diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Tests/Mvc/UmbracoViewPageTests.cs b/src/Umbraco.Tests/Mvc/UmbracoViewPageTests.cs
index 462936c26e..6887163698 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Tests/Mvc/UmbracoViewPageTests.cs
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Tests/Mvc/UmbracoViewPageTests.cs
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ using System.Web.Mvc;
 using System.Web.Routing;
 using System.Xml;
 using NUnit.Framework;
+using Umbraco.Web.Security;
 using umbraco.BusinessLogic;
 using Umbraco.Core;
 using Umbraco.Core.Models;
@@ -402,12 +403,13 @@ namespace Umbraco.Tests.Mvc
             //PublishedContentCache.UnitTesting = true;
 
             // ApplicationContext.Current = new ApplicationContext(false) { IsReady = true };
-            var appCtx = new ApplicationContext(false) { IsReady = true };
-
+            var appCtx = new ApplicationContext(CacheHelper.CreateDisabledCacheHelper()) { IsReady = true };
+            var http = GetHttpContextFactory(url, routeData).HttpContext;
             var ctx = new UmbracoContext(
                 GetHttpContextFactory(url, routeData).HttpContext,
                 appCtx,
-                new PublishedCaches(cache, new PublishedMediaCache()));
+                new PublishedCaches(cache, new PublishedMediaCache()),
+                new WebSecurity(http, appCtx));
 
             //if (setSingleton)
             //{
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web/Standalone/StandaloneBootManager.cs b/src/Umbraco.Web/Standalone/StandaloneBootManager.cs
index d119e4e31c..09d5d5ca10 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Web/Standalone/StandaloneBootManager.cs
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Web/Standalone/StandaloneBootManager.cs
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ namespace Umbraco.Web.Standalone
             base.FreezeResolution();
 
             var httpContext = new StandaloneHttpContext();
-            UmbracoContext.EnsureContext(httpContext, ApplicationContext.Current, false, false);
+            UmbracoContext.EnsureContext(httpContext, ApplicationContext.Current, new WebSecurity(httpContext, ApplicationContext.Current), false, false);
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web/UmbracoContext.cs b/src/Umbraco.Web/UmbracoContext.cs
index 7ea0d1fd79..801a554996 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Web/UmbracoContext.cs
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Web/UmbracoContext.cs
@@ -132,6 +132,38 @@ namespace Umbraco.Web
             ApplicationContext applicationContext,
             WebSecurity webSecurity,
             bool replaceContext)
+        {
+            return EnsureContext(httpContext, applicationContext, new WebSecurity(httpContext, applicationContext), replaceContext, null);
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// This is a helper method which is called to ensure that the singleton context is created and the nice url and routing
+        /// context is created and assigned.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="httpContext"></param>
+        /// <param name="applicationContext"></param>
+        /// <param name="webSecurity"></param>
+        /// <param name="replaceContext">
+        /// if set to true will replace the current singleton with a new one, this is generally only ever used because
+        /// during application startup the base url domain will not be available so after app startup we'll replace the current
+        /// context with a new one in which we can access the httpcontext.Request object.
+        /// </param>
+        /// <param name="preview"></param>
+        /// <returns>
+        /// The Singleton context object
+        /// </returns>
+        /// <remarks>
+        /// This is created in order to standardize the creation of the singleton. Normally it is created during a request
+        /// in the UmbracoModule, however this module does not execute during application startup so we need to ensure it
+        /// during the startup process as well.
+        /// See: http://issues.umbraco.org/issue/U4-1890, http://issues.umbraco.org/issue/U4-1717
+        /// </remarks>
+        public static UmbracoContext EnsureContext(
+            HttpContextBase httpContext,
+            ApplicationContext applicationContext,
+            WebSecurity webSecurity,
+            bool replaceContext,
+            bool? preview)
         {
             if (UmbracoContext.Current != null)
             {
@@ -144,7 +176,8 @@ namespace Umbraco.Web
                 httpContext,
                 applicationContext,
                 PublishedCachesResolver.Current.Caches,
-                webSecurity);
+                webSecurity,
+                preview);
 
             // create the nice urls provider
             // there's one per request because there are some behavior parameters that can be changed