diff --git a/config/alfresco/template-services-context.xml b/config/alfresco/template-services-context.xml
index bc090a1b23..2a8d26c0b8 100644
--- a/config/alfresco/template-services-context.xml
+++ b/config/alfresco/template-services-context.xml
@@ -117,10 +117,16 @@
         </property>
     </bean>
     
-    <bean id="urlEncodeTemplateExtension" parent="baseTemplateImplementation" class="org.alfresco.repo.template.ISO8601DateFormatMethod">
+    <bean id="urlEncodeTemplateExtension" parent="baseTemplateImplementation" class="org.alfresco.repo.template.UrlEncodeMethod">
         <property name="extensionName">
             <value>urlencode</value>
         </property>
     </bean>
     
+    <bean id="cropContentTemplateExtension" parent="baseTemplateImplementation" class="org.alfresco.repo.template.CropContentMethod">
+        <property name="extensionName">
+            <value>cropContent</value>
+        </property>
+    </bean>
+    
 </beans>
diff --git a/source/java/org/alfresco/repo/template/CropContentMethod.java b/source/java/org/alfresco/repo/template/CropContentMethod.java
index 4f6f7052cc..663b696537 100644
--- a/source/java/org/alfresco/repo/template/CropContentMethod.java
+++ b/source/java/org/alfresco/repo/template/CropContentMethod.java
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ package org.alfresco.repo.template;
 
 import java.util.List;
 
+import org.alfresco.repo.processor.BaseProcessorExtension;
 import org.alfresco.repo.template.BaseContentNode.TemplateContentData;
 
 import freemarker.ext.beans.BeanModel;
@@ -40,7 +41,7 @@ import freemarker.template.TemplateNumberModel;
  * <p>
  * Usage: String cropContent(TemplateContentData content, int length)
  */
-public final class CropContentMethod implements TemplateMethodModelEx
+public final class CropContentMethod extends BaseProcessorExtension implements TemplateMethodModelEx
 {
     /**
      * @see freemarker.template.TemplateMethodModel#exec(java.util.List)