diff --git a/js/services/rate.js b/js/services/rate.js
index 6aa56c356..9b7e1980e 100644
--- a/js/services/rate.js
+++ b/js/services/rate.js
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
 'use strict';
 
-var request = require('request');
-
-var RateService = function() {
+var RateService = function(request) {
   this.isAvailable = false;
   this.SAT_TO_BTC = 1 / 1e8;
   this.queued = [];
diff --git a/js/services/request.js b/js/services/request.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5a92093c9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/js/services/request.js
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+'use strict';
+
+angular.module('copayApp.services').factory('request', function() {
+  return require('request');
+});
+