against a certain context
 module.exports.processJS = (handlebars, context) => {
+  // Do not evaluate JS in a node environment
+  if (typeof window === "undefined") {
+    return "JS bindings are not executed in a Node environment"
+  }
+
   try {
     // Wrap JS in a function and immediately invoke it.
     // This is required to allow the final `return` statement to be valid.
     const js = `function run(){${atob(handlebars)}};run();`
 
     // Our $ context function gets a value from context
-    const sandboxContext = { $: path => getContextValue(path, context) }
+    const sandboxContext = {
+      $: path => getContextValue(path, context),
+      alert: undefined,
+      setInterval: undefined,
+      setTimeout: undefined,
+    }
 
     // Create a sandbox with out context and run the JS
     vm.createContext(sandboxContext)
-    return vm.runInNewContext(js, sandboxContext)
+    return vm.runInNewContext(js, sandboxContext, { timeout: 1000 })
   } catch (error) {
     return "Error while executing JS"
   }
diff --git a/packages/string-templates/test/javascript.spec.js b/packages/string-templates/test/javascript.spec.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..07cc72c298
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/string-templates/test/javascript.spec.js
@@ -0,0 +1,87 @@
+const { processStringSync, encodeJSBinding } = require("../src/index.cjs")
+
+const processJS = (js, context) => {
+  return processStringSync(encodeJSBinding(js), context)
+}
+
+describe("Test the JavaScript helper in Node", () => {
+  it("should not execute JS in Node", () => {
+    const output = processJS(`return 1`)
+    expect(output).toBe("JS bindings are not executed in a Node environment")
+  })
+})
+
+describe("Test the JavaScript helper", () => {
+  // JS bindings do not get evaluated on the server for safety.
+  // Since we want to run SJ for tests, we fake a window object to make
+  // it think that we're in the browser
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    window = {}
+  })
+
+  it("should execute a simple expression", () => {
+    const output = processJS(`return 1 + 2`)
+    expect(output).toBe("3")
+  })
+
+  it("should be able to use primitive bindings", () => {
+    const output = processJS(`return $("foo")`, {
+      foo: "bar",
+    })
+    expect(output).toBe("bar")
+  })
+
+  it("should be able to use an object binding", () => {
+    const output = processJS(`return $("foo").bar`, {
+      foo: {
+        bar: "baz",
+      },
+    })
+    expect(output).toBe("baz")
+  })
+
+  it("should be able to use a complex object binding", () => {
+    const output = processJS(`return $("foo").bar[0].baz`, {
+      foo: {
+        bar: [
+          {
+            baz: "shazbat",
+          },
+        ],
+      },
+    })
+    expect(output).toBe("shazbat")
+  })
+
+  it("should be able to use a deep binding", () => {
+    const output = processJS(`return $("foo.bar.baz")`, {
+      foo: {
+        bar: {
+          baz: "shazbat",
+        },
+      },
+    })
+    expect(output).toBe("shazbat")
+  })
+
+  it("should be able to use a deep array binding", () => {
+    const output = processJS(`return $("foo.0.bar")`, {
+      foo: [
+        {
+          bar: "baz",
+        },
+      ],
+    })
+    expect(output).toBe("baz")
+  })
+
+  it("should handle errors", () => {
+    const output = processJS(`throw "Error"`)
+    expect(output).toBe("Error while executing JS")
+  })
+
+  it("should timeout after one second", () => {
+    const output = processJS(`while (true) {}`)
+    expect(output).toBe("Error while executing JS")
+  })
+})