diff --git a/phpBB/common.php b/phpBB/common.php
index 1119fb0ca6..f4e0ff0c2a 100644
--- a/phpBB/common.php
+++ b/phpBB/common.php
@@ -189,13 +189,12 @@ set_error_handler('msg_handler');
 $user		= new user();
 $auth		= new auth();
 $cache		= new acm();
+$template	= new template();
 $db			= new sql_db();
 
 // Connect to DB
 $db->sql_connect($dbhost, $dbuser, $dbpasswd, $dbname, $dbport, false);
 
-$template	= new template($db);
-
 // Grab global variables, re-cache if necessary
 if ($config = $cache->get('config'))
 {