diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index e1d1540..cba9493 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -58,13 +58,13 @@ std::string result = env.render("Hello {{ name }}!", data); // "Hello world!"
 
 // Or directly read a template file
 Template temp = env.parse_template("./template.txt");
-std::string result = temp.render(data); // "Hello world!"
+std::string result = env.render_template(temp, data); // "Hello world!"
 
 data["name"] = "Inja";
-std::string result = temp.render(data); // "Hello Inja!"
+std::string result = env.render_template(temp, data); // "Hello Inja!"
 
 // Or read a json file for data directly from the environment
-result = env.render_template("./template.txt", "./data.json");
+result = env.render_file("./template.txt", "./data.json");
 
 // Or write a rendered template file
 temp.write(data, "./result.txt")
diff --git a/src/inja.hpp b/src/inja.hpp
index 4f629c0..9ea9cee 100644
--- a/src/inja.hpp
+++ b/src/inja.hpp
@@ -872,19 +872,24 @@ public:
 		return renderer.render(parse(text), data);
 	}
 
-	std::string render_template(const std::string& filename, json data) {
+	std::string render_template(const Template temp, json data) {
+		renderer.element_notation = element_notation;
+		return renderer.render(temp, data);
+	}
+
+	std::string render_file(const std::string& filename, json data) {
 		renderer.element_notation = element_notation;
 		return renderer.render(parse_template(filename), data);
 	}
 
-	std::string render_template_with_json_file(const std::string& filename, const std::string& filename_data) {
+	std::string render_file_with_json_file(const std::string& filename, const std::string& filename_data) {
 		json data = load_json(filename_data);
-		return render_template(filename, data);
+		return render_file(filename, data);
 	}
 
 	void write(const std::string& filename, json data, const std::string& filename_out) {
 		std::ofstream file(output_path + filename_out);
-		file << render_template(filename, data);
+		file << render_file(filename, data);
 		file.close();
 	}
 
diff --git a/test/src/unit-files.cpp b/test/src/unit-files.cpp
index 11665ca..6408690 100644
--- a/test/src/unit-files.cpp
+++ b/test/src/unit-files.cpp
@@ -16,11 +16,11 @@ TEST_CASE("loading") {
 	}
 
 	SECTION("Files should be rendered") {
-		CHECK( env.render_template("data/simple.txt", data) == "Hello Jeff." );
+		CHECK( env.render_file("data/simple.txt", data) == "Hello Jeff." );
 	}
 
 	SECTION("File includes should be rendered") {
-		CHECK( env.render_template("data/include.txt", data) == "Answer: Hello Jeff." );
+		CHECK( env.render_file("data/include.txt", data) == "Answer: Hello Jeff." );
 	}
 }
 
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ TEST_CASE("complete-files") {
 
 	for (std::string test_name : {"simple-file", "nested", "nested-line"}) {
 		SECTION(test_name) {
-			CHECK( env.render_template_with_json_file(test_name + "/template.txt", test_name + "/data.json") == env.load_global_file(test_name + "/result.txt") );
+			CHECK( env.render_file_with_json_file(test_name + "/template.txt", test_name + "/data.json") == env.load_global_file(test_name + "/result.txt") );
 		}
 	}
 }