I just created a module and I put this in my layout file: <?xml version="1.0"?> <layout version="0.1.0"> <filteredproducts_index_index> <reference name="root"> <action method="setTemplate"> <template>page/2columns-left.phtml</template> </action> </reference> <reference name="content"> <block type="filteredproducts/myblock" name="myblock" template="test.phtml"/> </reference> </filteredproducts_index_index> </layout> Now for some reason, no mather what block I put there inside my reference name="content" tag. The block is shown twice. test.phtml: <?php echo "test"; ?> The text shown at the page is testtest. So the content must be loaded two times for some reason I just can't seem to figure out how. Any help appreciated.