diff --git a/templates/shortcodes/character.html b/templates/shortcodes/character.html
index 875513b7..7447227f 100644
--- a/templates/shortcodes/character.html
+++ b/templates/shortcodes/character.html
@@ -6,8 +6,10 @@
 
 <div class="character-note character-{{ character_name }} character-{{ character_type }} character-{{ character_position }}">
     <div class="character-avatar">
-        {% if character_image and character_image != "" %}
-            <img src="{{ get_url(path = 'images/characters/{{ character_image }}') }}"
+      {% if character_image and character_image != "" %}
+      {% set relpath = "images/characters/" ~ character_image %}
+      {% set finalurl = get_url(path=relpath) %}
+            <img src="{{ finalurl }}"
                  alt="{{ character_name }}"
                  width="80"
                  height="80" />