diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 5762d84..acc7a0e 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "underscore-brunch",
-  "version": "1.4.0",
+  "version": "1.4.1",
   "description": "Adds Underscore.js templates support to brunch.",
   "author": "Daniel Trojanowski (https://github.com/trojanowski)",
   "homepage": "https://github.com/trojanowski/underscore-brunch",
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
     "node": "~0.6.10 || 0.8 || 0.9"
   },
   "dependencies": {
-    "coffee-script": "1.3.3",
+    "coffeescript": "^2.7.0",
     "underscore": "1.4.2"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
diff --git a/src/index.coffee b/src/index.coffee
index 09d37bd..01930a4 100644
--- a/src/index.coffee
+++ b/src/index.coffee
@@ -11,9 +11,12 @@ module.exports = class UnderscoreCompiler
 
   compile: (data, path, callback) ->
     try
+      result = ""
       templateSettings = @config.plugins?.underscore
       content = _.template(data, null, templateSettings).source
-      result = "module.exports = #{content};"
+      if (content.indexOf('_.escape') != -1)
+        result = "var _ = require('underscore');"
+      result += "module.exports = #{content};"
     catch err
       error = err
     finally