diff --git a/layouts/partials/toBaseRelURL.hugo b/layouts/partials/toBaseRelURL.hugo
index 8e7068e0e4..86acfcbda1 100644
--- a/layouts/partials/toBaseRelURL.hugo
+++ b/layouts/partials/toBaseRelURL.hugo
@@ -4,4 +4,7 @@
 {{- $rel_url := strings.TrimPrefix $subdir $url }}
 {{- $rel_url = replaceRE "/[^/]*" "/.." $rel_url }}
 {{- $rel_url = trim $rel_url "/" }}
+{{- if not $rel_url }}
+	{{- $rel_url = "." }}
+{{- end }}
 {{- return $rel_url }}
\ No newline at end of file