diff --git a/libs/plugins/core.compile_template.php b/libs/plugins/core.compile_template.php
deleted file mode 100644
index f0932e81..00000000
--- a/libs/plugins/core.compile_template.php
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,62 +0,0 @@
-<?php
-/**
- * Smarty plugin
- * @package Smarty
- * @subpackage plugins
- */
-
-/**
- * called to compile the templates
- *
- * sets $template_compiled to the compiled template
- * @param string $tpl_file
- * @param string $template_source
- * @param string $template_compiled
- * @return boolean
- */
- 
-//  $tpl_file, $template_source, &$template_compiled
-     
-function smarty_core_compile_template(&$params, &$this)
-{
-    if(file_exists(SMARTY_DIR . $this->compiler_file)) {
-        require_once SMARTY_DIR . $this->compiler_file;            
-    } else {
-        // use include_path
-        require_once $this->compiler_file;
-    }
-
-    $smarty_compiler = new $this->compiler_class;
-
-    $smarty_compiler->template_dir      = $this->template_dir;
-    $smarty_compiler->compile_dir       = $this->compile_dir;
-    $smarty_compiler->plugins_dir       = $this->plugins_dir;
-    $smarty_compiler->config_dir        = $this->config_dir;
-    $smarty_compiler->force_compile     = $this->force_compile;
-    $smarty_compiler->caching           = $this->caching;
-    $smarty_compiler->php_handling      = $this->php_handling;
-    $smarty_compiler->left_delimiter    = $this->left_delimiter;
-    $smarty_compiler->right_delimiter   = $this->right_delimiter;
-    $smarty_compiler->_version          = $this->_version;
-    $smarty_compiler->security          = $this->security;
-    $smarty_compiler->secure_dir        = $this->secure_dir;
-    $smarty_compiler->security_settings = $this->security_settings;
-    $smarty_compiler->trusted_dir       = $this->trusted_dir;
-    $smarty_compiler->_reg_objects      = &$this->_reg_objects;
-    $smarty_compiler->_plugins          = &$this->_plugins;
-    $smarty_compiler->_tpl_vars         = &$this->_tpl_vars;
-    $smarty_compiler->default_modifiers = $this->default_modifiers;
-    $smarty_compiler->compile_id        = $this->_compile_id;
-
-    if ($smarty_compiler->_compile_file($tpl_file, $template_source, $template_compiled)) {
-        return true;
-    } else {
-        $this->trigger_error($smarty_compiler->_error_msg);
-        return false;
-    }
-}
-
-
-/* vim: set expandtab: */
-
-?>
diff --git a/libs/plugins/core.display_debug_console.php b/libs/plugins/core.display_debug_console.php
index 3686bd44..5e18f905 100644
--- a/libs/plugins/core.display_debug_console.php
+++ b/libs/plugins/core.display_debug_console.php
@@ -21,9 +21,9 @@ function smarty_core_display_debug_console($params, &$this)
 
 	if(empty($this->debug_tpl)) {
 		// set path to debug template from SMARTY_DIR
-		$this->debug_tpl = 'file:' . SMARTY_DIR . 'debug.tpl';
+		$this->debug_tpl = SMARTY_DIR . 'debug.tpl';
 		if($this->security && is_file($this->debug_tpl)) {
-    		$secure_dir[] = $this->debug_tpl;
+    		$this->secure_dir[] = $this->debug_tpl;
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -45,6 +45,8 @@ function smarty_core_display_debug_console($params, &$this)
 		include($_compile_path);
 		$_results = ob_get_contents();
 		ob_end_clean();
+	} else {
+		$_results = '';
 	}
 	
 	$this->force_compile = $_force_compile_orig;