diff --git a/change_log.txt b/change_log.txt
index 768c0b4c..316d0492 100644
--- a/change_log.txt
+++ b/change_log.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+22/07/2010
+- bugfix in templateExists() methode
+
 20/07/2010
 - fixed handling of { strip } tag with whitespaces
 
diff --git a/libs/Smarty.class.php b/libs/Smarty.class.php
index c267d8bf..df5c82e5 100644
--- a/libs/Smarty.class.php
+++ b/libs/Smarty.class.php
@@ -511,9 +511,13 @@ class Smarty extends Smarty_Internal_Data {
     function templateExists($resource_name)
     { 
         // create template object
+        $save = $this->template_objects;
         $tpl = new $this->template_class($resource_name, $this); 
         // check if it does exists
-        return $tpl->isExisting();
+        $result = $tpl->isExisting();
+        $this->template_objects = $save;
+        unset ($tpl);
+        return $result;
     } 
 
     /**