diff --git a/middleman-core/lib/middleman-core/application.rb b/middleman-core/lib/middleman-core/application.rb
index f34b98e9..3b05b834 100644
--- a/middleman-core/lib/middleman-core/application.rb
+++ b/middleman-core/lib/middleman-core/application.rb
@@ -225,6 +225,9 @@ module Middleman
     # Activate Data package
     register Middleman::CoreExtensions::Data
   
+    # Parse YAML from templates
+    register Middleman::CoreExtensions::FrontMatter
+
     # Setup custom rendering
     register Middleman::CoreExtensions::Rendering
   
@@ -243,9 +246,6 @@ module Middleman
     # with_layout and page routing
     register Middleman::CoreExtensions::Routing
   
-    # Parse YAML from templates
-    register Middleman::CoreExtensions::FrontMatter
-  
     # i18n
     register Middleman::CoreExtensions::I18n
   
@@ -555,4 +555,4 @@ module Middleman
       server
     end
   end
-end
\ No newline at end of file
+end
diff --git a/middleman-core/lib/middleman-core/core_extensions/front_matter.rb b/middleman-core/lib/middleman-core/core_extensions/front_matter.rb
index 5bdbdeea..e585bec9 100644
--- a/middleman-core/lib/middleman-core/core_extensions/front_matter.rb
+++ b/middleman-core/lib/middleman-core/core_extensions/front_matter.rb
@@ -50,8 +50,6 @@ module Middleman::CoreExtensions::FrontMatter
     
     # Override init
     def initialize
-      super
-      
       exts = frontmatter_extensions.join("|").gsub(".", "\.")
       
       static_path = source_dir.sub(root, "").sub(/^\//, "").sub(/\/$/, "") + "/"
@@ -82,9 +80,11 @@ module Middleman::CoreExtensions::FrontMatter
 
         { :options => data, :page => fmdata }
       end
-      
+
       # Initialize class
       frontmatter_extension
+
+      super
     end
 
     # Notify callbacks that the frontmatter changed
@@ -153,6 +153,7 @@ module Middleman::CoreExtensions::FrontMatter
         
       if result
         data, content = result
+
         data = ::Middleman::Util.recursively_enhance(data).freeze
         file = file.sub(@app.source_dir, "")
         @local_data[file] = [data, content]
diff --git a/middleman-core/lib/middleman-core/core_extensions/rendering.rb b/middleman-core/lib/middleman-core/core_extensions/rendering.rb
index f0f314f6..4e5d44ae 100644
--- a/middleman-core/lib/middleman-core/core_extensions/rendering.rb
+++ b/middleman-core/lib/middleman-core/core_extensions/rendering.rb
@@ -40,8 +40,6 @@ module Middleman::CoreExtensions::Rendering
         
       }
       
-      super
-      
       static_path = source_dir.sub(self.root, "").sub(/^\//, "")
       render_regex = static_path.empty? ? // : (%r{^#{static_path + "/"}})
       
@@ -49,6 +47,8 @@ module Middleman::CoreExtensions::Rendering
         path = File.expand_path(file, self.root)
         self.cache.remove(:raw_template, path)
       end
+
+      super
     end
     
     # Add or overwrite a default template extension
@@ -364,4 +364,4 @@ module Middleman::CoreExtensions::Rendering
       end
     end
   end
-end
\ No newline at end of file
+end