diff --git a/layouts/partials/menu.html b/layouts/partials/menu.html
index 9513608182..6a0a6e69e7 100644
--- a/layouts/partials/menu.html
+++ b/layouts/partials/menu.html
@@ -1,4 +1,9 @@
 
+    <script>
+      var index_url={{ "index.json" | relLangURL }};
+      var root_url="/";
+      var baseUri=root_url.replace(/\/$/, '');
+    </script>
     <nav id="sidebar" class="{{ if $.Site.Params.showVisitedLinks }}showVisitedLinks{{ end }}">
       {{- $currentNode := . }}
       {{- $showvisitedlinks := .Site.Params.showVisitedLinks }}
diff --git a/layouts/partials/search.html b/layouts/partials/search.html
index 4cbfffd8e8..2b2a38bb4f 100644
--- a/layouts/partials/search.html
+++ b/layouts/partials/search.html
@@ -8,9 +8,4 @@
         <script src="{{"js/auto-complete.js" | relURL}}{{ if $assetBusting }}?{{ now.Unix }}{{ end }}"></script>
         {{ "<!-- hack to let hugo tell us how to get to the root when using relativeURLs, it needs to be called *url= for it to do its magic: -->" | safeHTML }}
         {{ "<!-- https://github.com/gohugoio/hugo/blob/145b3fcce35fbac25c7033c91c1b7ae6d1179da8/transform/urlreplacers/absurlreplacer.go#L72 -->" | safeHTML }}
-        <script>
-          var index_url={{ "index.json" | relLangURL }};
-          var root_url="/";
-          var baseUri=root_url.replace(/\/$/, '');
-        </script>
         <script src="{{ "js/search.js" | relURL }}{{ if $assetBusting }}?{{ now.Unix }}{{ end }}"></script>
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