diff --git a/packages/server/src/jsRunner.ts b/packages/server/src/jsRunner.ts
index 179e736fb2..baf4a19d11 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/jsRunner.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/jsRunner.ts
@@ -5,12 +5,12 @@ import { context } from "@budibase/backend-core"
 import tracer from "dd-trace"
 import fs from "fs"
 
-const helpersSource = fs.readFileSync(
-  `${require.resolve("@budibase/string-templates/index-helpers")}`,
-  "utf8"
-)
-
 export function init() {
+  const helpersSource = fs.readFileSync(
+    `${require.resolve("@budibase/string-templates/index-helpers")}`,
+    "utf8"
+  )
+
   setJSRunner((js: string, ctx: Record<string, any>) => {
     return tracer.trace("runJS", {}, span => {
       const bbCtx = context.getCurrentContext()!
diff --git a/packages/string-templates/src/index-helpers.js b/packages/string-templates/src/index-helpers.js
index 0dc97f3f7c..2358a9818f 100644
--- a/packages/string-templates/src/index-helpers.js
+++ b/packages/string-templates/src/index-helpers.js
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ const externalCollections = {
   string: require("@budibase/handlebars-helpers/lib/string"),
   // comparison: require("@budibase/handlebars-helpers/lib/comparison"),
   object: require("@budibase/handlebars-helpers/lib/object"),
-  // regex: require("@budibase/handlebars-helpers/lib/regex"),
+  regex: require("@budibase/handlebars-helpers/lib/regex"),
   // uuid: require("@budibase/handlebars-helpers/lib/uuid"),
 }