diff --git a/syntax.php b/syntax.php
index 66d55a6..3e5b0cc 100644
--- a/syntax.php
+++ b/syntax.php
@@ -72,7 +72,6 @@ public function handle($match, $state, $pos, Doku_Handler $handler)
                     'title' => trim($title),
                     'titleimage' => trim($image),
                     'description' => trim($description), // Holds the added parameter for own descriptions
-                    'exists' => $exists,
                 );
 
                 // text title (if any)
@@ -82,7 +81,6 @@ public function handle($match, $state, $pos, Doku_Handler $handler)
                     'section' => cleanID($section),
                     'title' => trim($title),
                     'description' => trim($description), // Holds the added parameter for own descriptions
-                    'exists' => $exists,
                 );
             }
         }
@@ -101,6 +99,10 @@ public function render($format, Doku_Renderer $renderer, $data)
     {
         list($flags, $pages) = $data;
 
+        foreach ($pages as $i => $page) {
+            $pages[$i]['exists'] = page_exists($page['id']);
+        }
+
         // for XHTML output
         if ($format == 'xhtml') {
             /** @var helper_plugin_pagelist $pagelist */