diff --git a/framework/src/Maveriks/Pattern/Mvc/SmartyView.php b/framework/src/Maveriks/Pattern/Mvc/SmartyView.php
index e1240537c..94620fe07 100644
--- a/framework/src/Maveriks/Pattern/Mvc/SmartyView.php
+++ b/framework/src/Maveriks/Pattern/Mvc/SmartyView.php
@@ -1,34 +1,59 @@
 <?php
+
 namespace Maveriks\Pattern\Mvc;
 
 use Maveriks\Util\Common;
+use Smarty;
 
 class SmartyView extends View
 {
+    /**
+     * @var Smarty class instance
+     */
     protected $smarty;
 
+    /**
+     * Class constructor
+     *
+     * @param string $tpl
+     */
     public function __construct($tpl = '')
     {
+        // Call the parent constructor
         parent::__construct($tpl);
-        require_once PATH_THIRDPARTY . 'smarty/libs/Smarty.class.php'; //
 
-        $this->smarty = new \Smarty();
-        $this->smarty->compile_dir  = defined('PATH_SMARTY_C')? PATH_SMARTY_C : sys_get_temp_dir();
-        $this->smarty->cache_dir    = defined('PATH_SMARTY_CACHE')? PATH_SMARTY_CACHE : sys_get_temp_dir();
+        // Instance Smarty class
+        $this->smarty = new Smarty();
 
-        if (! is_dir($this->smarty->compile_dir)) {
+        // Set Smarty temporal paths
+        $this->smarty->compile_dir = defined('PATH_SMARTY_C') ? PATH_SMARTY_C : sys_get_temp_dir();
+        $this->smarty->cache_dir = defined('PATH_SMARTY_CACHE') ? PATH_SMARTY_CACHE : sys_get_temp_dir();
+
+        // If the paths don't exist we need to create them
+        if (!is_dir($this->smarty->compile_dir)) {
             Common::mk_dir($this->smarty->compile_dir);
         }
-        if (! is_dir($this->smarty->cache_dir)) {
+        if (!is_dir($this->smarty->cache_dir)) {
             Common::mk_dir($this->smarty->cache_dir);
         }
     }
 
-    public function assign($name, $value)
+    /**
+     * Assign a value to a Smarty piece in the template
+     *
+     * @param string $name
+     * @param mixed $value
+     *
+     * @return void
+     */
+    public function assign($name, $value = null)
     {
         $this->smarty->assign($name, $value);
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Render the Smarty template
+     */
     public function render()
     {
         $this->smarty->display($this->getTpl());