diff --git a/inc/pageutils.php b/inc/pageutils.php
index 9512399cdd54e0bf78aaac45ad570518ab078cae..25ba01684fa345b2b63765281a1e40356589345a 100644
--- a/inc/pageutils.php
+++ b/inc/pageutils.php
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ function getID($param='id'){
     $id = urldecode($id);
     $id = cleanID($id);
   }
-  if(empty($id) && $param=='id') $id = $conf['start'];
+  if(empty($id) && $param=='id') $id = cleanID($conf['start']);
 
   return $id;
 }