diff --git a/engine/src/main/java/org/archive/crawler/restlet/BaseResource.java b/engine/src/main/java/org/archive/crawler/restlet/BaseResource.java
index 72ae434b..c1270797 100644
--- a/engine/src/main/java/org/archive/crawler/restlet/BaseResource.java
+++ b/engine/src/main/java/org/archive/crawler/restlet/BaseResource.java
@@ -27,6 +27,11 @@ import org.restlet.resource.ServerResource;
  * @author nlevitt
  */
 public abstract class BaseResource extends ServerResource {
+    @Override
+    public EngineApplication getApplication() {
+        return (EngineApplication) super.getApplication();
+    }
+
     protected String getStaticRef(String resource) {
         String rootRef = getRequest().getRootRef().toString();
         return rootRef + "/engine/static/" + resource;
diff --git a/engine/src/main/java/org/archive/crawler/restlet/BeanBrowseResource.java b/engine/src/main/java/org/archive/crawler/restlet/BeanBrowseResource.java
index 5ae0c897..ef5e60be 100644
--- a/engine/src/main/java/org/archive/crawler/restlet/BeanBrowseResource.java
+++ b/engine/src/main/java/org/archive/crawler/restlet/BeanBrowseResource.java
@@ -63,8 +63,7 @@ import freemarker.template.TemplateException;
  */
 public class BeanBrowseResource extends JobRelatedResource {
     protected PathSharingContext appCtx; 
-    protected String beanPath; 
-    private Configuration _templateConfiguration;
+    protected String beanPath;
 
     @Override
     public void init(Context ctx, Request req, Response res) throws ResourceException {
@@ -82,17 +81,6 @@ public class BeanBrowseResource extends JobRelatedResource {
         } else {
             beanPath = "";
         }
-        
-        Configuration tmpltCfg = new Configuration();
-        tmpltCfg.setClassForTemplateLoading(this.getClass(),"");
-        tmpltCfg.setObjectWrapper(ObjectWrapper.BEANS_WRAPPER);
-        setTemplateConfiguration(tmpltCfg);
-    }
-    public void setTemplateConfiguration(Configuration tmpltCfg) {
-        _templateConfiguration=tmpltCfg;
-    }
-    public Configuration getTemplateConfiguration(){
-        return _templateConfiguration;
     }
 
     @Override
@@ -225,7 +213,7 @@ public class BeanBrowseResource extends JobRelatedResource {
         if(!baseRef.endsWith("/")) {
             baseRef += "/";
         }
-        Configuration tmpltCfg = getTemplateConfiguration();
+        Configuration tmpltCfg = getApplication().getTemplateConfiguration();
 
         ViewModel viewModel = new ViewModel();
         viewModel.setFlashes(Flash.getFlashes(getRequest()));
diff --git a/engine/src/main/java/org/archive/crawler/restlet/EngineApplication.java b/engine/src/main/java/org/archive/crawler/restlet/EngineApplication.java
index a82c3026..b5ac3951 100644
--- a/engine/src/main/java/org/archive/crawler/restlet/EngineApplication.java
+++ b/engine/src/main/java/org/archive/crawler/restlet/EngineApplication.java
@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@ import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.PrintWriter;
 import java.io.StringWriter;
 
+import freemarker.template.Configuration;
+import freemarker.template.ObjectWrapper;
 import org.archive.crawler.framework.Engine;
 import org.archive.util.TextUtils;
 import org.restlet.Application;
@@ -48,12 +50,17 @@ import org.restlet.service.StatusService;
  * @author gojomo
  */
 public class EngineApplication extends Application {
-    protected Engine engine; 
+    protected Engine engine;
+    private final Configuration templateConfiguration;
+
     public EngineApplication(Engine engine) {
         this.engine = engine;
         getMetadataService().addExtension("log", MediaType.TEXT_PLAIN );
         getMetadataService().addExtension("cxml", MediaType.APPLICATION_XML );
         setStatusService(new EngineStatusService());
+        templateConfiguration = new Configuration();
+        templateConfiguration.setClassForTemplateLoading(getClass(), "");
+        templateConfiguration.setObjectWrapper(ObjectWrapper.BEANS_WRAPPER);
     }
 
     @Override
@@ -159,4 +166,7 @@ public class EngineApplication extends Application {
 
     }
 
+    public Configuration getTemplateConfiguration() {
+        return templateConfiguration;
+    }
 }
diff --git a/engine/src/main/java/org/archive/crawler/restlet/EngineResource.java b/engine/src/main/java/org/archive/crawler/restlet/EngineResource.java
index 4cedda7d..588b271f 100644
--- a/engine/src/main/java/org/archive/crawler/restlet/EngineResource.java
+++ b/engine/src/main/java/org/archive/crawler/restlet/EngineResource.java
@@ -58,25 +58,11 @@ import static org.restlet.data.MediaType.APPLICATION_XML;
  */
 public class EngineResource extends BaseResource {
 
-    private Configuration _templateConfiguration;
-
     @Override
     public void init(Context ctx, Request req, Response res) {
         super.init(ctx, req, res);
         getVariants().add(new Variant(MediaType.TEXT_HTML));
         getVariants().add(new Variant(APPLICATION_XML));
-        
-        Configuration tmpltCfg = new Configuration();
-        tmpltCfg.setClassForTemplateLoading(this.getClass(),"");        
-        tmpltCfg.setObjectWrapper(new DefaultObjectWrapper());
-        setTemplateConfiguration(tmpltCfg);
-    }
-
-    public void setTemplateConfiguration(Configuration tmpltCfg) {
-        _templateConfiguration=tmpltCfg;
-    }
-    public Configuration getTemplateConfiguration(){
-        return _templateConfiguration;
     }
 
     @Override
@@ -233,7 +219,7 @@ public class EngineResource extends BaseResource {
         if(!baseRef.endsWith("/")) {
             baseRef += "/";
         }
-        Configuration tmpltCfg = getTemplateConfiguration();
+        Configuration tmpltCfg = getApplication().getTemplateConfiguration();
 
         ViewModel viewModel = new ViewModel();
         viewModel.setFlashes(Flash.getFlashes(getRequest()));
diff --git a/engine/src/main/java/org/archive/crawler/restlet/JobResource.java b/engine/src/main/java/org/archive/crawler/restlet/JobResource.java
index 5b4ab6c7..54bceb15 100644
--- a/engine/src/main/java/org/archive/crawler/restlet/JobResource.java
+++ b/engine/src/main/java/org/archive/crawler/restlet/JobResource.java
@@ -61,7 +61,6 @@ import freemarker.template.TemplateException;
 public class JobResource extends BaseResource {
     public static final IOFileFilter EDIT_FILTER = FileUtils
             .getRegexFileFilter(".*\\.((c?xml)|(txt))$");
-    private Configuration _templateConfiguration;
 
     @SuppressWarnings("unused")
     private static final Logger logger = Logger.getLogger(JobResource.class
@@ -77,17 +76,6 @@ public class JobResource extends BaseResource {
         getVariants().add(new Variant(MediaType.APPLICATION_XML));
         cj = getEngine().getJob(
                 TextUtils.urlUnescape((String) req.getAttributes().get("job")));
-        
-        Configuration tmpltCfg = new Configuration();
-        tmpltCfg.setClassForTemplateLoading(this.getClass(),"");
-        tmpltCfg.setObjectWrapper(ObjectWrapper.BEANS_WRAPPER);
-        setTemplateConfiguration(tmpltCfg);
-    }
-    public void setTemplateConfiguration(Configuration tmpltCfg) {
-        _templateConfiguration=tmpltCfg;
-    }
-    public Configuration getTemplateConfiguration(){
-        return _templateConfiguration;
     }
 
     @Override
@@ -139,7 +127,7 @@ public class JobResource extends BaseResource {
         if(!baseRef.endsWith("/")) {
             baseRef += "/";
         }
-        Configuration tmpltCfg = getTemplateConfiguration();
+        Configuration tmpltCfg = getApplication().getTemplateConfiguration();
 
         ViewModel viewModel = new ViewModel();
         viewModel.setFlashes(Flash.getFlashes(getRequest()));
diff --git a/engine/src/main/java/org/archive/crawler/restlet/ScriptResource.java b/engine/src/main/java/org/archive/crawler/restlet/ScriptResource.java
index 58fee0f9..26cd4129 100644
--- a/engine/src/main/java/org/archive/crawler/restlet/ScriptResource.java
+++ b/engine/src/main/java/org/archive/crawler/restlet/ScriptResource.java
@@ -80,28 +80,16 @@ public class ScriptResource extends JobRelatedResource {
     }
     
     protected String chosenEngine = FACTORIES.isEmpty() ? "" : FACTORIES.getFirst().getNames().get(0);
-    private Configuration _templateConfiguration;
 
     @Override
     public void init(Context ctx, Request req, Response res) throws ResourceException {
         super.init(ctx, req, res);
         getVariants().add(new Variant(MediaType.TEXT_HTML));
         getVariants().add(new Variant(MediaType.APPLICATION_XML));
-        
-        Configuration tmpltCfg = new Configuration();
-        tmpltCfg.setClassForTemplateLoading(this.getClass(),"");
-        tmpltCfg.setObjectWrapper(ObjectWrapper.BEANS_WRAPPER);
-        setTemplateConfiguration(tmpltCfg);
 
         scriptingConsole = new ScriptingConsole(cj);
     }
-    public void setTemplateConfiguration(Configuration tmpltCfg) {
-        _templateConfiguration=tmpltCfg;
-    }
-    public Configuration getTemplateConfiguration(){
-        return _templateConfiguration;
-    }
-        
+
     private ScriptingConsole scriptingConsole;
     
     @Override
@@ -184,7 +172,7 @@ public class ScriptResource extends JobRelatedResource {
         if(!baseRef.endsWith("/")) {
             baseRef += "/";
         }
-        Configuration tmpltCfg = getTemplateConfiguration();
+        Configuration tmpltCfg = getApplication().getTemplateConfiguration();
 
         ViewModel viewModel = new ViewModel();
         viewModel.setFlashes(Flash.getFlashes(getRequest()));