diff --git a/templates/base.html b/templates/base.html
index 7b11a49e5abecdfd445bd0fe972d293e0d452b78..3357e957aad4c946d28003d93db873a91431a97d 100644
--- a/templates/base.html
+++ b/templates/base.html
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@
                     {% for title,url in MENUITEMS %}
                         {% if url is string %}
                             {% if title != 'Search' %}
-                                <li {% if url == link %}class="active"{% endif %}>
+                                <li {% if output_file == link %}class="active"{% endif %}>
                                     <a href="{{ genurl( url ) }}" {{ newtab(url) }}>{{ title }}</a>
                                 </li>
                             {% endif %}