diff --git a/www/scripts/apps/admin/fields/views/alert.js b/www/scripts/apps/admin/fields/views/alert.js
index c2283249e6..41f6d9e0e2 100644
--- a/www/scripts/apps/admin/fields/views/alert.js
+++ b/www/scripts/apps/admin/fields/views/alert.js
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ define([
     var AlertView = Backbone.View.extend({
         tagName: "div",
         className: "alert",
+        template: _.template($("#alert_template").html()),
         initialize: function (options) {
             var self = this;
 
@@ -32,11 +33,8 @@ define([
         },
         render: function () {
             var self = this;
-            var template = _.template($("#alert_template").html(), {
-                msg: this.message
-            });
 
-            this.$el.addClass("alert-" + this.alert).html(template).alert();
+            this.$el.addClass("alert-" + this.alert).html(this.template({msg: this.message})).alert();
 
             if (this.delay > 0) {
                 window.setTimeout(function () {
diff --git a/www/scripts/apps/admin/fields/views/create.js b/www/scripts/apps/admin/fields/views/create.js
index e79b09aa1d..148eee649c 100644
--- a/www/scripts/apps/admin/fields/views/create.js
+++ b/www/scripts/apps/admin/fields/views/create.js
@@ -24,10 +24,10 @@ define([
             "click .btn-cancel-field": "toggleCreateFormAction",
             "keyup input": "onKeyupInput"
         },
+        template: _.template($("#create_template").html()),
         render: function () {
-            var template = _.template($("#create_template").html());
 
-            this.$el.html(template);
+            this.$el.html(this.template());
 
             $("#new-source", this.$el).autocomplete({
                 minLength: 2,
diff --git a/www/scripts/apps/admin/fields/views/dcField.js b/www/scripts/apps/admin/fields/views/dcField.js
index 2306d4f660..3cd607315d 100644
--- a/www/scripts/apps/admin/fields/views/dcField.js
+++ b/www/scripts/apps/admin/fields/views/dcField.js
@@ -16,16 +16,16 @@ define([
     var DcFieldsView = Backbone.View.extend({
         tagName: "div",
         className: "input-append",
+        template: _.template($("#dc_fields_template").html()),
         initialize: function (options) {
             this.field = options.field;
         },
         render: function () {
-            var template = _.template($("#dc_fields_template").html(), {
-                dces_elements: this.collection.toJSON(),
-                field: this.field.toJSON()
-            });
-
-            this.$el.html(template);
+            this.$el.html(this.template({
+                    dces_elements: this.collection.toJSON(),
+                    field: this.field.toJSON()
+                })
+            );
 
             var index = $("#dces-element", this.$el)[0].selectedIndex - 1;
             if (index > 0) {
diff --git a/www/scripts/apps/admin/fields/views/edit.js b/www/scripts/apps/admin/fields/views/edit.js
index f5c0e8b98c..83e39766b1 100644
--- a/www/scripts/apps/admin/fields/views/edit.js
+++ b/www/scripts/apps/admin/fields/views/edit.js
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ define([
     var FieldEditView = Backbone.View.extend(_.extend({}, MultiViews, {
         tagName: "div",
         className: "field-edit",
+        template: _.template($("#edit_template").html()),
         initialize: function () {
             this.model.on("change", this._onModelChange, this);
         },
@@ -34,15 +35,15 @@ define([
         },
         render: function () {
             var self = this;
-            var template = _.template($("#edit_template").html(), {
-                lng: AdminFieldApp.lng(),
-                field: this.model.toJSON(),
-                vocabularyTypes: AdminFieldApp.vocabularyCollection.toJSON(),
-                modelErrors: AdminFieldApp.errorManager.getModelError(this.model),
-                languages: AdminFieldApp.languages
-            });
 
-            this.$el.empty().html(template);
+            this.$el.empty().html(this.template({
+                    lng: AdminFieldApp.lng(),
+                    field: this.model.toJSON(),
+                    vocabularyTypes: AdminFieldApp.vocabularyCollection.toJSON(),
+                    modelErrors: AdminFieldApp.errorManager.getModelError(this.model),
+                    languages: AdminFieldApp.languages
+                }
+            ));
 
             this._assignView({
                 ".dc-fields-subview": new DcFieldView({
diff --git a/www/scripts/apps/admin/fields/views/fieldError.js b/www/scripts/apps/admin/fields/views/fieldError.js
index 690318eeb8..cf19162b1b 100644
--- a/www/scripts/apps/admin/fields/views/fieldError.js
+++ b/www/scripts/apps/admin/fields/views/fieldError.js
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ define([
     "i18n"
 ], function ($, _, Backbone, i18n) {
     var FieldErrorView = Backbone.View.extend({
+        template: _.template($("#field_error_template").html()),
         initialize: function () {
             AdminFieldApp.errorManager.on("add-error", this.render, this);
             AdminFieldApp.errorManager.on("remove-error", this.render, this);
@@ -33,11 +34,7 @@ define([
                 });
             });
 
-            var template = _.template($("#field_error_template").html(), {
-                messages: messages
-            });
-
-            $(".block-alert").html(template);
+            $(".block-alert").html(this.template({messages: messages}));
 
             return this;
         }
diff --git a/www/scripts/apps/admin/fields/views/list.js b/www/scripts/apps/admin/fields/views/list.js
index 1ba42ef9b7..1d41586e08 100644
--- a/www/scripts/apps/admin/fields/views/list.js
+++ b/www/scripts/apps/admin/fields/views/list.js
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ define([
             "keyup #live_search": "searchAction",
             "update-sort": "updateSortAction"
         },
+        template: _.template($("#item_list_view_template").html()),
         initialize: function () {
             var self = this;
             // store all single rendered views
@@ -62,9 +63,7 @@ define([
             });
         },
         render: function () {
-            var template = _.template($("#item_list_view_template").html());
-
-            this.$el.empty().html(template);
+            this.$el.empty().html(this.template());
 
             this.$listEl = $("ul#collection-fields", this.$el);
 
diff --git a/www/scripts/apps/admin/fields/views/listRow.js b/www/scripts/apps/admin/fields/views/listRow.js
index 3efe276372..012c981104 100644
--- a/www/scripts/apps/admin/fields/views/listRow.js
+++ b/www/scripts/apps/admin/fields/views/listRow.js
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ define([
     var FieldListRowView = Backbone.View.extend({
         tagName: "li",
         className: "field-row",
+        template: _.template($("#list_row_template").html()),
         initialize: function () {
             // destroy view is model is deleted
             this.model.on("change", this.onChange, this);
@@ -52,14 +53,13 @@ define([
             }
         },
         render: function () {
-            var template = _.template($("#list_row_template").html(), {
-                id: this.model.get("id"),
-                position: this.model.get("sorter"),
-                name: this.model.get("name"),
-                tag: this.model.get("tag")
-            });
-
-            this.$el.empty().html(template);
+            this.$el.empty().html(this.template({
+                    id: this.model.get("id") || "",
+                    position: this.model.get("sorter"),
+                    name: this.model.get("name"),
+                    tag: this.model.get("tag")
+                }
+            ));
 
             // highlight view if edit view model match current view model
             if (AdminFieldApp.fieldEditView
diff --git a/www/scripts/apps/admin/fields/views/modal.js b/www/scripts/apps/admin/fields/views/modal.js
index 7a44dbacc0..4c186b6acd 100644
--- a/www/scripts/apps/admin/fields/views/modal.js
+++ b/www/scripts/apps/admin/fields/views/modal.js
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ define([
         events: {
             "click .confirm": "confirmAction"
         },
+        template: _.template($("#modal_template").html()),
         initialize: function (options) {
             var self = this;
             // remove view when modal is closed
@@ -32,11 +33,7 @@ define([
             }
         },
         render: function () {
-            var template = _.template($("#modal_template").html(), {
-                msg: this.message || ""
-            });
-
-            this.$el.html(template).modal();
+            this.$el.html(this.template({msg: this.message || ""})).modal();
 
             return this;
         },
diff --git a/www/scripts/apps/admin/fields/views/save.js b/www/scripts/apps/admin/fields/views/save.js
index f03fd7fde9..3361504d3d 100644
--- a/www/scripts/apps/admin/fields/views/save.js
+++ b/www/scripts/apps/admin/fields/views/save.js
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ define([
     "apps/admin/fields/views/alert"
 ], function ($, _, Backbone, i18n, bootstrap, AlertView) {
     var SaveView = Backbone.View.extend({
+        template: _.template($("#save_template").html()),
         initialize: function () {
             var self = this;
             this.previousAttributes = [];
@@ -78,8 +79,7 @@ define([
             return this;
         },
         render: function () {
-            var template = _.template($("#save_template").html());
-            this.$el.html(template);
+            this.$el.html(this.template());
             this.updateStateButton();
 
             return this;
diff --git a/www/scripts/apps/admin/tasks-manager/views/scheduler.js b/www/scripts/apps/admin/tasks-manager/views/scheduler.js
index eb34fb9061..baa75decfd 100644
--- a/www/scripts/apps/admin/tasks-manager/views/scheduler.js
+++ b/www/scripts/apps/admin/tasks-manager/views/scheduler.js
@@ -13,8 +13,8 @@ define([
     "backbone"
 ], function ($, _, Backbone) {
     var SchedulerView = Backbone.View.extend({
+        template: _.template($('#scheduler_template').html()),
         initialize: function () {
-            this.template = _.template($('#scheduler_template').html());
             // render only parts of the model
             this.model.on('change:configuration', this.renderConfiguration, this);
             this.model.on('change:actual', this.renderActual, this);
diff --git a/www/scripts/apps/admin/tasks-manager/views/task.js b/www/scripts/apps/admin/tasks-manager/views/task.js
index b5edab0db0..d39d2da355 100644
--- a/www/scripts/apps/admin/tasks-manager/views/task.js
+++ b/www/scripts/apps/admin/tasks-manager/views/task.js
@@ -13,8 +13,8 @@ define([
     "backbone"
 ], function ($, _, Backbone) {
     var TaskView = Backbone.View.extend({
+        template: _.template($('#task_template').html()),
         initialize: function () {
-            this.template = _.template($('#task_template').html());
             // render only parts of the model
             this.model.on('change:id', this.renderId, this);
             this.model.on('change:configuration', this.renderConfiguration, this);