diff --git a/lib/pact_broker/api/contracts/webhook_contract.rb b/lib/pact_broker/api/contracts/webhook_contract.rb
index f462472f5..e8357ea53 100644
--- a/lib/pact_broker/api/contracts/webhook_contract.rb
+++ b/lib/pact_broker/api/contracts/webhook_contract.rb
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ def host_whitelist
               end
 
               def parse_uri(uri_string, placeholder = 'placeholder')
-                URI(uri_string.gsub(PactBroker::Webhooks::Render::TEMPLATE_PARAMETER_REGEXP, placeholder))
+                URI(PactBroker::Webhooks::Render.render_with_placeholder(uri_string, placeholder))
               end
             end
 
diff --git a/lib/pact_broker/webhooks/render.rb b/lib/pact_broker/webhooks/render.rb
index 0f59c2468..c64767eff 100644
--- a/lib/pact_broker/webhooks/render.rb
+++ b/lib/pact_broker/webhooks/render.rb
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
 module PactBroker
   module Webhooks
     class Render
-
       TEMPLATE_PARAMETER_REGEXP = /\$\{pactbroker\.[^\}]+\}/
       DEFAULT_ESCAPER = lambda { |it| it }
 
@@ -11,10 +10,16 @@ def self.includes_parameter?(value)
         value =~ TEMPLATE_PARAMETER_REGEXP
       end
 
+      def self.render_with_placeholder(value, placeholder = 'placeholder')
+        value.gsub(TEMPLATE_PARAMETER_REGEXP, placeholder)
+      end
+
       def self.call(template, params, &escaper)
         render_template(escape_params(params, escaper || DEFAULT_ESCAPER), template)
       end
 
+      private
+
       def self.render_template(params, template)
         params.inject(template) do | template, (key, value) |
           template.gsub("${#{key}}", value)
diff --git a/lib/pact_broker/webhooks/webhook_request_template.rb b/lib/pact_broker/webhooks/webhook_request_template.rb
index c64a54383..786a1eebb 100644
--- a/lib/pact_broker/webhooks/webhook_request_template.rb
+++ b/lib/pact_broker/webhooks/webhook_request_template.rb
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ def build(template_params)
       end
 
       def description
-        "#{http_method.upcase} #{URI(url.gsub(PactBroker::Webhooks::Render::TEMPLATE_PARAMETER_REGEXP, 'placeholder')).host}"
+        "#{http_method.upcase} #{URI(PactBroker::Webhooks::Render.render_with_placeholder(url)).host}"
       end
 
       def display_password