diff --git a/etemplate/js/etemplate2.js b/etemplate/js/etemplate2.js
index 9b64e3069c..37406eb871 100644
--- a/etemplate/js/etemplate2.js
+++ b/etemplate/js/etemplate2.js
@@ -324,7 +324,17 @@ 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];
+	// need to split off domain first, as it could contain app-name part of template eg. stylite.report.xet and https://my.stylite.de/egw/...
+	if (_url[0] != '/')
+	{
+		this.template_base_url = _url.match(/https?:\/\/[^/]+/).shift();
+		_url = _url.split(this.template_base_url)[1];
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		this.template_base_url = '';
+	}
+	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;