diff --git a/lib/Service/PageService.php b/lib/Service/PageService.php
index 2f5da770c..2b4360086 100644
--- a/lib/Service/PageService.php
+++ b/lib/Service/PageService.php
@@ -1024,7 +1024,7 @@ public function delete(int $collectiveId, int $id, string $userId): void {
 	public function getPageLink(string $collectiveName, PageInfo $pageInfo, bool $withFileId = true): string {
 		$collectiveRoute = rawurlencode($collectiveName);
 		$pagePathRoute = implode('/', array_map('rawurlencode', explode('/', $pageInfo->getFilePath())));
-		$pageTitleRoute = rawurlencode($pageInfo->getTitle());
+		$pageTitleRoute = ($pageInfo->getFileName() === PageInfo::INDEX_PAGE_TITLE . PageInfo::SUFFIX) ? '' : rawurlencode($pageInfo->getTitle());
 		$fullRoute = implode('/', array_filter([
 			$collectiveRoute,
 			$pagePathRoute,
diff --git a/tests/Unit/Service/PageServiceTest.php b/tests/Unit/Service/PageServiceTest.php
index 6b6b39d83..e71caf5b9 100644
--- a/tests/Unit/Service/PageServiceTest.php
+++ b/tests/Unit/Service/PageServiceTest.php
@@ -253,6 +253,7 @@ public function testGetPagesFromFolder(): void {
 
 	public function testGetPageLink(): void {
 		$collectiveName = 'My Collective';
+
 		$pageInfo1 = new PageInfo();
 		$pageInfo1->setId(123);
 		$pageInfo1->setFilePath('page one');
@@ -264,7 +265,7 @@ public function testGetPageLink(): void {
 
 		$pageInfo2 = new PageInfo();
 		$pageInfo2->setId(124);
-		$pageInfo2->setFilePath('page two/with another layer/and#spec!al_ch@rs?;');
+		$pageInfo2->setFilePath('page two/with another layer/and#spec!al_ch@rs?;/page');
 		$pageInfo2->setFileName('Readme.md');
 		$pageInfo2->setTitle('page');