diff --git a/lib/plugins/extension/helper/extension.php b/lib/plugins/extension/helper/extension.php
index 7958cd2dabcbc3a42923c624b9906f907f225edb..43e4452c02e26191fe6e3a4bf6479d2a4bca66eb 100644
--- a/lib/plugins/extension/helper/extension.php
+++ b/lib/plugins/extension/helper/extension.php
@@ -57,6 +57,8 @@ class helper_plugin_extension_extension extends DokuWiki_Plugin {
         if(substr($id, 0 , 9) == 'template:'){
             $this->base = substr($id, 9);
             $this->is_template = true;
+        } else {
+            $this->is_template = false;
         }
 
         $this->localInfo = array();