diff --git a/themes/navy/layout/partial/head.njk b/themes/navy/layout/partial/head.njk
index 34ff677165..557ee4339c 100644
--- a/themes/navy/layout/partial/head.njk
+++ b/themes/navy/layout/partial/head.njk
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   <meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=Edge,chrome=1">
   <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
   <!-- Canonical links -->
-  <link rel="canonical" href="{{ page.permalink }}">
+  <link rel="canonical" href="{{ page.permalink | default(canonical_url('en'), true) }}">
   <!-- Alternate links -->
   {% if page.layout == 'page' or page.layout == 'index' %}
     {% for lang, value in site.data.languages %}