diff --git a/browser/main.pt b/browser/main.pt
index 9df670c..cd206fe 100644
--- a/browser/main.pt
+++ b/browser/main.pt
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
     <link rel="icon" type="image/png"
           tal:attributes="href string:${resourceBase}favicon.png" />
 
-    <base href="." tal:attributes="href request/URL">
+    <base href="." tal:attributes="href view/requestUrl">
   </head>
 
   <body class="tundra"
diff --git a/browser/view.py b/browser/view.py
index 07f59cd..8f70072 100644
--- a/browser/view.py
+++ b/browser/view.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #
-#  Copyright (c) 2011 Helmut Merz helmutm@cy55.de
+#  Copyright (c) 2016 Helmut Merz helmutm@cy55.de
 #
 #  This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
 #  it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ from zope.interface import Interface, implements
 from zope.cachedescriptors.property import Lazy
 from zope import component
 from zope.event import notify
+from zope.publisher.http import URLGetter as BaseURLGetter
 from zope.publisher.interfaces.browser import IBrowserSkinType
 
 from cybertools.browser.renderer import CachableRenderer
@@ -63,6 +64,12 @@ class BodyTemplateView(object):
     bodyTemplate = UnboundTemplateFile('liquid/body.pt')
 
 
+class URLGetter(BaseURLGetter):
+
+    def __str__(self):
+        return self.__request.getURL().rstrip('/@@index.html')
+
+
 class GenericView(object):
 
     index = mainTemplate
@@ -103,6 +110,10 @@ class GenericView(object):
         # this is useful for a top-level page only
         return self.index(*args, **kw)
 
+    @property
+    def requestUrl(self):
+        return URLGetter(self.request)
+
     @Lazy
     def isAuthenticated(self):
         return not IUnauthenticatedPrincipal.providedBy(self.request.principal)
