diff --git a/server/app.js b/server/app.js
index b24054187..dc4e0c8ac 100644
--- a/server/app.js
+++ b/server/app.js
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@ const serveCompressedStaticAssets = require('./static-assets.mv.js');
 const sanitizeFilename = require('sanitize-filename');
 const asyncHandler = require('express-async-handler');
 
+const { DEFAULT_BREW } = require('./brewDefaults.js');
+
 const splitTextStyleAndMetadata = (brew)=>{
 	brew.text = brew.text.replaceAll('\r\n', '\n');
 	if(brew.text.startsWith('```metadata')) {
@@ -405,6 +407,7 @@ if(isLocalEnvironment){
 //Render the page
 const templateFn = require('./../client/template.js');
 app.use(asyncHandler(async (req, res, next)=>{
+	const brew = _.defaults(req.brew, DEFAULT_BREW);
 	// Create configuration object
 	const configuration = {
 		local       : isLocalEnvironment,
@@ -414,7 +417,7 @@ app.use(asyncHandler(async (req, res, next)=>{
 	const props = {
 		version       : require('./../package.json').version,
 		url           : req.originalUrl,
-		brew          : req.brew,
+		brew          : brew,
 		brews         : req.brews,
 		googleBrews   : req.googleBrews,
 		account       : req.account,
diff --git a/server/brewDefaults.js b/server/brewDefaults.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..762e345f7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/server/brewDefaults.js
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+const _ = require('lodash');
+
+// Default brew properties in most cases
+const DEFAULT_BREW = {
+	title       : 'Untitled Brew',
+	description : '',
+	renderer    : 'V3',
+	tags        : [],
+	systems     : [],
+	thumbnail   : '',
+	published   : false,
+	pageCount   : 1,
+	theme       : '5ePHB'
+};
+//  Default brew properties for loading
+const DEFAULT_BREW_LOAD = _.defaults({
+	renderer  : 'legacy',
+	published : true
+}, DEFAULT_BREW);
+
+module.exports = {
+	DEFAULT_BREW,
+	DEFAULT_BREW_LOAD
+};
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/server/homebrew.api.js b/server/homebrew.api.js
index abcbfc7de..9a4007a11 100644
--- a/server/homebrew.api.js
+++ b/server/homebrew.api.js
@@ -9,23 +9,7 @@ const yaml = require('js-yaml');
 const asyncHandler = require('express-async-handler');
 const { nanoid } = require('nanoid');
 
-// Default brew properties in most cases
-const DEFAULT_BREW = {
-	title       : 'Untitled Brew',
-	description : '',
-	renderer    : 'V3',
-	tags        : [],
-	systems     : [],
-	thumbnail   : '',
-	published   : false,
-	pageCount   : 1,
-	theme       : '5ePHB'
-};
-//  Default brew properties for loading
-const DEFAULT_BREW_LOAD = {
-	renderer  : 'legacy',
-	published : true
-};
+const { DEFAULT_BREW, DEFAULT_BREW_LOAD } = require('./brewDefaults.js');
 
 // const getTopBrews = (cb) => {
 // 	HomebrewModel.find().sort({ views: -1 }).limit(5).exec(function(err, brews) {
@@ -89,7 +73,7 @@ const getBrew = (accessType, stubOnly = false)=>{
 		}
 
 		// Use _.assignWith instead of _.defaults - does this need to be replicated at all other uses of _.defaults???
-		_.assignWith(stub, DEFAULT_BREW_LOAD, DEFAULT_BREW, (objValue, srcValue)=>{
+		_.assignWith(stub, DEFAULT_BREW_LOAD, (objValue, srcValue)=>{
 			if(typeof objValue === 'boolean') return objValue;
 			return objValue || srcValue;
 		});