diff --git a/layouts/partials/relBaseUri.hugo b/layouts/partials/relBaseUri.hugo
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b2c6e50147
--- /dev/null
+++ b/layouts/partials/relBaseUri.hugo
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+{{- /* generates an uphill path from the current page to the root of the server */}}
+{{- $subdir := strings.TrimSuffix (relLangURL "/") (relLangURL "") }}
+{{- $relBaseUri := .RelPermalink }}
+{{- $relBaseUri = replaceRE "/[^/]*$" "" $relBaseUri }}
+{{- $relBaseUri = replaceRE "/[^/]*" "/.." $relBaseUri }}
+{{- $relBaseUri = trim $relBaseUri "/" }}
+{{- if not $relBaseUri }}
+	{{- $relBaseUri = "." }}
+{{- end }}
+{{- return $relBaseUri }}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/layouts/partials/stylesheet.html b/layouts/partials/stylesheet.html
index 3c46178820..3952a103c4 100644
--- a/layouts/partials/stylesheet.html
+++ b/layouts/partials/stylesheet.html
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@
     <script>
       window.relearn = window.relearn || {};
       window.relearn.relBasePath='{{ partial "relBasePath.hugo" $page | safeJS }}';
+      window.relearn.relBaseUri='{{ partial "relBaseUri.hugo" $page | safeJS }}';
       window.relearn.absBaseUri='{{ replaceRE "/*$" "" .Site.BaseURL | safeJS }}';
     {{- with .Site.Home.OutputFormats.Get "json" }}
       {{- warnf "%q: DEPRECATED usage of 'json' output format found, use 'search' instead; see https://mcshelby.github.io/hugo-theme-relearn/basics/customization#activate-search" $page.File.Filename }}
diff --git a/static/js/search.js b/static/js/search.js
index d9ccf56bfd..9d412ad1d2 100644
--- a/static/js/search.js
+++ b/static/js/search.js
@@ -217,7 +217,7 @@ function searchDetail( value ) {
             divsuggestion.className = 'autocomplete-suggestion';
             divsuggestion.setAttribute('data-term', value);
             divsuggestion.setAttribute('data-title', page.title);
-            divsuggestion.setAttribute('href', window.relearn.baseUri + page.uri);
+            divsuggestion.setAttribute('href', window.relearn.relBaseUri + page.uri);
             divsuggestion.setAttribute('data-context', context);
             var divtitle = document.createElement('div');
             divtitle.className = 'title';
@@ -289,7 +289,7 @@ function startSearch(){
             divsuggestion.className = 'autocomplete-suggestion';
             divsuggestion.setAttribute('data-term', term);
             divsuggestion.setAttribute('data-title', page.title);
-            divsuggestion.setAttribute('data-uri', window.relearn.baseUri + page.uri);
+            divsuggestion.setAttribute('data-uri', window.relearn.relBaseUri + page.uri);
             divsuggestion.setAttribute('data-context', context);
             var divtitle = document.createElement('div');
             divtitle.className = 'title';