diff --git a/pkg/dashboard/dashboard.go b/pkg/dashboard/dashboard.go
index a2a381f9..0242f10b 100644
--- a/pkg/dashboard/dashboard.go
+++ b/pkg/dashboard/dashboard.go
@@ -10,6 +10,9 @@ import (
 	"github.com/reactiveops/fairwinds/pkg/validator"
 )
 
+const TEMPLATE_NAME = "dashboard.gohtml"
+const TEMPLATE_FILE = "pkg/dashboard/templates/" + TEMPLATE_NAME
+
 // TemplateData represents data in a format that's template friendly.
 type TemplateData struct {
 	ClusterSummary    *validator.ResultSummary
@@ -23,9 +26,31 @@ func MainHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request, c conf.Configuration, k
 		http.Error(w, "Error Fetching Deployments", 500)
 		return
 	}
-
-	tmpl := template.Must(template.ParseFiles("pkg/dashboard/templates/dashboard.gohtml"))
-	tmpl.Execute(w, templateData)
+    tmpl, err := template.New(TEMPLATE_NAME).Funcs(template.FuncMap{
+	    "getWarningWidth": func(rs validator.ResultSummary, fullWidth int) uint {
+			return uint(float64(rs.Successes+rs.Warnings) / float64(rs.Successes+rs.Warnings+rs.Failures) * float64(fullWidth))
+		},
+	    "getSuccessWidth": func(rs validator.ResultSummary, fullWidth int) uint {
+			return uint(float64(rs.Successes) / float64(rs.Successes+rs.Warnings+rs.Failures) * float64(fullWidth))
+	    },
+        "getCharCode": func(rm validator.ResultMessage) string {
+			switch rm.Type {
+			case "success":
+				return "9745"
+			case "warning":
+				return "9888"
+			default:
+				return "9746"
+			}
+		},
+    }).ParseFiles(TEMPLATE_FILE)
+	if err != nil {
+		panic(err)
+	}
+	err = template.Must(tmpl.Clone()).Execute(w, templateData)
+    if err != nil {
+		http.Error(w, err.Error(), http.StatusInternalServerError)
+    }
 }
 
 // EndpointHandler gets template data and renders json with it.
diff --git a/pkg/dashboard/templates/dashboard.gohtml b/pkg/dashboard/templates/dashboard.gohtml
index 427f8e6a..9a9550e0 100644
--- a/pkg/dashboard/templates/dashboard.gohtml
+++ b/pkg/dashboard/templates/dashboard.gohtml
@@ -53,8 +53,8 @@
                     <div class="extra">
                       <h4>Pod:</h4>
                       <ul>
-                        {{ range .Messages}}
-                          <li class="{{ .Type }}"><span>&#{{ .HTMLSpecialCharCode }};</span> {{ .Message }}</li>
+                        {{ range $message := .Messages}}
+                          <li class="{{ .Type }}"><span>&#{{ getCharCode $message }};</span> {{ .Message }}</li>
                         {{ end }}
                       </ul>
                     </div>
@@ -62,8 +62,8 @@
                       <div class="extra">
                         <h4>Container: {{ .Name }}</h4>
                         <ul>
-                          {{ range .Messages}}
-                            <li class="{{ .Type }}"><span>&#{{ .HTMLSpecialCharCode }};</span> {{ .Message }}</li>
+                          {{ range $message := .Messages}}
+                            <li class="{{ .Type }}"><span>&#{{ getCharCode $message }};</span> {{ .Message }}</li>
                           {{ end }}
                         </ul>
                       </div>
@@ -73,8 +73,8 @@
               <td class="status-bar">
                 <div class="status">
                   <div class="failing">
-                    <div class="warning" style="width: {{ .Summary.WarningWidth 200 }}px;">
-                      <div class="passing" style="width: {{ .Summary.SuccessWidth 200 }}px;"></div>
+                    <div class="warning" style="width: {{ getWarningWidth .Summary 200 }}px;">
+                      <div class="passing" style="width: {{ getSuccessWidth .Summary 200 }}px;"></div>
                     </div>
                   </div>
                 </div>
diff --git a/pkg/validator/types.go b/pkg/validator/types.go
index cd7c59ac..529b3667 100644
--- a/pkg/validator/types.go
+++ b/pkg/validator/types.go
@@ -49,24 +49,3 @@ func (rs *ResultSummary) Score() uint {
 	return uint(float64(rs.Successes) / float64(rs.Successes+rs.Warnings+rs.Failures) * 100)
 }
 
-// WarningWidth is a UI specific helper that helps determine the width of a progress bar.
-func (rs *ResultSummary) WarningWidth(fullWidth uint) uint {
-	return uint(float64(rs.Successes+rs.Warnings) / float64(rs.Successes+rs.Warnings+rs.Failures) * float64(fullWidth))
-}
-
-// SuccessWidth is a UI specific helper that helps determine the width of a progress bar.
-func (rs *ResultSummary) SuccessWidth(fullWidth uint) uint {
-	return uint(float64(rs.Successes) / float64(rs.Successes+rs.Warnings+rs.Failures) * float64(fullWidth))
-}
-
-// HTMLSpecialCharCode is a UI specific helper that provides an HTML char code.
-func (rm *ResultMessage) HTMLSpecialCharCode() string {
-	switch rm.Type {
-	case "success":
-		return "9745"
-	case "warning":
-		return "9888"
-	default:
-		return "9746"
-	}
-}