diff --git a/templates/base.html b/templates/base.html
index 193a2e615cd597cc420d3f59ae945e5e96dbd334..bc7cea51429b991645b2dc411b348ee94db92d16 100644
--- a/templates/base.html
+++ b/templates/base.html
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
         <link rel="stylesheet" href="{{ get_url(path="fonts/font-awesome/css/all.css") }}" />
         <link rel="stylesheet" href="{{ get_url(path="style.css") }}" />
 
-        <title>{% block title %}{{ thing.title }}{% endblock %}</title>
+        <title>{% block title %}{{ thing.title | default(value=config.title) }}{% endblock %}</title>
     </head>
 
     <body class="has-navbar-fixed-top">