diff --git a/src/pat/contentbrowser/src/App.svelte b/src/pat/contentbrowser/src/App.svelte
index 543952484..33dbebe12 100644
--- a/src/pat/contentbrowser/src/App.svelte
+++ b/src/pat/contentbrowser/src/App.svelte
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@
         } else {
             // no path available. try to determine path from vocabularyUrl
             const vocabPath = new URL(vocabularyUrl).pathname.split("/");
-            $currentPath = vocabPath.slice(0, vocabPath.length - 1).join("/");
+            rootPath = contextPath = $currentPath = vocabPath.slice(0, vocabPath.length - 1).join("/");
         }
     }