diff --git a/hugolib/site.go b/hugolib/site.go
index 3d10caadc..a83da2384 100644
--- a/hugolib/site.go
+++ b/hugolib/site.go
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ func (s *Site) loadTemplates() {
 }
 
 func (s *Site) primeTemplates() {
-	alias := "<!DOCTYPE html>\n <html>\n <head>\n <link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"{{ . }}\"/>\n <meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text/html; charset=utf-8\" />\n <meta http-equiv=\"refresh\" content=\"0;url={{ .Permalink }}\" />\n </head>\n </html>"
+	alias := "<!DOCTYPE html>\n <html>\n <head>\n <link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"{{ .Permalink }}\"/>\n <meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text/html; charset=utf-8\" />\n <meta http-equiv=\"refresh\" content=\"0;url={{ .Permalink }}\" />\n </head>\n </html>"
 
 	t := s.Tmpl.New("alias")
 	template.Must(t.Parse(alias))
