diff --git a/etemplate/js/et2_widget_template.js b/etemplate/js/et2_widget_template.js
index 29d02532ab..1e5bc0245e 100644
--- a/etemplate/js/et2_widget_template.js
+++ b/etemplate/js/et2_widget_template.js
@@ -103,7 +103,8 @@ var et2_template = et2_DOMWidget.extend(
 				{
 					// Ask server
 					var splitted = template_name.split('.');
-					var path = this.egw().webserverUrl + "/" + splitted.shift() + "/templates/default/" +
+					// use template base url from initial template, to continue using webdav, if that was loaded via webdav
+					var path = this.getRoot()._inst.template_base_url + splitted.shift() + "/templates/default/" +
 						splitted.join('.')+ ".xet" + (cache_buster ? '?'+cache_buster : '');
 
 					if(splitted.length)
diff --git a/etemplate/js/etemplate2.js b/etemplate/js/etemplate2.js
index 46bce852d6..c8c2c527a1 100644
--- a/etemplate/js/etemplate2.js
+++ b/etemplate/js/etemplate2.js
@@ -273,6 +273,8 @@ etemplate2.prototype.download = function(_url)
 etemplate2.prototype.load = function(_name, _url, _data, _callback)
 {
 	this.name = _name;	// store top-level template name to have it available in widgets
+	// store template base url, in case initial template is loaded via webdav, to use that for further loads too
+	this.template_base_url = _url.split(_name.split('.').shift())[0];
 
 	egw().debug("info", "Loaded data", _data);
 	var currentapp = this.app = _data.currentapp || window.egw_appName;