diff --git a/themes/hugo-theme-pdf-js/layouts/shortcodes/embed-pdf-view.html b/themes/hugo-theme-pdf-js/layouts/shortcodes/embed-pdf-view.html
index 891fa0b12238324d9cd292d00cc4b097c3b4f06d..ae53dc10fd49c2b54969520084c83eb38bee57c7 100644
--- a/themes/hugo-theme-pdf-js/layouts/shortcodes/embed-pdf-view.html
+++ b/themes/hugo-theme-pdf-js/layouts/shortcodes/embed-pdf-view.html
@@ -3,13 +3,23 @@
 <div id="embed-pdf-view">
 </div>
 
-{{ $url1 :=  .Get "url" | path.Join .Site.BaseURL }}
+{{ $url :=  .Get "url" }}
+{{ $base_url := .Site.BaseURL | urls.Parse}}
+{{ $base_path := $base_url.Path}}
+{{ $url_pdf := path.Join $base_path $url}}
+
+<!--
+<p> url_is: {{ $url }} </p>
+<p> baseurl_is: {{.Site.BaseURL}} </p>
+<p> basepath_is: {{ $base_path  }} </p>
+<p> url_pdf_is: {{ $url_pdf }} </p>
+-->
 
 <script type="text/javascript">
   window.onload = function() {
 
   var pdf_div = document.getElementById('embed-pdf-view');
-  pdf_div.innerHTML = '<iframe src="js/pdf-js/web/viewer.html?file={{$url1}}" width="100%" with="800px"  height="600px" style="border: none;" />' ;
+  pdf_div.innerHTML = '<iframe src="js/pdf-js/web/viewer.html?file={{$url_pdf}}" width="100%" with="800px"  height="600px" style="border: none;" />' ;
   
   };