diff --git a/src/Render/FriendicaSmarty.php b/src/Render/FriendicaSmarty.php
index b5217a49d1..13ff6234e2 100644
--- a/src/Render/FriendicaSmarty.php
+++ b/src/Render/FriendicaSmarty.php
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@ namespace Friendica\Render;
 
 use Smarty;
 use Friendica\Core\Renderer;
-use Friendica\DI;
 
 /**
  * Friendica extension of the Smarty3 template engine
@@ -34,7 +33,7 @@ class FriendicaSmarty extends Smarty
 
 	public $filename;
 
-	public function __construct(string $theme, array $theme_info, string $work_dir)
+	public function __construct(string $theme, array $theme_info, string $work_dir, bool $use_sub_dirs)
 	{
 		parent::__construct();
 
@@ -65,7 +64,7 @@ class FriendicaSmarty extends Smarty
 		 * RAM available + have enabled caching inode tables (aka.
 		 * "descriptors"). Still it won't hurt you.
 		 */
-		$this->setUseSubDirs(DI::config()->get('smarty3', 'use_sub_dirs'));
+		$this->setUseSubDirs($use_sub_dirs);
 
 		$this->left_delimiter  = Renderer::getTemplateLeftDelimiter();
 		$this->right_delimiter = Renderer::getTemplateRightDelimiter();
diff --git a/src/Render/FriendicaSmartyEngine.php b/src/Render/FriendicaSmartyEngine.php
index 1f766ec65d..5ea01166fd 100644
--- a/src/Render/FriendicaSmartyEngine.php
+++ b/src/Render/FriendicaSmartyEngine.php
@@ -44,10 +44,13 @@ final class FriendicaSmartyEngine extends TemplateEngine
 	 */
 	public function __construct(string $theme, array $theme_info)
 	{
-		$this->theme = $theme;
+		$this->theme      = $theme;
 		$this->theme_info = $theme_info;
-		$work_dir = DI::config()->get('smarty3', 'config_dir');
-		$this->smarty = new FriendicaSmarty($this->theme, $this->theme_info, $work_dir);
+
+		$work_dir     = DI::config()->get('smarty3', 'config_dir');
+		$use_sub_dirs = DI::config()->get('smarty3', 'use_sub_dirs');
+
+		$this->smarty = new FriendicaSmarty($this->theme, $this->theme_info, $work_dir, $use_sub_dirs);
 
 		if (!is_writable($work_dir)) {
 			$admin_message = DI::l10n()->t('The folder %s must be writable by webserver.', $work_dir);