diff --git a/flight/template/View.php b/flight/template/View.php
index 15e4fc8..f995d36 100644
--- a/flight/template/View.php
+++ b/flight/template/View.php
@@ -103,11 +103,11 @@ class View
      * Renders a template.
      *
      * @param string $file Template file
-     * @param ?array<string, mixed> $data Template data
+     * @param ?array<string, mixed> $templateData Template data
      *
      * @throws \Exception If template not found
      */
-    public function render(string $file, ?array $data = null): void
+    public function render(string $file, ?array $templateData = null): void
     {
         $this->template = $this->getTemplate($file);
 
@@ -118,11 +118,11 @@ class View
 
         \extract($this->vars);
 
-        if (\is_array($data) === true) {
-            \extract($data);
+        if (\is_array($templateData) === true) {
+            \extract($templateData);
 
             if ($this->preserveVars === true) {
-                $this->vars = \array_merge($this->vars, $data);
+                $this->vars = \array_merge($this->vars, $templateData);
             }
         }
 
diff --git a/tests/server/LayoutMiddleware.php b/tests/server/LayoutMiddleware.php
index 5459e24..4556b83 100644
--- a/tests/server/LayoutMiddleware.php
+++ b/tests/server/LayoutMiddleware.php
@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@ class LayoutMiddleware
 <li><a href="/alias">Alias Route</a></li>
 <li><a href="/protected">Protected path</a></li>
 <li><a href="/template/templatevariable">Template path</a></li>
+<li><a href="/template-data/template-data-variable">Template Data Variable</a></li>
 <li><a href="/querytestpath?test=1&variable2=uuid&variable3=tester">Query path</a></li>
 <li><a href="/badpagename">404 Not Found</a></li>
 <li><a href="/postpage">405 Method Not Found</a></li>
diff --git a/tests/server/index.php b/tests/server/index.php
index a26dfd8..e9bf043 100644
--- a/tests/server/index.php
+++ b/tests/server/index.php
@@ -98,6 +98,10 @@ Flight::group('', function () {
         Flight::render('template.phtml', ['name' => $name]);
     });
 
+	Flight::route('/template-data/@data', function ($data) {
+		Flight::render('template.phtml', ['data' => $data]);
+	});
+
     // Test 8: Throw an error
     Flight::route('/error', function () {
         trigger_error('This is a successful error');
diff --git a/tests/server/template.phtml b/tests/server/template.phtml
index d2ab1fa..8e14b9a 100644
--- a/tests/server/template.phtml
+++ b/tests/server/template.phtml
@@ -1 +1,5 @@
+<?php if(isset($name)): ?>
 <span id="infotext">Route text:</span> Template <?=$name?> works!
+<?php elseif(isset($data)): ?>
+<span id="infotext">Route text:</span> Template with variable name "data" works! See: <?=$data?>
+<?php endif; ?>