diff --git a/IkiWiki.pm b/IkiWiki.pm
index 41e9e3f82..a4afef8e0 100644
--- a/IkiWiki.pm
+++ b/IkiWiki.pm
@@ -1057,7 +1057,7 @@ sub cgiurl (@) {
 sub baseurl (;$) {
 	my $page=shift;
 
-	return "$config{url}/" if ! defined $page;
+	return $local_url if ! defined $page;
 	
 	$page=htmlpage($page);
 	$page=~s/[^\/]+$//;