diff --git a/res/scripts/stdlib.lua b/res/scripts/stdlib.lua
index 0e72ad86d..6e4df3558 100644
--- a/res/scripts/stdlib.lua
+++ b/res/scripts/stdlib.lua
@@ -319,9 +319,8 @@ function console.chat(...)
     events.emit("core:chat", ...)
 end
 
-function gui.template(name, params)
-    local text = file.read(file.find("layouts/templates/"..name..".xml"))
-    text = text:gsub("%%{([^}]+)}", function(n) 
+function gui.process_template(source, params)
+    local text = source:gsub("%%{([^}]+)}", function(n)
         local s = params[n]
         if s == nil then
             return
@@ -341,6 +340,11 @@ function gui.template(name, params)
     return text
 end
 
+function gui.template(name, params)
+    local text = file.read(file.find("layouts/templates/"..name..".xml"))
+    return gui.process_template(text, params)
+end
+
 session = require "core:internal/session"
 stdcomp = require "core:internal/stdcomp"
 entities.get = stdcomp.get_Entity
diff --git a/res/scripts/stdmin.lua b/res/scripts/stdmin.lua
index 70e27f561..905c626e7 100644
--- a/res/scripts/stdmin.lua
+++ b/res/scripts/stdmin.lua
@@ -5,9 +5,12 @@ vc = {
     is_headless = function()
         return _vc_headless
     end,
-    is_client = function ()
+    is_client = function()
         return not _vc_headless
-    end
+    end,
+    get_setting = __vc_app.get_setting,
+    get_setting_str = __vc_app.get_setting_str,
+    get_setting_info = __vc_app.get_setting_info,
 }
 
 local _ffi = ffi