diff --git a/omeroweb/settings.py b/omeroweb/settings.py
index b48f33ccc0..b24433a5a0 100755
--- a/omeroweb/settings.py
+++ b/omeroweb/settings.py
@@ -1551,6 +1551,7 @@ def report_settings(module):
                 "django.template.context_processors.i18n",
                 "django.template.context_processors.media",
                 "django.template.context_processors.static",
+                "django.template.context_processors.request",
                 "django.template.context_processors.tz",
                 "django.contrib.messages.context_processors.messages",
                 "omeroweb.custom_context_processor.url_suffix",