diff --git a/assets/static/templates.js b/assets/static/templates.js
index ecfdb633b..88dc03d3f 100644
--- a/assets/static/templates.js
+++ b/assets/static/templates.js
@@ -1,77 +1,71 @@
-/* globals _ */     // underscore.js
+const $ = require("jquery");
+const _ = require("underscore");
 
-/* exported Templates */
-var Templates = (function() {
+var templates = {},
+    config = {
+        // popover with the list of most common labels
+        breakdown: "#breakdown",
+        breakdownContent: "#breakdown-content",
 
-    var templates = {},
-        config = {
-            // popover with the list of most common labels
-            breakdown: "#breakdown",
-            breakdownContent: "#breakdown-content",
+        // reload message if backend version bump is detected
+        reloadNeeded: "#reload-needed",
 
-            // reload message if backend version bump is detected
-            reloadNeeded: "#reload-needed",
+        // errors
+        fatalError: "#fatal-error",
+        internalError: "#internal-error",
+        updateError: "#update-error",
+        instanceError: "#instance-error",
+        configError: "#configuration-error",
 
-            // errors
-            fatalError: "#fatal-error",
-            internalError: "#internal-error",
-            updateError: "#update-error",
-            instanceError: "#instance-error",
-            configError: "#configuration-error",
+        // modal popup with label filters
+        modalTitle: "#modal-title",
+        modalBody: "#modal-body",
 
-            // modal popup with label filters
-            modalTitle: "#modal-title",
-            modalBody: "#modal-body",
+        // modal popup with silence form
+        silenceForm: "#silence-form",
+        silenceFormValidationError: "#silence-form-validation-error",
+        silenceFormResults: "#silence-form-results",
+        silenceFormSuccess: "#silence-form-success",
+        silenceFormError: "#silence-form-error",
+        silenceFormFatal: "#silence-form-fatal",
+        silenceFormLoading: "#silence-form-loading",
 
-            // modal popup with silence form
-            silenceForm: "#silence-form",
-            silenceFormValidationError: "#silence-form-validation-error",
-            silenceFormResults: "#silence-form-results",
-            silenceFormSuccess: "#silence-form-success",
-            silenceFormError: "#silence-form-error",
-            silenceFormFatal: "#silence-form-fatal",
-            silenceFormLoading: "#silence-form-loading",
+        // label button
+        buttonLabel: "#label-button-filter",
 
-            // label button
-            buttonLabel: "#label-button-filter",
-
-            // alert group
-            alertGroup: "#alert-group",
-            alertGroupTitle: "#alert-group-title",
-            alertGroupAnnotations: "#alert-group-annotations",
-            alertGroupLabels: "#alert-group-labels",
-            alertGroupElements: "#alert-group-elements",
-            alertGroupSilence: "#alert-group-silence",
-            alertGroupLabelMap: "#alert-group-label-map"
-        };
-
-    var init = function() {
-        $.each(config, function(name, selector) {
-            try {
-                templates[name] = _.template($(selector).html());
-            } catch (err) {
-                console.error("Failed to parse template " + name + " " + selector);
-                console.error(err);
-            }
-        });
+        // alert group
+        alertGroup: "#alert-group",
+        alertGroupTitle: "#alert-group-title",
+        alertGroupAnnotations: "#alert-group-annotations",
+        alertGroupLabels: "#alert-group-labels",
+        alertGroupElements: "#alert-group-elements",
+        alertGroupSilence: "#alert-group-silence",
+        alertGroupLabelMap: "#alert-group-label-map"
     };
 
-    var renderTemplate = function(name, context) {
-        var t = templates[name];
-        if (t === undefined) {
-            console.error("Unknown template " + name);
-            return "<div class='jumbotron'><h1>Internal error: unknown template " + name + "</h1></div>";
-        }
+var init = function() {
+    $.each(config, function(name, selector) {
         try {
-            return t(context);
+            templates[name] = _.template($(selector).html());
         } catch (err) {
-            return "<div class='jumbotron'>Failed to render template " + name + "<h1><p>" + err + "</p></h1></div>";
+            console.error("Failed to parse template " + name + " " + selector);
+            console.error(err);
         }
-    };
+    });
+};
 
-    return {
-        Init: init,
-        Render: renderTemplate
-    };
+var renderTemplate = function(name, context) {
+    var t = templates[name];
+    if (t === undefined) {
+        console.error("Unknown template " + name);
+        return "<div class='jumbotron'><h1>Internal error: unknown template " + name + "</h1></div>";
+    }
+    try {
+        return t(context);
+    } catch (err) {
+        return "<div class='jumbotron'>Failed to render template " + name + "<h1><p>" + err + "</p></h1></div>";
+    }
+};
 
-})();
+exports.init = init;
+exports.renderTemplate = renderTemplate;