diff --git a/resources/footer.php b/resources/footer.php
index 0c8105f1bc..76bdb13bee 100644
--- a/resources/footer.php
+++ b/resources/footer.php
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@
 	}
 
 //set a default template
-	if (strlen($_SESSION["template_content"]) == 0) { //build template if session template has no length
+	if (strlen($_SESSION["template_full_path"]) == 0) { //build template if session template has no length
 		$template_base_path = $_SERVER["DOCUMENT_ROOT"].PROJECT_PATH.'/themes';
 		if (strlen($template_rss_sub_category) > 0) {
 			//this template was assigned by the content manager
@@ -55,8 +55,7 @@
 					$_SESSION['domain']['template']['name'] = 'default';
 					$template_full_path = $template_base_path.'/default/template.php';
 				}
-				$template = file_get_contents($template_full_path);
-				$_SESSION["template_content"] = $template;
+				$_SESSION["template_full_path"] = $template_full_path;
 		}
 		else {
 			//get the contents of the template and save it to the template variable
@@ -65,17 +64,17 @@
 					$_SESSION['domain']['template']['name'] = 'default';
 					$template_full_path = $template_base_path.'/default/template.php';
 				}
-				$template = file_get_contents($template_full_path);
-				$_SESSION["template_content"] = $template;
+				$_SESSION["template_full_path"] = $template_full_path;
 		}
 	}
 
 //get the template
+	$template_full_path = $_SESSION["template_full_path"];
 	ob_start();
-	$template = $_SESSION["template_content"];
-	eval('?>' . $template . '<?php ');
+	include($template_full_path);
 	$template = ob_get_contents(); //get the output from the buffer
 	ob_end_clean(); //clean the buffer
+	$_SESSION["template_content"] = $template;
 
 //prepare the template to display the output
 	$custom_head = '';