diff --git a/src/Render/FriendicaSmarty.php b/src/Render/FriendicaSmarty.php
index 399bda7b78..c6dcef429b 100644
--- a/src/Render/FriendicaSmarty.php
+++ b/src/Render/FriendicaSmarty.php
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ class FriendicaSmarty extends Smarty
 
 		// setTemplateDir can be set to an array, which Smarty will parse in order.
 		// The order is thus very important here
-		$template_dirs = ['theme' => 'view/theme/$theme/' . self::SMARTY3_TEMPLATE_FOLDER . '/'];
+		$template_dirs = ['theme' => "view/theme/$theme/" . self::SMARTY3_TEMPLATE_FOLDER . '/'];
 		if (!empty($theme_info['extends'])) {
 			$template_dirs = $template_dirs + ['extends' => 'view/theme/' . $theme_info['extends'] . '/' . self::SMARTY3_TEMPLATE_FOLDER . '/'];
 		}