diff --git a/src/node/eejs/index.js b/src/node/eejs/index.js
index 30f5a442f..5f2baaf36 100644
--- a/src/node/eejs/index.js
+++ b/src/node/eejs/index.js
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ exports.require = function (name, args, mod) {
 
   args.e = exports;
   args.require = require;
-  var template = '<% e._init(buf); %>' + fs.readFileSync(ejspath).toString() + '<% e._exit(); %>';
+  var template = '<% e._init([__output]); %>' + fs.readFileSync(ejspath).toString() + '<% e._exit(); %>';
   
   exports.info.args.push(args);
   exports.info.file_stack.push({path: ejspath, inherit: []});
diff --git a/src/package.json b/src/package.json
index 8ba31be8c..6c6123dac 100644
--- a/src/package.json
+++ b/src/package.json
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
                       "cheerio"                 : ">=0.18.0",
                       "async-stacktrace"        : ">=0.0.2",
                       "npm"                     : ">=2.1.x",
-                      "ejs"                     : "~1.0.0",
+                      "ejs"                     : "^2.0.0",
                       "graceful-fs"             : ">=3.0.4",
                       "slide"                   : ">=1.1.6",
                       "semver"                  : ">=2.3.0",