diff --git a/src/Control/Controller.php b/src/Control/Controller.php
index 0a7233703..f367fc57f 100644
--- a/src/Control/Controller.php
+++ b/src/Control/Controller.php
@@ -414,7 +414,7 @@ class Controller extends RequestHandler implements TemplateGlobalProvider
             $templates = array_unique(array_merge($actionTemplates, $classTemplates));
         }
 
-        return new SSViewer($templates);
+        return SSViewer::create($templates);
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/src/Forms/Form.php b/src/Forms/Form.php
index 1aa74cfb4..0da09cbd6 100644
--- a/src/Forms/Form.php
+++ b/src/Forms/Form.php
@@ -1582,7 +1582,7 @@ class Form extends ViewableData implements HasRequestHandler
      */
     public function forAjaxTemplate()
     {
-        $view = new SSViewer($this->getTemplates());
+        $view = SSViewer::create($this->getTemplates());
 
         $return = $view->dontRewriteHashlinks()->process($this);
 
@@ -1631,7 +1631,7 @@ class Form extends ViewableData implements HasRequestHandler
         ));
 
         if (is_string($template)) {
-            $template = new SSViewer($template);
+            $template = SSViewer::create($template);
         }
 
         return $template->process($custom);
diff --git a/src/View/SSViewer.php b/src/View/SSViewer.php
index 3cde50277..f49ad4738 100644
--- a/src/View/SSViewer.php
+++ b/src/View/SSViewer.php
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ use Psr\SimpleCache\CacheInterface;
 use SilverStripe\Core\Convert;
 use SilverStripe\Core\Flushable;
 use SilverStripe\Core\Injector\Injector;
+use SilverStripe\Core\Injector\Injectable;
 use SilverStripe\Control\Director;
 use SilverStripe\Dev\Deprecation;
 use SilverStripe\ORM\FieldType\DBField;
@@ -40,6 +41,7 @@ use InvalidArgumentException;
 class SSViewer implements Flushable
 {
     use Configurable;
+    use Injectable;
 
     /**
      * Identifier for the default theme
@@ -65,17 +67,17 @@ class SSViewer implements Flushable
     /**
      * @var array $templates List of templates to select from
      */
-    private $templates = null;
+    protected $templates = null;
 
     /**
      * @var string $chosen Absolute path to chosen template file
      */
-    private $chosen = null;
+    protected $chosen = null;
 
     /**
      * @var array Templates to use when looking up 'Layout' or 'Content'
      */
-    private $subTemplates = null;
+    protected $subTemplates = null;
 
     /**
      * @var boolean
@@ -143,7 +145,7 @@ class SSViewer implements Flushable
      */
     public static function fromString($content, $cacheTemplate = null)
     {
-        $viewer = new SSViewer_FromString($content);
+        $viewer = SSViewer_FromString::create($content);
         if ($cacheTemplate !== null) {
             $viewer->setCacheTemplate($cacheTemplate);
         }
@@ -574,7 +576,7 @@ class SSViewer implements Flushable
      */
     public static function execute_template($template, $data, $arguments = null, $scope = null)
     {
-        $v = new SSViewer($template);
+        $v = SSViewer::create($template);
         $v->includeRequirements(false);
 
         return $v->process($data, $arguments, $scope);
diff --git a/src/View/SSViewer_FromString.php b/src/View/SSViewer_FromString.php
index f9a8f8d3e..653947cbf 100644
--- a/src/View/SSViewer_FromString.php
+++ b/src/View/SSViewer_FromString.php
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ class SSViewer_FromString extends SSViewer
         if ($this->cacheTemplate !== null) {
             $cacheTemplate = $this->cacheTemplate;
         } else {
-            $cacheTemplate = Config::inst()->get('SilverStripe\\View\\SSViewer_FromString', 'cache_template');
+            $cacheTemplate = static::config()->get('cache_template');
         }
 
         if (!$cacheTemplate) {
diff --git a/src/View/ViewableData.php b/src/View/ViewableData.php
index 5f372c022..e62e852f8 100644
--- a/src/View/ViewableData.php
+++ b/src/View/ViewableData.php
@@ -382,7 +382,7 @@ class ViewableData implements IteratorAggregate
     public function renderWith($template, $customFields = null)
     {
         if (!is_object($template)) {
-            $template = new SSViewer($template);
+            $template = SSViewer::create($template);
         }
 
         $data = $this->getCustomisedObj() ?: $this;