diff --git a/lib/liquid/document.rb b/lib/liquid/document.rb
index 7ecced6e..c964ae84 100644
--- a/lib/liquid/document.rb
+++ b/lib/liquid/document.rb
@@ -1,8 +1,12 @@
 module Liquid
   class Document < BlockBody
+    DEFAULT_OPTIONS = {
+      locale: I18n.new
+    }
+
     def self.parse(tokens, options)
       doc = new
-      doc.parse(tokens, options)
+      doc.parse(tokens, DEFAULT_OPTIONS.merge(options))
       doc
     end
 
diff --git a/lib/liquid/template.rb b/lib/liquid/template.rb
index 05b4114d..7b2897d9 100644
--- a/lib/liquid/template.rb
+++ b/lib/liquid/template.rb
@@ -13,10 +13,6 @@ module Liquid
   #   template.render('user_name' => 'bob')
   #
   class Template
-    DEFAULT_OPTIONS = {
-      locale: I18n.new
-    }
-
     attr_accessor :root
     attr_reader :resource_limits
 
@@ -120,7 +116,7 @@ module Liquid
       @options = options
       @profiling = options[:profile]
       @line_numbers = options[:line_numbers] || @profiling
-      @root = Document.parse(tokenize(source), DEFAULT_OPTIONS.merge(options))
+      @root = Document.parse(tokenize(source), options)
       @warnings = nil
       self
     end