diff --git a/src/Command/BuildCommand.php b/src/Command/BuildCommand.php
index 06ab2da..edc5abf 100644
--- a/src/Command/BuildCommand.php
+++ b/src/Command/BuildCommand.php
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 
 use App\Database;
 use App\Page;
+use App\Template;
 use App\Util;
 use LunrPHP\BuildLunrIndex;
 use PDO;
@@ -83,7 +84,8 @@ protected function execute(InputInterface $input, OutputInterface $output): int
         }
         foreach ($pages as $page) {
             self::writeln('<info>Page: ' . $page->getId() . '</info>');
-            $site->getTemplate($page->getTemplateName())->render($page, $db);
+            $template = new Template($db, $site, $page->getTemplateName());
+            $template->render($page);
         }
 
         // Build Lunr index as search.json.
diff --git a/src/Site.php b/src/Site.php
index 3e841ce..1fce726 100644
--- a/src/Site.php
+++ b/src/Site.php
@@ -74,15 +74,10 @@ public function getPages(): array
         return $this->pages;
     }
 
-    public function getTemplate(string $name): Template
-    {
-        return new Template($this, $name);
-    }
-
     /**
      * @return Template[]
      */
-    public function getTemplates(string $prefix = ''): array
+    public function getTemplates(Database $db, string $prefix = ''): array
     {
         $templatesDir = $this->getDir() . '/templates';
         if (!is_dir($templatesDir)) {
@@ -97,7 +92,7 @@ public function getTemplates(string $prefix = ''): array
         foreach ($finder as $file) {
             preg_match('/(.*)\.(.*)\.twig/', $file->getFilename(), $nameParts);
             $tplName = $file->getRelativePath() . '/' . $nameParts[1];
-            $templates[] = new Template($this, $tplName);
+            $templates[] = new Template($db, $this, $tplName);
         }
         return $templates;
     }
diff --git a/src/Template.php b/src/Template.php
index 02fb99a..bcd8d00 100644
--- a/src/Template.php
+++ b/src/Template.php
@@ -25,8 +25,12 @@ final class Template
     /** @var string The filesystem name of this template. */
     protected $name;
 
-    public function __construct(Site $site, string $name)
+    /** @var Database */
+    private $db;
+
+    public function __construct(Database $db, Site $site, string $name)
     {
+        $this->db = $db;
         $this->site = $site;
         $this->name = $name;
     }
@@ -72,15 +76,19 @@ public function getFormats(): array
      */
     public function renderSimple(string $format, Page $page, ?array $params = null): string
     {
-        $params['page'] = $page;
-        return $this->getTwig($page)->render($this->name . ".$format.twig", $params);
+        $allParams = array_merge([
+            'database' => $this->db,
+            'site' => $page->getSite(),
+            'page' => $page,
+        ], $params ?? []);
+        return $this->getTwig($page)->render($this->name . ".$format.twig", $allParams);
     }
 
-    public function render(Page $page, Database $db): void
+    public function render(Page $page): void
     {
         foreach ($this->getFormats() as $format) {
             $renderedTemplate = $this->getTwig($page)->render($this->name . ".$format.twig", [
-                'database' => $db,
+                'database' => $this->db,
                 'site' => $page->getSite(),
                 'page' => $page,
             ]);
@@ -97,7 +105,7 @@ public function render(Page $page, Database $db): void
                 CommandBase::writeln('Compiling PDF for: ' . $page->getId());
                 $args = ['latexmk', '-lualatex', "-auxdir=$pdfDir", "-outdir=$pdfDir", $texOutFile];
                 $process = new Process($args, $pdfDir);
-                $process->setTimeout(5 * 60);
+                $process->setTimeout(10 * 60);
                 $process->mustRun();
                 // Copy PDF to output directory.
                 Util::mkdir(dirname($outFileBase));
@@ -127,7 +135,7 @@ protected function getTwig(Page $page): Environment
         ]);
         $twig->addExtension(new IntlExtension());
         $twig->addExtension(new DebugExtension());
-        $twigExtension = new Twig($this->site, $page);
+        $twigExtension = new Twig($this->db, $this->site, $page);
         $twig->addExtension($twigExtension);
         $escaper = $twig->getExtension(EscaperExtension::class);
         if ($escaper instanceof EscaperExtension) {
diff --git a/src/Twig.php b/src/Twig.php
index bf1a9d4..039c0fa 100644
--- a/src/Twig.php
+++ b/src/Twig.php
@@ -36,6 +36,9 @@
 
 final class Twig extends AbstractExtension
 {
+    /** @var Database */
+    protected $db;
+
     /** @var Site */
     protected $site;
 
@@ -49,8 +52,9 @@ final class Twig extends AbstractExtension
         'flickr' => [],
     ];
 
-    public function __construct(Site $site, Page $page)
+    public function __construct(Database $db, Site $site, Page $page)
     {
+        $this->db = $db;
         $this->site = $site;
         $this->page = $page;
     }
@@ -393,7 +397,7 @@ public function escapeCsv(Environment $env, ?string $string = '', string $charse
     private function getCommonMarkEnvironment(string $format): CommonMarkEnvironment
     {
         $shortcodes = [];
-        foreach ($this->site->getTemplates('shortcodes') as $shortcodeTemplate) {
+        foreach ($this->site->getTemplates($this->db, 'shortcodes') as $shortcodeTemplate) {
             $shortcodeName = substr($shortcodeTemplate->getName(), strlen('shortcodes/'));
             $page = $this->page;
             $shortcodes[$shortcodeName] = static function (
diff --git a/tests/TemplateTest.php b/tests/TemplateTest.php
index b99ceaf..ad76c4b 100644
--- a/tests/TemplateTest.php
+++ b/tests/TemplateTest.php
@@ -29,12 +29,12 @@ public function setUp(): void
      */
     public function testRenderSimple(): void
     {
-        $site = new Site(__DIR__ . '/test_site');
-        $tpl = new Template($site, 'test');
-        $page = $site->getPages()['/simple'];
+        $tpl = new Template($this->db, $this->site, 'test');
+        $page = $this->site->getPages()['/simple'];
         $out = $tpl->renderSimple('tex', $page);
         self::assertSame('
 \documentclass{article}
+\usepackage{graphicx}
 
 \begin{document}
 
@@ -52,12 +52,15 @@ public function testRenderSimple(): void
      */
     public function testShortcodes(): void
     {
-        $site = new Site(__DIR__ . '/test_site');
-        $tpl = new Template($site, 'test');
-        $page = $site->getPages()['/shortcodes'];
-        $out = $tpl->renderSimple('tex', $page);
+        $tpl = new Template($this->db, $this->site, 'test');
+        $page = $this->site->getPages()['/shortcodes'];
+        $tpl->render($page);
+        $texFile = __DIR__ . '/test_site/cache/tex/shortcodes.tex';
+        self::assertFileExists($texFile);
+        $out = file_get_contents($texFile);
         self::assertSame("
 \documentclass{article}
+\usepackage{graphicx}
 
 \begin{document}
 
@@ -72,6 +75,8 @@ public function testShortcodes(): void
 \\end{center}
 \\end{figure}
 
+There are 4 pages.
+
 
 
 
@@ -85,8 +90,7 @@ public function testShortcodes(): void
      */
     public function testGetFormats(): void
     {
-        $site = new Site(__DIR__ . '/test_site');
-        $tpl = new Template($site, 'test');
+        $tpl = new Template($this->db, $this->site, 'test');
         $this->assertSame(['tex'], $tpl->getFormats());
     }
 }
diff --git a/tests/TwigTest.php b/tests/TwigTest.php
index 97c1f11..cb98da0 100644
--- a/tests/TwigTest.php
+++ b/tests/TwigTest.php
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 
 namespace Test;
 
+use App\Database;
 use App\Page;
 use App\Site;
 use App\Twig;
@@ -13,6 +14,14 @@
 
 final class TwigTest extends TestCase
 {
+    /** @var Database */
+    private $db;
+
+    public function setUp(): void
+    {
+        $this->db = new Database();
+    }
+
     /**
      * @covers \App\Twig::escapeCsv()
      * @covers \App\Twig::escapeTex()
@@ -21,7 +30,7 @@ final class TwigTest extends TestCase
     public function testEscape(string $strategy, ?string $in, string $out): void
     {
         $site = new Site(__DIR__ . '/test_site');
-        $twig = new Twig($site, new Page($site, '/simple'));
+        $twig = new Twig($this->db, $site, new Page($site, '/simple'));
         $env = new Environment(new ArrayLoader());
         $escapeMethod = 'escape' . ucfirst($strategy);
         self::assertSame($out, $twig->$escapeMethod($env, $in));
@@ -48,7 +57,7 @@ public function provideEscape(): array
     public function testQrCode(): void
     {
         $site = new Site(__DIR__ . '/test_site');
-        $twig = new Twig($site, new Page($site, '/simple'));
+        $twig = new Twig($this->db, $site, new Page($site, '/simple'));
         $out = $twig->functionQrCode('Lorem');
         self::assertSame('/assets/qrcodes/db6ff2ffe2df7b8cfc0d9542bdce27dc.svg', $out);
     }
@@ -60,7 +69,7 @@ public function testQrCode(): void
     public function testImageUrlsToLatex(string $pageId, string $markdown, string $latex): void
     {
         $site = new Site(__DIR__ . '/test_site');
-        $twig = new Twig($site, new Page($site, $pageId));
+        $twig = new Twig($this->db, $site, new Page($site, $pageId));
         self::assertSame($latex, $twig->filterMarkdownToLatex($markdown));
     }
 
diff --git a/tests/test_site/templates/shortcodes/commons.tex.twig b/tests/test_site/templates/shortcodes/commons.tex.twig
index d4c845e..5aa44d2 100644
--- a/tests/test_site/templates/shortcodes/commons.tex.twig
+++ b/tests/test_site/templates/shortcodes/commons.tex.twig
@@ -9,4 +9,6 @@
 \end{center}
 \end{figure}
 
-{% endautoescape %}
\ No newline at end of file
+There are {{ database.query('SELECT COUNT(*) AS t FROM pages').fetch.t }} pages.
+
+{% endautoescape %}
diff --git a/tests/test_site/templates/test.tex.twig b/tests/test_site/templates/test.tex.twig
index 6aba2a8..81f4d80 100644
--- a/tests/test_site/templates/test.tex.twig
+++ b/tests/test_site/templates/test.tex.twig
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 {% autoescape 'tex' %}
 
 \documentclass{article}
+\usepackage{graphicx}
 
 \begin{document}