diff --git a/packages/string-templates/src/index.ts b/packages/string-templates/src/index.ts
index 291807d5f0..4a24328265 100644
--- a/packages/string-templates/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/string-templates/src/index.ts
@@ -47,7 +47,10 @@ function testObject(object: any) {
   }
 }
 
-function findOverlappingHelpers(context: object) {
+function findOverlappingHelpers(context?: object) {
+  if (!context) {
+    return []
+  }
   const contextKeys = Object.keys(context)
   return contextKeys.filter(key => helperNames.includes(key))
 }
diff --git a/packages/string-templates/src/processors/preprocessor.ts b/packages/string-templates/src/processors/preprocessor.ts
index ee76b5dbcf..95a4d5500d 100644
--- a/packages/string-templates/src/processors/preprocessor.ts
+++ b/packages/string-templates/src/processors/preprocessor.ts
@@ -13,12 +13,10 @@ export const PreprocessorNames = {
 class Preprocessor {
   name: string
   private fn: any
-  private helperNames: string[]
 
   constructor(name: string, fn: any) {
     this.name = name
     this.fn = fn
-    this.helperNames = HelperNames()
   }
 
   process(fullString: string, statement: string, opts: Object) {
@@ -81,7 +79,7 @@ export const processors = [
       if (
         !noHelpers &&
         !opts.disabledHelpers?.includes(testHelper) &&
-        this.helperNames.some(option => testHelper === option.toLowerCase())
+        HelperNames().some(option => testHelper === option.toLowerCase())
       ) {
         insideStatement = `(${insideStatement})`
       }
diff --git a/packages/string-templates/test/helpers.spec.ts b/packages/string-templates/test/helpers.spec.ts
index 5f1855535d..566be2b02b 100644
--- a/packages/string-templates/test/helpers.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/string-templates/test/helpers.spec.ts
@@ -483,3 +483,26 @@ describe("uuid", () => {
     expect(output).toMatch(UUID_REGEX)
   })
 })
+
+describe("helper overlap", () => {
+  it("should use context over helpers (regex test helper)", async () => {
+    const output = await processString("{{ test }}", { test: "a" })
+    expect(output).toEqual("a")
+  })
+
+  it("should use helper if no sum in context, return the context value otherwise", async () => {
+    const hbs = "{{ sum 1 2 }}"
+    const output = await processString(hbs, {})
+    expect(output).toEqual("3")
+    const secondaryOutput = await processString(hbs, { sum: "a" })
+    expect(secondaryOutput).toEqual("a")
+  })
+
+  it("should handle multiple cases", async () => {
+    const output = await processString("{{ literal (split test sum) }}", {
+      test: "a-b",
+      sum: "-",
+    })
+    expect(output).toEqual(["a", "b"])
+  })
+})