diff --git a/layouts/shortcodes/gallery.html b/layouts/shortcodes/gallery.html
index 97be09e1..13d33d94 100644
--- a/layouts/shortcodes/gallery.html
+++ b/layouts/shortcodes/gallery.html
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ Documentation and licence at https://github.com/liwenyip/hugo-easy-gallery/
 			{{- $isimg := lower .Name | findRE "\\.(gif|jpg|jpeg|tiff|png|bmp|webp|avif|jxl)" }}<!-- is the current file an image? -->
 			{{- if and $isimg (not $isthumb) }}
 				{{- $caption :=  .Name | replaceRE "\\..*" "" | humanize }}<!-- humanized filename without extension -->
-				{{- $linkURL := print $baseURL ($.Get "dir") "/" .Name | absURL }}<!-- absolute URL to hi-res image -->
+				{{- $linkURL := print $baseURL "/" ($.Get "dir") "/" .Name | absURL }}<!-- absolute URL to hi-res image -->
 				{{- $thumb := .Name | replaceRE "(\\.)" ($thumbext | printf "%s.") }}<!-- filename of thumbnail image -->
 				{{- $thumbexists := where $files "Name" $thumb }}<!-- does a thumbnail image exist? --> 
 				{{- $thumbURL := print $baseURL ($.Get "dir") "/" $thumb | absURL }}<!-- absolute URL to thumbnail image -->