diff --git a/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.NodeServices/Content/Node/entrypoint-http.js b/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.NodeServices/Content/Node/entrypoint-http.js
index 795317e..edf5949 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.NodeServices/Content/Node/entrypoint-http.js
+++ b/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.NodeServices/Content/Node/entrypoint-http.js
@@ -67,12 +67,6 @@
 	}
 	var server = http.createServer(function (req, res) {
 	    readRequestBodyAsJson(req, function (bodyJson) {
-	        var resolvedPath = path.resolve(process.cwd(), bodyJson.moduleName);
-	        var invokedModule = dynamicRequire(resolvedPath);
-	        var func = bodyJson.exportedFunctionName ? invokedModule[bodyJson.exportedFunctionName] : invokedModule;
-	        if (!func) {
-	            throw new Error('The module "' + resolvedPath + '" has no export named "' + bodyJson.exportedFunctionName + '"');
-	        }
 	        var hasSentResult = false;
 	        var callback = function (errorValue, successValue) {
 	            if (!hasSentResult) {
@@ -110,6 +104,12 @@
 	            }
 	        });
 	        try {
+	            var resolvedPath = path.resolve(process.cwd(), bodyJson.moduleName);
+	            var invokedModule = dynamicRequire(resolvedPath);
+	            var func = bodyJson.exportedFunctionName ? invokedModule[bodyJson.exportedFunctionName] : invokedModule;
+	            if (!func) {
+	                throw new Error('The module "' + resolvedPath + '" has no export named "' + bodyJson.exportedFunctionName + '"');
+	            }
 	            func.apply(null, [callback].concat(bodyJson.args));
 	        }
 	        catch (synchronousException) {
diff --git a/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.NodeServices/TypeScript/HttpNodeInstanceEntryPoint.ts b/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.NodeServices/TypeScript/HttpNodeInstanceEntryPoint.ts
index 7ce84e3..b28f38b 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.NodeServices/TypeScript/HttpNodeInstanceEntryPoint.ts
+++ b/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.NodeServices/TypeScript/HttpNodeInstanceEntryPoint.ts
@@ -16,13 +16,6 @@ if (parsedArgs.watch) {
 
 const server = http.createServer((req, res) => {
     readRequestBodyAsJson(req, bodyJson => {
-        const resolvedPath = path.resolve(process.cwd(), bodyJson.moduleName);
-        const invokedModule = dynamicRequire(resolvedPath);
-        const func = bodyJson.exportedFunctionName ? invokedModule[bodyJson.exportedFunctionName] : invokedModule;
-        if (!func) {
-            throw new Error('The module "' + resolvedPath + '" has no export named "' + bodyJson.exportedFunctionName + '"');
-        }
-
         let hasSentResult = false;
         const callback = (errorValue, successValue) => {
             if (!hasSentResult) {
@@ -31,9 +24,9 @@ const server = http.createServer((req, res) => {
                     res.statusCode = 500;
 
                     if (errorValue.stack) {
-                      res.end(errorValue.stack);
+                        res.end(errorValue.stack);
                     } else {
-                      res.end(errorValue.toString());
+                        res.end(errorValue.toString());
                     }
                 } else if (typeof successValue !== 'string') {
                     // Arbitrary object/number/etc - JSON-serialize it
@@ -61,6 +54,13 @@ const server = http.createServer((req, res) => {
         });
 
         try {
+            const resolvedPath = path.resolve(process.cwd(), bodyJson.moduleName);
+            const invokedModule = dynamicRequire(resolvedPath);
+            const func = bodyJson.exportedFunctionName ? invokedModule[bodyJson.exportedFunctionName] : invokedModule;
+            if (!func) {
+                throw new Error('The module "' + resolvedPath + '" has no export named "' + bodyJson.exportedFunctionName + '"');
+            }
+
             func.apply(null, [callback].concat(bodyJson.args));
         } catch (synchronousException) {
             callback(synchronousException, null);